Tag: getting there
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GETTING THERE: Car dealer sees major changes on road ahead
A local Toyota dealer says soaring gas prices already are sparking what he thinks will be fundamental changes in the auto industry – and in the expectations of consumers.Ray Reilly, general manager of Liberty Toyota, said there’s been a “tremendous spike” in demand for the Prius, a gas-sipping sedan designed as a hybrid, a demand…
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GETTING THERE: Traffic rules, room to ride contentious bike issues
Responses to a recent column about the state of bicycling in Colorado Springs were divided, not unexpectedly, between those who sit behind a wheel and those who grasp a handlebar.The two dozen or so e-mails and comments left on The Gazette’s Web site generally fell into two categories: Motorists said too many bicyclists flagrantly disobey…
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Cyclists push for bike-friendly city
Al Brody is praying for $10 a gallon gas. No, Al is not crazy. He’s sane. He’s bright. He seems like a nice guy. But he’s a diehard bicyclist and a tireless advocate for the two-wheeled community who thinks fundamental changes in the way we get from here to there won’t occur until we face…
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Let a bus driver brave the Ute Pass for you
Good news for the poor souls who commute up and down Ute Pass, braving insane drivers and using $4 a gallon gas: Possibly by October, they can hop on sleek express buses that will run several times a day between Colorado Springs and Woodland Park.Take that, Sultan of Brunei!(If you don’t know, the Sultan has…
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Opinions run 2 ways on Tejon
Tejon Street now runs two ways – and so do opinions about its new alignment. An informal, completely unscientific poll last week on gazettedev.gazette.com elicited 67 votes. The results: 73 percent thought a two-way Tejon has created a mess. Twenty-seven percent like it. A little lopsided, maybe. But then there are the opinions of the…
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Is 2-way Tejon a terror or a treat?
It’s been just over a month since the Great Tejon Switchover, the much-hyped change from one-way traffic to two-way on downtown’s main shopping street. The Downtown Partnership, a coalition of business owners, asked for the change to a two-way Tejon Street. The group wanted to create a more urban environment that would get people out…
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Pikes Peak Ave. on way down; Academy is being filled up
Pikes Peak is sinking! Nah, not the mountain (that would really put a hole in summit doughnut sales), the avenue – and only portions of it. Still, it’s kind of a big deal. Engineers have recently sunk test bores under various parts of the busy east-west avenue to determine what needs to be done…
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City, county will allow more recycled asphalt in road projects
Unless you’re one of “those” people, there’s nothing sexy about asphalt.Until now.That’s because city and county road managers recently decided to increase the amount of recycled asphalt that can be used in paving projects.Now, 20 percent of the black goo laid on streets can be composed of old asphalt taken up from tattered roads, with…
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Motorists in the Springs keep a suspicious eye on fellow drivers
It was close – real close – but the survey numbers are in: A slim majority of readers who responded don’t think their fellow motorists can be trusted. In last week’s column, readers were asked whether they thought an unusual traffic experiment being tried in Europe would work in Colorado Springs. The experiment, called Shared…
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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…