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Bosselman: Polis promised bold climate action. Now he’s blocking it.
Gov. Jared Polis has obstructed additional measures needed to set the state's climate plan in motion, including a recent threat to veto a bill essential to meeting the state’s climate...
Bosselman: Colorado doesn’t need a useless rail line. It needs true high-speed rail
Momentum is building for a new passenger rail line that would extend 191 miles from Fort Collins to Pueblo. According to a survey for the Front Range Passenger Rail Commission,...
Bosselman: Disband the RTD board of directorsÂ
RTD's current board members are dedicated and hardworking. But they were set up to fail.
Bosselman: To cut emissions, Denver must become a dense, walkable, 15-minute city
Those who oppose changes to their neighborhoods are often proud of their progressive politics around environmental issues. But they call on elected officials to preserve “neighborhood character,” which is a...
Bosselman: Denver doesn’t want to know how much housing it needs — and it needs a lot
To anyone with a clear mind, it is obvious that a vast amount of new housing is needed. But the inebriation of the ruling class keeps the city stammering and...
Bosselman: Don’t let “neighborhood character” stop new housingÂ
To the mostly white, wealthy homeowners who stand up at public meetings and cry for the preservation of “neighborhood character:” I will no longer let you get away with this...
Bosselman: Denver built its neighborhoods around racist housing policies. But “neighborhood defenders” refuse change.
In cities across America, thousands have taken to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd and other unarmed black men killed by police officers. As these protests focus...
Guest commentary: RTD tightens rules, expands policing to keep out poor and homeless
As RTD scatters the homeless, many are likely to crowd into the few areas where they are still allowed during the lockdown, possibly exacerbating this public health crisis.
Bosselman: Denver’s failure to protect homeless people from the new coronavirus puts everyone at risk
How do you maintain six feet of social distancing when you sleep in a room with hundreds of people bunked two to a bed, each spaced no more than three...
Bosselman: Solving I-70 ski traffic would be easy. Here’s how.
Why do Coloradans put up with outrageous ski traffic? Fixing the problem is as simple as adding a toll and providing free bus service.