The Denver metro area's rail system mostly neglects the dense, walkable parts of the city. Why is that? And now, after we've spent decades prioritizing freedom in how we get around, is it time to change the way we live? Part 3 of 4. 
 
Hosted and reported by Nathaniel Minor 
Editors: Erin Jones, Joe Wertz 
Production and mixing: Rebekah Romberg 
Additional production: Luis Antonio Perez 
Theme song by Daniel Mescher. Additional music via Universal Production Music. 
Artwork: Mia Rincón 
Executive producers: Kevin Dale, Brad Turner  
Additional editorial support: Jo Erickson, Alison Borden, Rachel Estabrook, Ana Campbell, Sherkiya Wedgeworth-Hollowell, Andrew Villegas, Dave Burdick  
Archival tape thanks: Heather Dalton and Dominic Dezzutti at CPT-12; Tim Wieland and Steve Vriesman at CBS4 Denver; Kevin Krug at KMGH Denver7. 
Thanks also to Kim Nguyen, Jodi Gersh, Clara Shelton, Hart Van Denburg. 
Ghost Train is a production of CPR News and Colorado Public Radio's Audio Innovations Studio. 
 
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On Twitter: 
@COPublicRadio 
@nbminor

The Denver metro area's rail system mostly neglects the dense, walkable parts of the city. Why is that? And now, after we've spent decades prioritizing freedom in how we get around, is it time to change the way we live? Part 3 of 4. Hosted and reported by Nathaniel Minor Editors: Erin Jones, Joe Wertz Production and mixing: Rebekah Romberg Additional production: Luis Antonio Perez Theme song by Daniel Mescher. Additional music via Universal Production Music. Artwork: Mia Rincón Executive producers: Kevin Dale, Brad Turner Additional editorial support: Jo Erickson, Alison Borden, Rachel Estabrook, Ana Campbell, Sherkiya Wedgeworth-Hollowell, Andrew Villegas, Dave Burdick Archival tape thanks: Heather Dalton and Dominic Dezzutti at CPT-12; Tim Wieland and Steve Vriesman at CBS4 Denver; Kevin Krug at KMGH Denver7. Thanks also to Kim Nguyen, Jodi Gersh, Clara Shelton, Hart Van Denburg. Ghost Train is a production of CPR News and Colorado Public Radio's Audio Innovations Studio. www.cpr.org/podcast/ghost-train On Twitter: @COPublicRadio @nbminor

The Denver metro area's rail system mostly neglects the dense, walkable parts of the city. Why is that? And now, after we've spent decades prioritizing freedom in how we get around, is it time to change the way we live? Part 3 of 4. 
 
Hosted and reported by Nathaniel Minor 
Editors: Erin Jones, Joe Wertz 
Production and mixing: Rebekah Romberg 
Additional production: Luis Antonio Perez 
Theme song by Daniel Mescher. Additional music via Universal Production Music. 
Artwork:&nbsp;Mia Rincón 
Executive producers: Kevin Dale, Brad Turner&nbsp; 
Additional editorial support: Jo Erickson, Alison Borden, Rachel Estabrook, Ana Campbell, Sherkiya Wedgeworth-Hollowell, Andrew Villegas, Dave Burdick&nbsp; 
Archival tape thanks: Heather Dalton and Dominic Dezzutti at CPT-12; Tim Wieland and Steve Vriesman at CBS4 Denver; Kevin Krug at KMGH Denver7. 
Thanks also to Kim Nguyen, Jodi Gersh, Clara Shelton, Hart Van Denburg. 
Ghost Train is a production of CPR News and Colorado Public Radio's Audio Innovations Studio. 
 
<a href="http://www.cpr.org/podcast/ghost-train" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.cpr.org/podcast/ghost-train</a> 
On Twitter: 
@COPublicRadio 
@nbminor

An Unexpected Solution

Ghost Train is a unique podcast miniseries from Colorado Public Radio about the people with a vision for a greener transportation system in Colorado, the challenges that kept much of that plan from becoming successful and the ideas that might help the region move forward. Hosted by CPR News transportation reporter Nathaniel Minor (“Since Columbine,” “The Taxman”), Ghost Train explores an everyday problem that many American cities face and takes a hard look at the possible solutions.

In 2004, Denver-area voters supported one of the most ambitious transit projects anywhere in the U.S. The plan called for a sprawling network of new rail lines that would let commuters glide by traffic and help transform Denver into a world-class city. But now, an uncomfortable truth has emerged: The train lines aren’t very useful to most people and have done relatively little to shift how they move around the region. And a key route in that network isn’t projected to open until 2050 and will cost at least $1.5 billion to complete. What’s the best path forward as leaders look to ease traffic gridlock and meet climate goals? And will the problems with this ambitious rail package doom other transit projects?

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Ghost Train is a unique podcast miniseries from Colorado Public Radio about the people with a vision for a greener transportation system in Colorado, the challenges that kept much of that plan from becoming successful and the ideas that might help the region move forward. Hosted by CPR News transportation reporter Nathaniel Minor (“Since Columbine,” “The Taxman”), Ghost Train explores an everyday problem that many American cities face and takes a hard look at the possible solutions. In 2004, Denver-area voters supported one of the most ambitious transit projects anywhere in the U.S. The plan called for a sprawling network of new rail lines that would let commuters glide by traffic and help transform Denver into a world-class city. But now, an uncomfortable truth has emerged: The train lines aren’t very useful to most people and have done relatively little to shift how they move around the region. And a key route in that network isn’t projected to open until 2050 and will cost at least $1.5 billion to complete. What’s the best path forward as leaders look to ease traffic gridlock and meet climate goals? And will the problems with this ambitious rail package doom other transit projects?

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