Tag: Colorado Connector
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EDITORIAL: No to ‘CoCo’ — the white elephant on rails
Let’s give due credit to the well-oiled PR machine that is toiling to create enough buzz around the promised Front Range Passenger Rail project to snooker voters in 31 Colorado cities into approving a 0.33% sales tax. Orchestrated by the usual army of consultants, barrages of news releases have been advancing a succession of community…
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EDITORIAL: Just say no to Colorado’s ‘CoCo’ tax
Coco Chanel just wanted your attention, and Coco the Clown only asked for laughs. But “CoCo” the “Colorado Connector” — a preposterously expensive pipe dream to link up Front Range cities with a passenger rail line — is coming for your tax dollars. Do yourself a favor and just say no. Sure, CoCo is a…
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Sales tax for Front Range passenger train heading to Colorado ballot in November
NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO — The Front Range Passenger Rail District board of directors voted 14-1 Friday to refer a funding measure connected to the Colorado Connector train service to the November ballot. The vote was held at the Federal Railroad Administration’s testing facility northeast of Pueblo. Immediately after the vote, board members and supporters took…
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Designs for Front Range Passenger Rail trains released
The Front Range Passenger Rail District on Sunday unveiled the new brand identity and personality for its planned Colorado Connector intercity train service, known as CoCo. The district said the branding is intended to be welcoming, optimistic and distinctly Colorado while presenting a trustworthy and approachable identity for the service, according to a news release.…
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Designs for Front Range Passenger Rail trains released
The Front Range Passenger Rail District on Sunday unveiled the new brand identity and personality for its planned Colorado Connector intercity train service, known as CoCo. The district said the branding is intended to be welcoming, optimistic and distinctly Colorado while presenting a trustworthy and approachable identity for the service, according to a news release.…
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Winning name for future Front Range passenger rail train announced
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Coloradans picked “Colorado Connector,” or “CoCo,” as the name for the future Front Range passenger rail train that is planned to link communities from Fort Collins to Pueblo. Plans call for the service to start in 2029, though deals with the communities with planned stops have not all been finalized. The Front Range Passenger Rail…