If you spend time in the mountains, you鈥檙e probably familiar with sitting in traffic on I-70.
That congestion is annoying 鈥� and costly.
Colorado officials estimate the state last year from delays on I-70. Some leaders in mountain towns blame these losses on semis that cause accidents or hold up traffic.
So one veteran railroad employee has pitched an idea he thinks will eliminate much of the aggravation and economic losses. He calls it 鈥渢ruck-by-train.鈥�
Truckers would load their tractor-trailers onto a train on one side of the Rockies and ride the railway over the mountains, keeping the I-70 corridor less congested for other travelers.
It鈥檚 the brainchild of retired Amtrack conductor . He played a role in reviving the from Denver to Winter Park a few years back.
Brad told Erin O鈥橳oole about how his 鈥渢ruck-by-train" vision would work 鈥� and why taxpayers should consider supporting the idea.
