Andy Bosselman

Bosselman: Polis promised bold climate action. Now he’s blocking it.

May 27, 2021 at 8:47 a.m.

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鈥檚 climate...

A high-speed electric commuter rail train. The Front Range Passenger Rail District starter service train linking Denver, Boulder and Fort Collins by January 2029 would run at speeds up to 79 miles with three daily roundtrips. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Bosselman: Colorado doesn’t need a useless rail line. It needs true high-speed rail

November 9, 2020 at 2:34 p.m.

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,...

An RTD R line train pulls into Fitzsimons Station in Aurora

Bosselman: Disband the RTD board of directors聽

October 9, 2020 at 5:27 a.m.

RTD's current board members are dedicated and hardworking. But they were set up to fail.

Bicyclists and pedestrians bike and walk ...

Bosselman: To cut emissions, Denver must become a dense, walkable, 15-minute city

September 13, 2020 at 8:21 a.m.

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 鈥渘eighborhood character,鈥� which is a...

Pedestrians walk past three homes on Welton Street in Denver's Five Points neighborhood on Aug. 5, 2020. The owner of the properties planned to build 36 units of affordable housing at the site until last month when the city denied a waiver to its parking requirements, which call for the project to provide 22 parking spaces.

Bosselman: Denver doesn鈥檛 want to know how much housing it needs 鈥� and it needs a lot

August 7, 2020 at 5:03 p.m.

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...

A yard sign in South Park Hill expresses opposition to aspects of the East Area Plan, a city planning process that could allow more housing to be built in neighborhoods along East Colfax Avenue.

Bosselman: Don鈥檛 let 鈥渘eighborhood character鈥� stop new housing聽

July 13, 2020 at 3:01 p.m.

To the mostly white, wealthy homeowners who stand up at public meetings and cry for the preservation of 鈥渘eighborhood character:鈥� I will no longer let you get away with this...

Bosselman: Denver built its neighborhoods around racist housing policies. But 鈥渘eighborhood defenders鈥� refuse change.

June 14, 2020 at 1:49 p.m.

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...

DENVER, CO - APRIL 24: Central Park Regional Transportation Station on April 24, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo By Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)

Guest commentary: RTD tightens rules, expands policing to keep out poor and homeless

May 6, 2020 at 12:56 p.m.

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.

Residents at the Salvation Army Crossroads ...

Bosselman: Denver鈥檚 failure to protect homeless people from the new coronavirus puts everyone at risk

April 2, 2020 at 3:11 p.m.

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鈥檚 how.

February 8, 2020 at 7:05 a.m.

Why do Coloradans put up with outrageous ski traffic? Fixing the problem is as simple as adding a toll and providing free bus service.

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