Sustainable Funding. Part of the community attraction to work with STE is the ability of the project to operate without the creation of insane, non-workable, status quo, tax-n-spend transportation scenarios. The STE business model requires no federal or state funding (although it would be accepted). Critical to the STE SustainableSynergy© Business Model, and providing for all the innovations, is the creation of a sustainable funding model. Past and present status quo modes of power generation and distribution are monopoly- based thanks to a heavily financed and influential lobby. Such control has not lend itself to innovation, especially the sea-change business model that STE brings forward. These utility providers have depended on finite-based fuel streams and used the grid to transmit “their” unsustainable power at high kilowatt rates that are augmented with liberal doses of fees.
STE is using its power producing microgrid to provide green energy to produce hydrogen, operate its commuter hydrail system, underwrite innovations, provide COS and Sustainable Villages power needs, and make available excess renewable energy (RE) to conscientious companies, businesses, homes, cities, states and others with net-zero+ renewable energy needs. Revenue generated by excess RE grid sales and RECs makes it possible for STE’s energy operations to completely underwrite STE Hydrail Commuter system.
Cost Effectiveness. STE’s 21st Century incorporation of technologies and innovations has set an example for a streamlined, cost-efficient company. While construction and operational costs of other modes of transportation continues to escalate, STE has been able to reduce costs and make its hydrail commuter system less expensive. One example is the operational costs: STE hydrail commuter coaches’ low-cost operational configuration is $3.00 per mile which is four times less expensive than traditional lite rail, eight times less expensive than commuter rail, thirty times less expensive than Amtrak and one-hundred and forty times less expensive than automobile operation and parking.
Rider Fares and Time. Because of its cost effectiveness, STE can keep fares low attracting more riders. And because of its superior technology, riders that are plagued by rush hour congestion can cut travel time by two-thirds reducing time wasted and stress levels considerably.
Other sources of revenue include station annual revenue streams, business development activities, affordable Sustainable Village Sales and Rentals, restaurants, business kiosk centers, meeting room rental, small package and pharmaceutical delivery, Doctor Kiosk, business site leases, economy Future Inn node rentals, special event trips and advertising (mimicking Union Station).
To provide the traveling public with sustainable 21st Century Transportation by
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North Front Range Rail Connector
Roaring Fork Valley Rail Connector
Parker to Lone Tree Connector
Colorado Springs to Franktown Connector Rail
Vail Valley Regional Connector
I-70 Mountain Express
Castle Rock to Lone Tree Connector
Sustainable Transportation and Energy Holdings, Inc. (formally Rocky Mountain Rail) is a private, for-profit Colorado Corporation established to bring quality passenger rail service to Colorado and beyond by merging the benefits of clean renewable energy generation with 21st Century hydrail-powered, independent coach rail service. This non-tax, non-government funded system is underwritten by the development, use and marketing of renewable energy. The STE Sustainable Synergy Business Model© is a model, created solely by and owned by Sustainable Systems of Colorado. It was designed by STE to better represent the needs and critical aspects of transportation demanded by today’s travelers. Opportunities for STE equity partnerships/collaboration are encouraged.
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all of the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside of it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers), both for Windows and for MAC users.
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs, there may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to