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  • NO to taxes. YES to roads.

    NO to taxes. YES to roads.0

    • August 31, 2018

    Colorado traffic congestion is so bad you can change a tire and not lose your place in line. Good thing our Fix Our Damn Roads effort is picking up steam and racking up endorsements. Not only has Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers come out strongly urging a YES vote, so has the Colorado Springs Gazette.

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  • 73% of likely voters want roads fix without a tax increase

    73% of likely voters want roads fix without a tax increase0

    • February 7, 2018

    I thought you might enjoy some light reading while you’re stuck in traffic. We have filed our “Fix Our Damn Roads” initiative with the state. This is the first step in a long process of placing a measure on this fall’s statewide ballot to address our crumbling roads, without raising taxes. The proposal requires the

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  • It’s time to hit the brakes on high-speed rail spending

    It’s time to hit the brakes on high-speed rail spending0

    • February 1, 2018

    None of these projects make sense because — in case you haven’t noticed — we have this new-fangled technology called airplanes that go twice as fast as the fastest trains in the world and require almost no infrastructure, which means their costs are much lower than trains. So why are Americans so bedazzled by trains?

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  • “Fix Our Damn Roads” measure

    “Fix Our Damn Roads” measure0

    • March 10, 2017

    PDF of the “Fix Our Damn Roads” ballot measure filed with Legislative Council on Friday, March 10, 2017. 2017 TRANS Initiative Final-c[1]

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  • Congress shouldn’t be running the transportation system0

    • June 30, 2014

    Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden has proposed a three-month transportation bill. Three more months, he says, will give Congress a chance to figure out a long-term solution. The only problem is that Congress had three months three months ago and did nothing. Meanwhile, Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Bob Corker, R-Tenn., have proposed to increase gas

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  • How Congress can avoid the “transportation cliff”0

    • June 3, 2014

    President Obama’s recent visit to the Tappan Zee Bridge in New York was intended to push Congress to approve billions of dollars in infrastructure spending increases. But throwing more money at transit just puts more cash into the hands of government contractors, while doing little for commuters. The federal Highway Trust Fund is expected to

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