Passenger Transportation

Taxicab ruling: Mile High Cab wins Supreme Court case, gets another shot at licenses

The 2011 feature "Mean Streets" described allegations of discrimination and abuse at Yellow Cab, the city's oldest taxi company, as well as detailing taxi drivers' inability to find alternatives because the state's Public Utilities Commission made it nearly impossible to start new cab companies. But ... More >>

Public Utilities Commission, embroiled in taxi controversies, faces state audit

​Folks who have tried to start taxi companies in Denver -- an industry long fraught with controversy -- often butt heads with the Public Utilities Commission, the body charged with regulating cabs. Lately, PUC officials seem to swing back and forth as to whether the city needs more taxis, and ... More >>

Taxi controversy: PUC denies 300 new cabs, but is there data to back up the move?

​Yesterday the Colorado Public Utilities Commission reversed PUC Judge Paul Gomez's March ruling to allow 300 more cabs in Denver streets. Gomez's ruling was divisive because he had earlier denied a politically fraught attempt by local drivers to start Mile High Cab, saying Denver didn't need ... More >>

Taxicab controversy: PUC allows 300 new cabs after rejecting Mile High Cabs' request for 150

​Our November feature "Mean Streets" focused on the lengthy and fruitless attempts of local taxi drivers to start Mile High Cab. Last August, PUC judge Paul Gomez rejected Mile High's application because he deemed the Denver taxi market was at or near capacity. Now, however, he's approved 300 ... More >>

Taxicab regulations: Senator Ted Harvey introduces bill to deregulate industry

​The November cover story "Mean Streets" revealed allegations of discrimination and abuse at Yellow Cab, the city's oldest taxi company, and detailed how attempts to launch alternative companies have been stymied by Colorado's restrictive taxi regulations. That may change, however, since Senat ... More >>

Metro Taxi's $10,000 for Hick's inauguration payback for opposing Mile High Cab?

​November's "Mean Streets" detailed how politicians with ties to existing taxi companies -- Mayor John Hickenlooper among them -- stymied attempts to start new operations such as Mile High Cab. Now, Metro Taxi, which opposed Mile High Cab, has donated $10,000 to Hickenlooper's inauguration.

Mean Streets

Some Denver taxi drivers say they've been taken for a ride by their employers

Frontier scrambles to spin Southwest's AirTran acquisition in airline survival of the fittest

​I contacted Frontier spokeswoman Lindsey Purves at 6:17 a.m. yesterday for a comment about Southwest Airlines' acquisition of AirTran and what it might mean for what's still portrayed as Denver's hometown airline. But the statement Purves came up with nearly nine hours later doesn't even ment ... More >>

Frontier Airlines' name to remain the same: Sorry, Midwest

Photo by Ken OdeyBet these folks are happy.​ The suspense is finally over regarding Frontier Airlines. Frontier's owner, Republic Airways Holdings, has announced that the new name of the carrier, which is being combined with sister airline Midwest, will be... Frontier. Oh yeah: The airline wil ... More >>

Southwest lets Frontier know it's not flying away

​When Southwest Airlines made its run at purchasing Frontier Airlines this past month, a number of industry observers speculated that it was doing so because Frontier was kicking its ass in Denver. But just because Southwest eventually lost out to underdog Republic Airways Holdings in the Fron ... More >>

Southwest post-game remarks about losing Frontier

​Moments ago, Southwest Airlines released a statement about what everyone else had already figured out -- that Southwest's massive bid for Frontier Airlines had fallen apart at the last minute over an inability to get Frontier pilots to concede on seniority-oriented contract issues. In the do ... More >>

Southwest CEO Gary Kelly on the bid for Frontier

Gary Kelly.​With yesterday's promise of a $170 million bid for Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines made it clear it really, really wants the Denver-based carrier. After all, the total was nearly $60 million more than its previously announced offer of $113 million, which was already higher th ... More >>

Beers and Brewhahas: Union Station vs. government agencies, developers and civic groups

​If the president can do it, so can everyone else. What Colorado needs now are more sudsy sit-downs. Here's an example (see our previous pairings here and here): Dispute: Union Station vs. government agencies, developers and civic groups Beer: Wynkoop Brewing Company's Light Rail Ale C'mon, ... More >>

Denver's latest traffic plan depends on getting you out of your car

Wake-Up Call: Welcome to Denver. Ignore the wreck on your right

Flying back into Denver Sunday, I looked for the wreckage of the Continental Airlines flight that had veered off a runway, careened down a hill and landed in a ravine, where it caught fire. That was back on December 20 -- and the plane is still there, clearly visible to passengers as some flights c ... More >>

Shmuck Redux: Christina Szele's bumpy ride

Union Station progress – and protest – continues

Traveling Turns South by Southwest

Cool People Do Like Denver. Take That, Seattle!

United: When Turkeys Fly

Light Up

Making tracks to suburbia.

A Streetcar Named Desire

Will trolleys return to Colfax?

Letters to the Editor

From the week of October 28, 2004

I Fathered a Terror Suspect

Losing the name game at our country's airports.

The Long Drive

ProTAXI could spell relief for Denver cabbies.

The High Cost of Free Speech

RTD pays a six-figure settlement for muzzling its own directors.

Wheels of Misfortune

Cultures clash -- and crash -- in Curtis Park. Is this a terminal situation?

Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind

Union Station's past will have a major impact on its future.

One-Track Minds

Rail-happy RTD candidates want to solve Denver's traffic nightmare. Are they just spinning their wheels?

Lots of Bad Luck

Can't find your car? You may be an RTD commuter.

Divide the Ride

Pushing a $6 billion transit plan, RTD has met the enemy-- the RTD board.

Spinning Their Wheels

A guide to surviving the light-rail info war

Letters

Beating the Train

Light-rail opponents plot ways to jump the tracks--with an RTD boardmember leading the charge.

It's the Rail Thing

For some Lakewood homeowners, RTD's proposed light-rail line looms too close for comfort.

Continental Drift

As prospects dim, Denver aviation officials still chase after an air link to Britain.

Letters

Wheels of Fortune

RTD has lovely parting gifts for stressed-out employees.

Off Limits

Mystery Train

Squabbles and spin control at RTD's light-rail lovefest.

I Think I Can, I Think I Can

Take a ride on a personal-transportation project fueled by Landmark rhetoric.

Flights of Fancy

Denver pays a consultant big money to get overseas flights for DIA--and goes nowhere.

LETTERS

LETTERS

RUNAWAY TRAIN

RUNAWAY TRAINCONGRESS SPURNED IT, STATE LAWMAKERS SCORN IT, BUT CAN ANYBODY PUT THE BRAKES ON LIGHT RAIL?

I'M ED! FLY ME!

COLORADO SPRINGS BOOSTERS GO UP, UP AND AWAY WITH ED BEAUVAIS.HIGH FLYER HOW MUCH OF A FLIGHT RISK IS WESTERN PACIFIC'S ED BEAUVAIS? JUST ASK THE INVESTORS IN HIS LAST AIRLINE.

NORTH OF THE BORDER

A MEXICAN AIRLINE PURSUES ITS EX-CHAIRMAN TO A VAIL CONDO.

STOP THAT TRAIN!

A GROUP OF LIGHT-RAIL SKEPTICS GETS READY TO COME ON BOARD AT RTD.

OFF TRACK

THE AIR TRAIN TO DIA GETS STUCK IN POLITICAL TRAFFIC.