{"id":3096,"date":"2023-09-28T22:42:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T22:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/?p=3096"},"modified":"2023-09-29T01:08:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T01:08:44","slug":"funding-source-for-new-co-passenger-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/funding-source-for-new-co-passenger-rail\/","title":{"rendered":"funding source for new CO passenger rail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How is Colorado funding a new passenger rail line to connect those on the East and West side of the Rockies? Probably with a sales tax. 61% of locals support a sales tax increase to fund the rail, and will be on the ballot in 2024 or 2025. The Legislature stepped in and \u00a0established a Front Range Passenger Rail District with significant independent powers to help the process along. Development funding came from a grant from the Federal Railroad Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/transportation\/new-colorado-rail-service-could-come-down-to-politics-and-timing?utm_campaign=Newsletter%20-%20GOV%20-%20Daily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsmi=275731554&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9IYTEGDx6cF0oluGT9LyzzXyDW3XiaRA8qPmG2KArd7p51YurHRsuPE3d9qzJCwo9inKVOPf3wH96mMPoLV0ugyiJTTdCQSWsLS8JvOtD7_I6Q08c&amp;utm_content=275731554&amp;utm_source=hs_email\">Governing | New Colorado Rail Service Could Come Down to Politics and Timing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How is Colorado funding a new passenger rail line to connect those on the East and West side of the Rockies? Probably with a sales tax. 61% of locals support a sales tax increase to fund the rail, and will be on the ballot in 2024 or 2025. The Legislature stepped in and \u00a0established a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3096"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3107,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3096\/revisions\/3107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}