Author: Bill Mckeown
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Chrysler’s closure list includes local dealers
A Colorado Springs Chrysler-Jeep dealership and a Denver Jeep dealership owned by a locally based auto group are among the 789 dealerships financially troubled Chrysler wants to close, according to documents filed Thursday in federal bankruptcy court in New York. Chrysler, as part of its bankruptcy plan, wants to break its dealership agreement with Lithia…
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Harley dealer adding Ducati and BMW bikes
Motorcycle riders stay healthy by recognizing and managing the risk inherent in two wheels. Rob Brooks reckons that also applies to motorcycle dealers. The owner of Pikes Peak and Colorado Springs Harley-Davidson dealerships recently added two very different marques – Ducati and BMW – under the roof of his sprawling dealership on north Nevada Avenue.…
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One-stop two-wheel shop
Motorcycle riders stay healthy by recognizing and managing the risk inherent in two wheels. Rob Brooks reckons that also applies to motorcycle dealers. The owner of Pikes Peak and Colorado Springs Harley-Davidson dealerships recently added two very different marques – Ducati and BMW – under the roof of his sprawling dealership on North Nevada Avenue.…
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State engineers hope new traffic signal reduces accidents
State traffic engineers are installing flashing yellow left-turn signals at five busy intersections in the Pikes Peak region in hopes of reducing serious accidents. The flashing yellow arrows were originally installed at several intersections along U.S. Highway 50 west of Pueblo, and they have significantly reduced the number of accidents there, said officials with the…
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Roundabout in Manitou ready to roll
The capstone to a four-year effort to revitalize Manitou Springs’ main street – a controversial roundabout at Manitou and Ruxton avenues – will officially open May 22. The roundabout is designed, in part, to relieve chronic congestion on narrow, hilly Ruxton, where traffic can back up for blocks during the height of the summer tourism…
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Roundabout ready to roll
The capstone to a four-year effort to revitalize Manitou Springs’ main street – a controversial roundabout at the juncture of Manitou and Ruxton avenues – will officially open May 22. The roundabout is designed, in part, to relieve chronic congestion on narrow, hilly Ruxton, where traffic can back up for blocks during the height of…
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Revenue shortfall will affect repairs on potholes, bridges, roads
Expect pothole repairs to take longer and fewer streets to be resurfaced in Colorado Springs this year. Lower-than-projected Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority revenues are forcing the city to cut its capital, maintenance and transit budgets by about 16 percent. As a result, pothole repair response times will go from three business days to five,…
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Hold it! Rest areas closing lids
You might think twice about grabbing that Big Gulp before driving to Denver: The state is closing the Interstate 25 rest areas at Larkspur. Colorado Department of Transportation officials had been thinking about closing the two rest areas since the southbound facility was closed in November because it would have needed $300,000 in repairs to…
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Downtown’s free shuttle is put in park
Free downtown shuttle buses made their last runs up and down Tejon Street on Friday. The Downtown Area Shuttle, or DASH, service was truncated in April and eliminated Monday by the Colorado Springs City Council in the wake of budget shortfalls and declining sales tax revenue that supports city services. Ironically, the end came even…
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Quick-hitter flu testing comes up empty for H1N1
The region’s two major hospitals are doing an increasing number of rapid-results testing for swine flu, officials said Friday. So far, the five-minute tests have not indicated any cases of swine, or H1N1, flu in the Pikes Peak region, officials said. Memorial Hospital has almost tripled the number of rapid-results tests since the swine flu…