Author: Bill Mckeown
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Cashless parking options expanding
Tired of digging into the cupholder for that lone coffee-encrusted quarter to feed the parking meter? Or asking your surly teenage son to give up the coin in his grubby pocket? It’s the 21st century, baby. You’re living in a cashless society. You don’t need that quarter for the meter – at least in…
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Other cities tossing their traffic signs
The success of a fascinating four-year experiment in which traffic signals, signs and speed bumps were removed in a handful of European cities will begin to be assessed in June. The experiment, funded by the European Union, began in 2004 in seven villages, towns and municipalities in Denmark, Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands. One Dutch…
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GETTING THERE: Other cities tossing their traffic signs
The success of a fascinating four-year experiment in which traffic signals, signs and speed bumps were removed in a handful of European cities will begin to be assessed in June. The experiment, funded by the European Union, began in 2004 in seven villages, towns and municipalities in Denmark, Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands. One Dutch…
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Tejon stretch opens to two-way traffic
Just before dawn Monday morning in Colorado Springs, 20 hardy souls boarded a shuttle and took off on a historic journey no one has taken in 37 years.Nah, the shuttle wasn’t blasting off to the stars, carrying brave astronauts. It was just a yellow downtown bus carrying politicians and businesspeople.But it was the first vehicle…
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Road to recovery will take some time
The slow, challenging job of paving the Pikes Peak Highway will be all downhill this summer – literally. But related work to correct decades of environmental damage caused by the road is proving an uphill battle. Contractors in August will roll asphalt onto the historic dirt road beginning at the 14,115-foot summit and…
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GETTING THERE: Springs cops’ last 7 Harleys are put out to pasture
The Colorado Springs Police Department has completed its switch from wild to mild, replacing its fleet of classic Harley-Davidson police bikes with sleeker Honda bikes equipped with ABS braking.The department’s last seven Harleys were sold to Fay Myers, a large Denver motorcycle dealership that will supply the five Honda ST1300 models to replace them.The department…
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Springs cops’ last 7 Harleys are put out to pasture
The Colorado Springs Police Department has completed its switch from wild to mild, replacing its fleet of classic Harley-Davidson police bikes with sleeker Honda bikes equipped with ABS braking.The department’s last seven Harleys were sold to Fay Myers, a large Denver motorcycle dealership that will supply the five Honda ST1300 models to replace them.The department…
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Union, Austin Bluffs intersection closed tonight
Warning, motorists: Union Boulevard at Austin Bluffs Parkway will be closed tonight for construction work.Construction crews this weekend began hoisting large concrete girders atop piers recently built at the intersection, one of the city’s busiest. The girders will form the backbone of a bridge that will carry Austin Bluffs traffic over Union.Crews began placing the…
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Getting There: Contractor bids for roadwork outstrip budget
The city has hit an unexpected snag in its plan to reconstruct the problematic intersection at Constitution Avenue and Circle Drive: No one wants to do the work for the money the city has to spend. Andy Garton, senior civil engineer with the city, said this week that four bids from qualified contractors were recently…
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Fire threat elevated on Front Range, grasslands
The fire danger in the southern Front Range mountains and on prairie grasslands will be higher than normal the next 90 days, the U.S. Forest Service says. The short-range forecast for the region, issued by the agency this week, calls for higher-than-normal temperatures and lessthan-normal moisture from Palmer Divide to Rocky Ford from April…