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Transportation

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Varoujan Khodjamirian, drunk passenger: Flying but no booze for "I kill you children" flier

    "No kill, sir."​Long Island-resident Varoujan Khodjamirian's flight home from the Denver area was presumably uneventful -- maybe because a judge ordered him to forego alcohol on the way back. Why this edict? Because Khodjamirian's previous time in the air devolved into a drunken, death-threat- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    "Don't touch my junk:" John Tyner fights the law and the law wins

    ​The Bill of Rights guarantees many protections: Protection of free speech, protection from self-incrimination, protection from undue government imposition in private affairs. Perhaps it was that last one that got misinterpreted by a California man who told a Transportation Security Administra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Sergei Berejnoi's alleged fake bomb claim makes Top 5 list of freakiest CO airport passengers

    Sergei Berenjoi.​On Saturday, Sergei Berejnoi was apparently upset that he arrived late at his DIA gate. So he allegedly said there was a bomb in his already checked luggage -- and was promptly busted. Of course, we've come to expect this kind of lunacy from passengers who land in Colorado. He ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    United-Continental merger shouldn't push back already delayed contract talks, says union rep

    Photo courtesy Association of Flight Attendants-CWAUnited employees protesting stalled contract talks at DIA last month.​The merger of United and Continental is potentially blockbuster news, admits Ken Kyle, local counsel president for the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA -- but only poten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Cinco de Mayo runs overtime for partiers -- and Denver cops

    A Flickr photoThose low riders may be putting on a lot of miles this year.​When Cinco de Mayo falls during the middle of the week, as it does this year (it's next Wednesday), people interested in marking the date have four main options: Celebrate the weekend before, celebrate on May 5, celebra ... More >>

  • News

    March 4, 2010

    DIA Dreams: Aviation director Kim Day plans to take DIA where no airport has gone before

    A Flickr photoThose low riders may be putting on a lot of miles this year.​When Cinco de Mayo falls during the middle of the week, as it does this year (it's next Wednesday), people interested in marking the date have four main options: Celebrate the weekend before, celebrate on May 5, celebra ... More >>

  • News

    February 18, 2010

    What lies ahead for the Union Station project

    A Flickr photoThose low riders may be putting on a lot of miles this year.​When Cinco de Mayo falls during the middle of the week, as it does this year (it's next Wednesday), people interested in marking the date have four main options: Celebrate the weekend before, celebrate on May 5, celebra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Frontier rep: 140 jobs leaving Denver is actually good news for employees

    Some Denver jobs are flying to Indianapolis.​Word that 140 Frontier Airlines jobs will be relocating from Denver to Indianapolis, headquarters of Republic Airways Holdings, which bested Southwest in its quest for the carrier back in October, has been seen as a bummer in these parts. But Fronti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Hundreds of Frontier Airlines jobs flying away from Denver: Read John Hickenlooper's statement

    ​ Signs that Republic Airways Holdings, owner of Denver-based Frontier Airlines, might move jobs from Colorado to either Milwaukee or Indianapolis have been unavoidable for at least month. Note this October 9 blog, in which Denver Economic Development Corporation executive director Tom Clark s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    The risks of Republic Airways Holdings' Frontier purchase

    An image from Republic Airways Holdings' website.​A Wall Street Journal article published in the wake of Republic Airways Holdings' surprising victory over Southwest in the Frontier Airlines sweepstakes may temper the enthusiasm with which most locals viewed this unexpected turn. "Commuter Air ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Republic Airways Holdings lays low in Frontier sweepstakes

    An image from the Republic Airways Holdings website.​Tomorrow's the day when Frontier Airlines hits the auction block, and in recent days, Southwest Airlines, one of two publicly announced suitors, has gotten the vast majority of attention due to the size of its bid: $170 million, nearly $60 m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Cinco de Mayo 2009: Good luck crossing Federal this weekend

    A Flickr photo Your calendar may tell you that May 5th has already happened -- but your calendar is lying to you. This weekend will mark the real Cinco de Mayo celebration, with much of the activity taking place, as usual, on Federal Boulevard. The Denver Police Department has a three-part plan to ... More >>

  • News

    February 26, 2009

    From the week of February 26, 2009

    A Flickr photo Your calendar may tell you that May 5th has already happened -- but your calendar is lying to you. This weekend will mark the real Cinco de Mayo celebration, with much of the activity taking place, as usual, on Federal Boulevard. The Denver Police Department has a three-part plan to ... More >>

  • News

    January 15, 2009

    Will the proposed Jefferson Parkway toll road take Colorado commuters for a ride?

    A Flickr photo Your calendar may tell you that May 5th has already happened -- but your calendar is lying to you. This weekend will mark the real Cinco de Mayo celebration, with much of the activity taking place, as usual, on Federal Boulevard. The Denver Police Department has a three-part plan to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2008

    Despite a Longmonster sighting, RTD still doesn't serve Nebraska

    A Flickr photo Your calendar may tell you that May 5th has already happened -- but your calendar is lying to you. This weekend will mark the real Cinco de Mayo celebration, with much of the activity taking place, as usual, on Federal Boulevard. The Denver Police Department has a three-part plan to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Szele just can't straighten up and fly right

    A Flickr photo Your calendar may tell you that May 5th has already happened -- but your calendar is lying to you. This weekend will mark the real Cinco de Mayo celebration, with much of the activity taking place, as usual, on Federal Boulevard. The Denver Police Department has a three-part plan to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2008

    Traveling Turns South by Southwest

    A Flickr photo Your calendar may tell you that May 5th has already happened -- but your calendar is lying to you. This weekend will mark the real Cinco de Mayo celebration, with much of the activity taking place, as usual, on Federal Boulevard. The Denver Police Department has a three-part plan to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2008

    Dear United Airlines: It's Over!

