Stop that Train: RTD's Light Rail Boondoggle is on a Fast Track for Disaster
RTD is pushing a major public relations campaign to build an expensive light rail transit (LRT) system in southwest Denver, and eventually the whole metro area.
In nine US cities that constructed LRT projects, actual costs exceeded projections and ridership fell short of projections. Actual cost per rider exceeded projections by an average of 5.4 times.
Give the Taxpayer a Lobbying Break, a Little TLC
IP-3-1994 (March 1994) Author: Fred Holden PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary: • Although American political heritage teaches the importance of representative government, in practice the best representation comes to those with the best lobbyists. • Almost half (45%) of all lobbyists registered in Colorado represent government or […]
