In late 2025, Move Colorado convened transportation advocates and like-minded organizations to develop key principles to share with Colorado’s elected and appointed leaders regarding the reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Act. Move Colorado was one of 13 organizations that served as signatories to these principles – representing business, industry, and local
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Move Colorado Board Role Descriptions Chair The Chair of Move Colorado’s Board of Directors works with other Board Members and staff to ensure the sound management of the organization and its effectiveness in meeting its mission. Duties may include: Presiding at Board meetings, after developing the agenda with the
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As an organization that has been engaged in the transportation funding dialogue and debate for more than 25 years, Move Colorado has been at the table with elected and appointed leaders, industry representatives, business and civic leaders, and system users working collaboratively toward ensuring a sound, well-funded multi-modal transportation
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Every other week during the 120 day session of the Colorado General Assembly the Move Colorado Policy Committee meets and reviews proposed legislation that intersects with transportation. Recommendations to support or oppose a measure will be made to the Board of Directors. The Board will review and take action
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What does Move Colorado do? For more than 25 years, Move Colorado has served as a strong and consistent voice in support of a safe and well-funded multi-modal transportation system. We are an organization of private industry affiliates that strives to provide information, sponsor educational programs and work with
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>>>>Click here to download the PDF of our Policy Principles<<<< As an organization that has been engaged in the transportation funding dialogue and debate for more than 25 years, Move Colorado has been at the table with elected and appointed leaders, industry representatives, business and civic leaders and system
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Every other week during the 120 day session of the Colorado General Assembly the Move Colorado Policy Committee meets and reviews proposed legislation that intersects with transportation. Recommendations to support or oppose a measure will be made to the Board of Directors. The Board will review and take action
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Sample email language to share with the Senate to support the proposed RTA Lodging Tax Amendment: Just dropping a note to show my support for the proposed RTA Lodging Tax amendment. It’s important for expanding local transportation infrastructure across Colorado and ensuring we have sustaining funding. The current restrictions
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Click below to watch the four segments of a conversation that Move Colorado held with the executive directors of Action 22, Club 20, and Pro 15 about transportation issues in rural parts of Colorado.
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Move Colorado Policy Principle #1: Colorado’s state and local transportation system must be adequately funded. Do you believe the current transportation system is adequately funded? No. Colorado’s transportation system is not adequately funded and hasn’t been for decades. During my tenure as CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of
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Move Colorado Policy Principle #1: Colorado’s state and local transportation system must be adequately funded. Do you believe the current transportation system is adequately funded? No. What are your priorities within transportation during the next 4 years? As Mayor, I will invest in RTD to ensure it is more
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Move Colorado Policy Principle #1: Colorado’s state and local transportation system must be adequately funded. Do you believe the current transportation system is adequately funded? No. As a long-time advocate for transportation*, I am well aware that the proportion of transportation funding relative to the state budget is dramatically
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Move Colorado Policy Principle #1: Colorado’s state and local transportation system must be adequately funded. Do you believe the current transportation system is adequately funded? 47% of Colorado’s roads are in poor or mediocre condition. For my city, Colorado Springs, 45% or our roads are in poor or mediocre
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Move Colorado is proud to launch “You Heard it Here”, a video interview program with key thought leaders in transportation and related industries and issue areas. Below are four video segments with Colorado Department of Transportation Executive Director Shoshana Lew. Our thanks to her, and the CDOT team, for
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February 16, 2023 The Honorable Jennifer Bacon Colorado General Assembly Denver, Colorado 80203 The Honorable Faith Winter Colorado General Assembly Denver, Colorado 80203 Dear Representatives Vigil, Bacon and Senator Winter, Thank you for your leadership as a member of the Colorado General Assembly. We appreciate your effort and
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Every other week during the 120 day session of the Colorado General Assembly the Move Colorado Policy Committee meets and reviews proposed legislation that intersects with transportation. Recommendations to support or oppose a measure will be made to the Board of Directors. The Board will review and take action
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Colorado’s transportation system is the backbone of our economy, connecting both businesses to their customers and all of us to each other. Under the Polis administration, Colorado is taking historic action to significantly improve our roads, modernize transportation and expand multimodal options so Coloradans can have a brighter future
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Move Colorado Policy Principle #1: Colorado’s state and local transportation system must be adequately funded. Do you believe the current transportation system is adequately funded? The problem is that only 1 out 3 dollars in the recent transportation plan signed by Jared Polis actually going to our roads, our
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To review the Colorado Department of Transportation 10-Year Vision Plan & Story Map, please click here.
