Colorado Gov. Jared Polis unveils his administration’s “Vision 2035” plan for multimodal transportation at a press conference at a Denver light rail station on Nov. 19, 2024. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)
Colorado officials say they’re aiming to double transit ridership, biking and walking over the next decade to help the state get back on track to meet its climate goals in the transportation sector.
Gov. Jared Polis joined state and local leaders at a Denver light rail station Tuesday to unveil “Colorado Transportation Vision: 2035,” a 28-page document outlining how the state plans to achieve a big shift in how Coloradans choose to get around every day. The plan comes as the state appears likely to fall short of its statutory greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets beginning in 2025, in large part because of a lack of progress in reducing pollution from cars and trucks.
“In many ways, the sector that we need to do the most work in to achieve our goals is transportation,” Polis said over the noise of bus and light-rail traffic at the Regional Transportation District’s Interstate 25 and Broadway Station. “We need to do more at this intersection of transit, housing and multimodal transportation planning.”