Re: “” Jan. 22 news story.
As Colorado legislators begin working on solving Colorado’s transportation troubles, I hope they will direct significant funding to upgrading public transit service, building protected bike lanes, and expanding sidewalks. When I moved back to Denver three years ago, I chose to live near the middle of the city. I love being able to walk or ride my bike to most places I need to go. I love having the A-line out to the airport and the Flatiron Flyer to Boulder.
We won’t be able solve our transportation problems by widening roads and building more parking lots. That will just force more people into lifestyles that require driving. Letap make it easier and safer for Coloradans to get around in other ways, too.
Travis Madsen,Denver
When reading about a renewed attempt to solve our transportation issues, I was surprised to read that Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers estimates that one-quarter of northern El Paso County residents commute to Denver on a dangerously overcrowded Interstate 25.
I was not surprised that Republican lawmakers’ best solution to a road funding gap was to cut health care coverage for low-income Coloradans so that the wealthiest can have better roads.
The one solution that was not mentioned in your article was toll roads. That way, the people who commute 75 miles a day or more would have to pay for I-25 improvements. Those of us who travel I-25 just 10 times a year would pay less. Making the poorest Coloradans lose health services to pay for roads they are least likely to use is unfair and immoral.
Gary Emrich, Denver
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