David Gordon, manager of the Ft. Collins/Loveland Municipal Airport, has been named Colorado Department of Transportation Aeronautics Division Director. His appointment is effective April 9. Gordon has worked in the aviation sector for the past 35 years. He served for 24 years as manager of the Jefferson County Airport in Broomfield, and since 2002 he has been manager at the Loveland/Ft. Collins airport.
Denver International Airport can become a global hub, its manager Kim Day says, because the people who planned it made sure it had plenty of room to grow at lower cost than its competitors. DIA already is the 10th busiest airport in the world but its international service is lagging. Day outlined five factors she believes will contribute to the emergence of DIA as a global hub.
Denver International Airport turned 15 years old over the weekend. A milestone for sure for a facility that had a difficult time in development and construction, and that many critics even predicted would never open or go belly-up financially within 18 months. But what was on the news about it? Cupcakes.
Gov. Bill Ritter has approved distribution of 50 grants worth $5.7 million to Colorado airports and one aviation association under a program administered by the CDOT’s Division of Aeronautics. The grants will leverage local and federal dollars, bringing the total value to $95.67 million for projects ranging from runway lighting improvements to runway maintenance and construction.
The Colorado Department of Transportation has put 40 highway and airport projects totaling $136.8 million on its wish list for federal grants in 2011.
DIA Media Release: Four million passengers in December push Denver International Airport to second-busiest year ever; yearly passenger total tops 50 million for only the second time.
The Denver Post reports that the average domestic airfare out of Denver plunged nearly 35 percent between the third quarters of 2000 and 2009, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
In just a year’s time — between the third quarters of 2008 and 2009 — Denver’s airfares fell 16 percent.
In comparison, the U.S. average domestic airfare dropped 9 percent between the third quarters of 2000 and 2009 and 14.4 percent between the third quarters of 2008 and 2009. Bureau records show it was the biggest year-to-year decline on record.
The Hill reports that President Barack Obama has yet to back a $500 billion transportation bill that Democrats plan to move early this year.
During a closed-door session with the entire House Democratic Caucus, Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.), the chief sponsor of the transportation reauthorization measure, pressed Obama to back his bill funding road, rail and transit projects.
Obama, according to Oberstar and other lawmakers, didn’t make any specific commitments on infrastructure and transportation spending, but he listed infrastructure projects among his priorities.
This U.S. 85 bridge in Douglas County is one of the 124 poor-rated bridges on the list to be replaced with the controversial FASTER auto fee increases. Some opponents will try to repeal the new revenue in 2010.
Follow the money, and you’ll find most of the Top Ten Transportation Stories of 2009.
The transportation funding crisis and the difficult efforts to establish a sustainable annual program are at the foundation of many of the important transportation infrastructure stories.
From Washington to Colfax and Sherman, to your closest light rail station, the disruption to programs caused by the volatility of transportation funding dominated the stories of 2009 – one of the worst economic years in generations.
The entire staff at Inside Lane, together with his wife, Harriet, reviewed the major stories to come up with this list for your consideration.
At the National Journal Online, transportation stakeholders including contractors, engineers, truckers, public interest advocates, aviation experts and planners, respond to the question “What have we learned from the Recovery Act?”
With President Obama proposing a jobs bill that could include a second stimulus for transportation projects, read what the experts say we’ve learned from the first round.
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