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As we look ahead to 2024 it is time for the Nominations Committee (our current Board of Directors) to prepare a Slate of Board Officers for the Membership’s consideration. If you would like to play a role in the leadership of Move Colorado, please contact us, no later than
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As we look ahead to 2023 it is time for the Nominations Committee (our current Board of Directors) to prepare a Slate of Board Officers for the Membership’s consideration. If you would like to play a role in the leadership of Move Colorado, please contact us, no later than
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Coloradans depend on our transportation system to not only get them to their jobs and destinations of interest, but to move essential materials and goods to homes and businesses across the state. Climate change impacts, like flooding events and wildfires, pose a growing risk to our transportation infrastructure and
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On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed the Building Back a Better America; legislation technically known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). This legislation was unique as it was prepared with great regard and respect to local government command and control of their infrastructure. In addition to
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Vehicle electrification and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions have rapidly risen to the top of transportation topics in Colorado and throughout the United States. To understand Colorado’s efforts, it’s important to understand where we stand with electric vehicles (EV) adoption. The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) has a dashboard
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Last week Move Colorado Chair Kara Swanson testified before the Senate Finance Committee, outlining the organization’s concerns with, and opposition to, SB22-074 (Concerning monitoring of the use of procurement methods other than traditional design bid build procurement for transportation projects). Following testimony and questions from the Committee members the bill was
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As we inch into the new year, it is with a mix of exhaustion, excitement, enthusiasm, and heartbreak–especially around the multiple tragedies that befell Colorado in the last week of 2021. While we continue to trudge through virtual meetings and limited social contact, there were many bright spots in
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Transmitted Electronically Via: dot_rules@state.co.us. November 17, 2021 Colorado Transportation Commission Colorado Department of Transportation 2829 W. Howard Place Denver, Colorado 80204 Dear Colorado Transportation Commissioners, Thank you for the opportunity to provide public comment on the revised Rules Governing the Statewide Transportation Planning Process and Transportation Planning Regions
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Thank you to Johnny Olson for his leadership as Chairman of Move Colorado for the 2021 Fiscal Year. As we look ahead to 2022 it is time for the Nominations Committee (our current Board of Directors) to prepare a Slate of Board Officers for the Membership’s consideration. If you would
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Colorado’s economic success is directly linked to the safety and useability of our transportation infrastructure. Our citizens want – and deserve – a sound, multi-modal system that provides them with options as they go about their daily lives. Be it roads and bridges that carry goods and people across
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For more than 25 years Move Colorado has been a strong and consistent voice focused on ensuring the Centennial State’s transportation system is appropriately funded. How do we do our work? Through educational programing, sharing our knowledge and expertise with elected and appointed leaders, and participating in direct democracy
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Senate Testimony for SB21-260 Good afternoon, Madame Chair and Members of the Committee. My name is Johnny Olson, and I am the President of Move Colorado. Move Colorado is a diverse group professional expert that strive to improve the transportation system to improve the quality of lives and economic
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Transmitted Electronically Via: dot_rules@state.co.us. October 13, 2021 Colorado Transportation Commission Colorado Department of Transportation 2829 W. Howard Place Denver, Colorado 80204 Dear Colorado Transportation Commissioners, Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments regarding the Rules Governing the Statewide Transportation Planning Process and Transportation Planning Regions (Rules). We applaud
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