Winter Park ski train will be more frequent, cheaper to ride
The ski train provides an option to avoid battling I-70 traffic and unsafe driving conditions in the winter.
Danny
Katz
Executive Director, CoPIRG Foundation
Started on staff: 2001
B.A., University of Virginia
Danny has been the director of CoPIRG for over a decade. Danny co-authored a groundbreaking report on the state’s transit, walking and biking needs and is a co-author of the annual “State of Recycling” report. He also helped write a 2016 Denver initiative to create a public matching campaign finance program and led the early effort to eliminate predatory payday loans in Colorado. Danny serves on the Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) Efficiency and Accountability Committee, CDOT’s Transit and Rail Advisory Committee, RTD’s Reimagine Advisory Committee, the Denver Moves Everyone Think Tank, and the I-70 Collaborative Effort. Danny lobbies federal, state and local elected officials on transportation electrification, multimodal transportation, zero waste, consumer protection and public health issues. He appears frequently in local media outlets and is active in a number of coalitions. He resides in Denver with his family, where he enjoys biking and skiing, the neighborhood food scene and raising chickens.
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Posts by Danny Katz
8th State of Recycling report finds Colorado’s total waste down slightly
Efforts to reduce and recycle are starting to pay off despite growing population. Composting provides a big opportunity to further reduce materials sent to landfill and to support local circular businesses.
Colorado’s greenhouse gas emissions have dropped since 2005
But emissions in the transportation and residential sector have gone up.
What’s Xcel Energy’s proposal to replace a large Pueblo coal plant?
Xcel Energy is proposing a massive increase in energy production - a significant majority of which would be renewable energy. However, they are also proposing new gas power plants.
Nearly $100 million dedicated to rail safety, prep for passenger rail
Colorado wins a $66 million federal grant, kicks in $28 million, to improve the safety of heavily-used freight tracks around Broomfield that could one day handle passenger rail too.