Colorado's governor wants passenger rail vote and mountain trains

If you ask Colorado's governor, the through line to solving the state's housing, climate and transportation problems is a train track.

Driving the news: Gov. Jared Polis believes now is the moment for Colorado to build high-speed passenger rail lines on existing ones along the Front Range and into the mountains to relieve traffic along the Interstate 25 and 70 corridors.

Why it matters: The projects combined would amount to the most significant transportation investments in recent state history, and create a test for the popularity of the governor, mass transit and tax hikes.

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