Colorado Department of Transportation, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 40 relations: Amtrak, Boulder, Colorado, Bustang, California Zephyr, Climate change, Colorado, Colorado Avalanche Information Center, Colorado Division of Aeronautics, Colorado Revised Statutes, Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad, Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, Denver, Denver metropolitan area, Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Federal Highway Administration, Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, Flatiron Flyer, Front Range Passenger Rail, Georgetown Loop Railroad, Government of Colorado, Greenhouse gas emissions, Heritage railway, Interstate 25, Interstate 70, Interstate 76 (Colorado–Nebraska), Interstate Highway System, Jared Polis, Kansas, List of airports in Colorado, Raton Pass, Regional Transportation District, Rio Grande Scenic Railroad, Shoshana Lew, Southwest Chief, Traffic collision, United States Congress, United States Department of Transportation, Utah, Wyoming, Zero-emissions vehicle.

2. 1917 establishments in Colorado
3. Government agencies established in 1917
4. State agencies of Colorado
5. Transportation in Colorado

Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States.

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Boulder, Colorado

Boulder is a home rule city in and the county seat of Boulder County, Colorado, United States.

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Bustang

Bustang is an intercity bus service in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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California Zephyr

The California Zephyr is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area (at Emeryville), via Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Reno.

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Climate change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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Colorado

Colorado (other variants) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Colorado Avalanche Information Center

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) provides information about snowpack stability throughout the state of Colorado for motorists and backcountry recreationists in order to reduce the number of avalanche deaths, injuries, and economic damages within the state.

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Colorado Division of Aeronautics

Colorado Division of Aeronautics is part of the Colorado Department of Transportation. Colorado Department of Transportation and Colorado Division of Aeronautics are state agencies of Colorado and transportation in Colorado.

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Colorado Revised Statutes

The Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.) are a legal code of Colorado, the codified general and permanent statutes of the Colorado General Assembly.

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Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad

The Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad (CC&VNG RR) is a narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates seasonal tourist trains between Cripple Creek and the city's outskirts to the south.

See Colorado Department of Transportation and Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad

Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad

The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, often abbreviated as the C&TSRR, is a narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on of track between Antonito, Colorado, and Chama, New Mexico, in the United States.

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Denver

Denver is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Denver metropolitan area

Denver is the central city of a conurbation region in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, often abbreviated as the D&SNG, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on of track between Durango and Silverton, in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Federal Highway Administration

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation.

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Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956

The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, also known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law.

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Flatiron Flyer

Flatiron Flyer is an express bus system between Denver, Aurora, and Boulder, Colorado, traveling along U.S. Route 36.

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Front Range Passenger Rail

Front Range Passenger Rail is a proposed inter-city passenger train service along the Front Range and broader I-25 corridors in Colorado and Wyoming.

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Georgetown Loop Railroad

The Georgetown Loop Railroad is a narrow gauge United States heritage railroad located in the Rocky Mountains in Clear Creek County, adjacent to Interstate 70 in Colorado.

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Government of Colorado

The Government of Colorado is organized into three branches: the executive branch of the Governor, the legislative branch of the General Assembly, and the judicial branch of the Supreme Court and lower courts.

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Greenhouse gas emissions

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities intensify the greenhouse effect.

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Heritage railway

A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.

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Interstate 25

Interstate 25 (I-25), also known as the Pan-American Freeway, is a major Interstate Highway in the western United States. Colorado Department of Transportation and Interstate 25 are transportation in Colorado.

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Interstate 70

Interstate 70 (I-70) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from I-15 near Cove Fort, Utah, to I-695 and Maryland Route 570 (MD 570) in Woodlawn, just outside Baltimore, Maryland.

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Interstate 76 (Colorado–Nebraska)

Interstate 76 (I-76) is an east–west Interstate Highway (though it is signed north-south in Nebraska) in the Western United States that runs from I-70 in Arvada, Colorado – near Denver – to an interchange with I-80 near Big Springs, Nebraska. Colorado Department of Transportation and Interstate 76 (Colorado–Nebraska) are transportation in Colorado.

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Interstate Highway System

The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, or the Eisenhower Interstate System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States.

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Jared Polis

Jared Schutz Polis (born Jared Schutz May 12, 1975) is an American politician, entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist serving since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Colorado.

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Kansas

Kansas is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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List of airports in Colorado

This is a list of airports in the U.S. State of Colorado grouped by type and sorted by location. Colorado Department of Transportation and list of airports in Colorado are transportation in Colorado.

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Raton Pass

Ratón Pass is a 7,834 ft (2,388 m) elevation mountain pass on the Colorado–New Mexico border in the western United States.

