The politics of addressing Colorado’s transportation system
Thank you, thank you, thank you, for Diane Carman’s column. I agree 100 percent!
The Interstate 25 T-REX project is as if it never happened. I-70 just gets worse. Driving I-25 either north to Fort Collins or south to Colorado Springs is a nightmare. Everywhere you go, it’s bumper-to-bumper. And then, God forbid, an oil tanker shuts down I-25 and the side streets are jammed.
I don’t understand why it’s so difficult to pass a transportation bill in the legislature, and I’m beginning to wonder why the people of Colorado don’t start stomping their feet. I agree that we need the next governor to be competent. Wouldn’t it be nice if all our elected officials could be called that? What a change that would bring.
At the very least, propose a transportation plan — raise taxes or not, but give the citizens something and let us vote. Lori McLemore, Greenwood Village
After reading Diane Carman’s column, I’m not sure whether she’s anti-jobs, antigrowth, anti-cars or anti-Gov. John Hickenlooper. Maybe it’s all four.
But what Carman does make clear is she is anti-traffic congestion, which is a fairly safe position to take since very few people are pro-traffic congestion.
Does Carman believe improved public transportation is the answer? If so, why not just say that? Tony Dutzik, a policy analyst for the Frontier Group in Boston, appears to suggest it is: “You either remain car-dependent and miserable, or you make some changes.”
And if Carman believes an anti-jobs, antigrowth, anti-cars gubernatorial candidate with vision and even a little bit of daring can get elected by being honest, innovative, bold and persuasive (qualities very rarely associated with a politician), why not just say that?
If she can do it without laughing.
Don Lopez, Parker