Two years ago, ColoradoBiz ranked the 25 Most Powerful organizations,
businesses and other institutions in the state, naming Colorado voters as
the most powerful group with influence on state affairs.
This year, we rank the Regional Transportation District, RTD, as the No. 1
m0ost powerful organization in the state.
Even if it did not make the list two years ago, RTD, with $4.7 billion worth
of power to spend over the next decade on the mass-transportation FasTracks
system, has stormed the list of organizations just as effectively as newly
elected Sen. Ken Salazar stormed the list of 25 Most Powerful people in the
state in 2005.
And RTD has a people partner in making it the most powerful.
Governor-elect Bill Ritter plans to appoint a
blue-ribbon transportation commission within 90 days of taking office. RTD s
spidery light-rail system will figure in any plans the state makes to solve
traffic congestion along the entire Front Range, on the way into town from
Denver International Airport, and up the hill to the state s tourist
playgrounds via the Interstate 70 corridor.
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