| Denver's transportation future |
The Denver Post
May 18, 2009, Chuck Plunkett and David Harsanyi
Certainly, there's never enough money for roads and mass transit. The old ways of paying for transportation are flawed, and the new ways risk freaking out the Luddites. But for the sake of conversation, forget about the lack of revenue and the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights for awhile. Because even if lawmakers suddenly found the money, there is still the problem of how best to spend it. And if you've driven on the many parking lots we call roads in Colorado, you know we need ideas. We need innovations. We need practical solutions that can open clogged lanes overnight. We need out-there, George Jetson notions that may never work, but inspire other solutions that can work. But we also need some realism. Today, in the first of an occasional series, the editorial page kicks off a public dialogue on transportation — and we welcome you to join in. ...
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