Denver Transportation Services
When Adam Estroff arrived on his bike for a weekend trip from Denver, the Airbnb host in Palisade, the Western Slope peach destination, was taken aback. He'd put it aboard a Bustang bus at Union Station for the trip to Grand Junction, then got on two wheels to finish the voyage. The journey required no preparation, according to Estroff, and it "was remarkable to me how different it felt to be able to accomplish it without my car." Colorado's transportation agency intends to capitalise on that energy when it starts a new weekend Denver Transportation Services along Interstate 70 on Memorial Day weekend, May 27. Bustang's van-based relative, dubbed "Pegasus," will be designed for excursions as near to home as Avon. Several features, such as nearly hourly departures in each direction that allow for same-day returns, are intended to make it simpler for metro Denver residents and visitors to visit the mountains without driving. In a car-dependent state where...