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On or Off, Smooth Sailing
New Bus Lane Coming to Aspen’s Main StreetThe S-Curves are the topic of more than two decades of votes, debates, community angst and arguments and millions of dollars of public funds to study if they are the best way to enter and exit Aspen and if they should be replaced or not.
In the near future the fate of the S-Curves and the Entrance to Aspen (with capital letters) will be a major topic in the City once again. But that would take an entire website to explain.
In the meantime, small measures are being taken in Aspen to at least alleviate some of the traffic problems. One solution that had its genesis three years ago is finally coming to fruition, with step one happening this week.
Colorado Department of Transportation, the agency responsible for the maintenance of the highway leading into Aspen, began striping Main Street yesterday for a new outbound bus lane.
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Single Track threatened by Single Desire for Oil and Gas
Energy Development Could Impact Aspenites Bike Trips to FruitaThere aren’t many trees on the high plateau along I-70 between Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction. The tallest and most dense tree-like structures are oil rigs. And that denseness is set to increase. Today the Aspen Times is reporting that a May 11th BLM lease sale on thousands of acres of the federal agency’s land in Colorado includes leases next to some of Fruita, Colorado’s most popular mountain biking trails.
It wouldn’t be fair to say Fruita is the Moab of Colorado because it’s just Fruita – and for most mountain bikers that says it all.
As early as March, eager mountain bikers from Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley searching for a respite from the fluffy white stuff (that would be snow) head to warmer climes and hit the dry, red singletrack trails of Fruita without having to leave the state.
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