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Regional Transportation District

The Regional Transportation District, more commonly referred to as RTD, is the regional agency operating public transit services in eight out of the twelve counties in the Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Rio Grande Scenic Railroad

The Rio Grande Scenic Railroad of Colorado was a heritage railway that operated from 2006 to 2019 in and around the San Luis Valley as a subsidiary of the San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad.

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Shoshana Lew

Shoshana M. Lew (born 1983) is a career government administrator currently serving as the executive director of the Colorado Department of Transportation.

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Southwest Chief

The Southwest Chief (formerly the Southwest Limited and Super Chief) is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a route between Chicago and Los Angeles through the Midwest and Southwest via Kansas City, Albuquerque, and Flagstaff mostly on the BNSF's Southern Transcon, but branches off between Albuquerque and Kansas City via the Topeka, La Junta, Raton, and Glorieta Subdivision.

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Traffic collision

A traffic collision, also known as a motor vehicle collision, or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other moving or stationary obstruction, such as a tree, pole or building.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.

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United States Department of Transportation

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government.

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Utah

Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Wyoming

Wyoming is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Zero-emissions vehicle

A zero-emission vehicle, or ZEV, is a vehicle that does not emit exhaust gas or other pollutants from the onboard source of power.

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See also

1917 establishments in Colorado

• Colorado Department of Transportation
• Colorado Springs station
• Englewood High School (Colorado)
• First National Bank Building (Craig, Colorado)
• Harms Farm
• Stonington First Methodist-Episcopal Church
• Weld County Courthouse

Government agencies established in 1917

• Alberta Provincial Police
• Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• Cheka
• Colorado Department of Transportation
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Council of People's Commissars
• Delaware Department of Transportation
• Michigan State Police
• Militsiya (Belarus)
• Ministry of Industrial Provisioning
• NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
• National Council of Georgia
• Nevada Department of Transportation
• New York State Police
• Norwegian Competition Authority
• Office of Alien Property Custodian
• Ontario Motion Picture Bureau
• Regional State Archives in Hamar
• Selective Service System
• Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation

State agencies of Colorado

• Colorado Council on the Arts
• Colorado Department of Agriculture
• Colorado Department of Early Childhood
• Colorado Department of Education
• Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
• Colorado Department of Higher Education
• Colorado Department of Human Services
• Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
• Colorado Department of Local Affairs
• Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
• Colorado Department of Natural Resources
• Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration
• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
• Colorado Department of Public Safety
• Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies
• Colorado Department of Revenue
• Colorado Department of Transportation
• Colorado Division of Aeronautics
• Colorado Division of Forestry
• Colorado Division of Insurance
• Colorado Division of Water Resources
• Colorado Division of Youth Services
• Colorado Lottery
• Colorado National Guard
• Colorado Parks and Wildlife
• Colorado Public Utilities Commission
• Colorado River Water Conservation District
• Colorado State Board of Education
• Colorado State Library
• Colorado State Public Defender
• Colorado Water Conservation Board
• Colorado Water Quality Control Division
• Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District
• Regents of the University of Colorado
• Scientific and Cultural Facilities District
• Task Force on the Implementation of Amendment 64
• UCHealth

Transportation in Colorado

• Alpine Loop Back Country Byway
• Aviation in Colorado
• CAF Rocky Mountain Wing Museum
• Cache la Poudre-North Park Scenic Byway
• Collegiate Peaks Scenic Byway
• Colorado Department of Transportation
• Colorado Division of Aeronautics
• Colorado River Headwaters National Scenic Byway
• Flat Tops Trail Scenic Byway
• Frontier Pathways National Scenic Byway
• Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic Byway
• Grand Mesa National Scenic Byway
• Guanella Pass Scenic Byway
• Highway of Legends National Scenic Byway
• Interstate 25
• Interstate 76 (Colorado–Nebraska)
• Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway
• List of Denver RTD rail stations
• List of airports in Colorado
• Los Caminos Antiguos Scenic and Historic Byway
• Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway
• Mountain passes of Colorado
• Peak to Peak Scenic Byway
• Ports to Plains Corridor
• Santa Fe Trail Scenic and Historic Byway
• South Platte River Trail Scenic and Historic Byway
• Tracks Across Borders Scenic and Historic Byway
• Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow National Scenic Byway
• Transportation Expansion Project
• Transportation in Colorado
• Unaweep Tabeguache Scenic Byway
• Vehicle registration plates of Colorado
• West Elk Loop Scenic and Historic Byway

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Transportation

Also known as Colorado DOT, Colorado Dept. of Transportation, Colorado State Highway Department, Colorado State Highway System, Transportation Commission of Colorado.