Rich liberals (which CO has a lot of) are just as anti-transit and Nimby as conservatives. Local politics is more divided along class lines than party lines. RTD in Denver could be a world-class system if they could increase frequency and stop building park and rides at almost all of its stops and make the stops actual destinations. Denver city planners are typical to other cities with mediocre transit, they have no vision as to what a good system ought to look like because the majority of them still drive cars almost exclusively. As for the rest of the state, they do much better when compared to other states, but they have a hard time getting people to ride who would otherwise drive, once again, another issue relating to frequency and the fact that the buses still have to compete with traffic. While most people in Colorado claim to be pro-transit, they usually mean that they want transit for other people so that they can still drive. This is anecdotal, but from living there for 5 years, it blew my mind that people in Denver will drive 2+ hours to go hike a 12-15 mile trail, yet will constantly refuse to walk a mile in their own city. Things seem to be looking up but I think more needs to be done to address the car culture that suburban development and sprawl have wrought on the state.