    A Flickr photo Your calendar may tell you that May 5th has already happened -- but your calendar is lying to you. This weekend will mark the real Cinco de Mayo celebration, with much of the activity taking place, as usual, on Federal Boulevard. The Denver Police Department has a three-part plan to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2008

    Shmuck of the Week

    A Flickr photo Your calendar may tell you that May 5th has already happened -- but your calendar is lying to you. This weekend will mark the real Cinco de Mayo celebration, with much of the activity taking place, as usual, on Federal Boulevard. The Denver Police Department has a three-part plan to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2008

    Cool People Do Like Denver. Take That, Seattle!

    A Flickr photo Your calendar may tell you that May 5th has already happened -- but your calendar is lying to you. This weekend will mark the real Cinco de Mayo celebration, with much of the activity taking place, as usual, on Federal Boulevard. The Denver Police Department has a three-part plan to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2008

    A Multi Modal Solution to I-70 Congestion

    A Flickr photo Your calendar may tell you that May 5th has already happened -- but your calendar is lying to you. This weekend will mark the real Cinco de Mayo celebration, with much of the activity taking place, as usual, on Federal Boulevard. The Denver Police Department has a three-part plan to ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 8, 2007

    Ride the Line

    Art-on-the-Line offers a behind-the-scenes look at light rail public art.

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2007

    Bob Briggs Is Off the Train

    Art-on-the-Line offers a behind-the-scenes look at light rail public art.

  • News

    March 15, 2007

    Rail Roaded

    Finding a solution to I-70 traffic has been one long, strange trip. But the end could be in sight.

  • News

    November 23, 2006

    Light Up

    Making tracks to suburbia.

  • News

    August 12, 2004

    End of the Line

    For decades, folks along Highway 40 left the driving to Greyhound. Now they've been left behind.

  • News

    July 15, 2004

    I Fathered a Terror Suspect

    Losing the name game at our country's airports.

  • News

    February 28, 2002

    Follow That Story

    The Gropes of Wrath

  • News

    July 20, 2000

    Off Limits

    Heaving on a jet plane

  • News

    March 30, 2000

    Follow that story

    US West deregulation issues; War between union and steel mill rages on

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Company Town

    In Pueblo, the iron will of a union has proved tougher than steel.

  • News

    December 2, 1999

    Love, Jack

    Are the McCroskey memos scurrilous screeds or stifled dissent?

  • News

    April 22, 1999

    What's Fare Is Fair

    Denver and United Airlines are in a dogfight over who gets the loot.

  • News

    April 8, 1999

    No Labor Lost

    Ellen Golombek plays rough with the Capitol bosses.

  • News

    November 5, 1998

    Letters

    Ellen Golombek plays rough with the Capitol bosses.

  • News

    November 27, 1997

    Get Stuffed

    Ellen Golombek plays rough with the Capitol bosses.

  • News

    October 17, 1996

    Soar Loser?

    Western Pacific's losses mount as boss man Ed Beauvais scrambles with new plans.

  • News

    August 29, 1996

    Letters

    Western Pacific's losses mount as boss man Ed Beauvais scrambles with new plans.

  • News

    July 25, 1996

    Vroom With a View

    Exit here for forty years of 1-25 history.

  • News

    March 28, 1996

    Excess Baggage

    The checkered past of Jet Aspen's CEO prompts regulators to put the new airline in a holding pattern.

  • News

    January 17, 1996

    THE DIA UNDERGROUND

    TUNNELING INTO THE DEEPEST SECRETS OF THE AIRPORT'S CURSED BAGGAGE SYSTEM.

  • News

    November 22, 1995

    SOUTHWESTERN FLYER

    THE CITY CLEARS THE TARMAC FOR A TEXAS-SIZED TAXPAYER SUBSIDY AT DIA.

  • News

    December 21, 1994

    STOP THAT TRAIN!

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

  • News

    September 21, 1994

    OFF LIMITS

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

  • News

    March 23, 1994

    OFF TRACK

    THE AIR TRAIN TO DIA GETS STUCK IN POLITICAL TRAFFIC.

  • News

    March 23, 1994

    LOAN SHARKS

    THE AIR TRAIN TO DIA GETS STUCK IN POLITICAL TRAFFIC.

  • News

    February 23, 1994

    MALL ABOARD!

    STAID OLD UNION STATION FINDS ITSELF IN THE SWIRL OF LODO DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES.

  • News

    January 12, 1994

    Small Craft Warnings

    Regional airports had high hopes when DIA said it wasn't interested in private avaiation. But guess what? DIA changed its mind. Again. Gorilla tactics as dia makes a grab for private planes, regional airports bail out of their expansion plans.

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