Transportation Choice: Politics Versus Morality
The cost of traffic congestion exceeds the cost to eliminate it.
An ongoing project of the Texas Transportation Institute estimates traffic congestion annually. TTI calculated the cost to the U.S. economy at $68 billion in 2000. Because the cost is growing faster than the population, congestion is making Americans worse off. This is more than enough money to add an additional lane to every interstate highway in the United States in each direction. Less extreme proposals could instantly eliminate all traffic congestion. The reason traffic congestion exists is political.
Housing and the American Dream
Denver’s high housing prices prevent low-income people from attaining the American dream. The Center for the American Dream will promote affordable housing by finding ways to protect neighborhood values without needless regulation.
Vicious crime, and not a peep from city
BOULDER A city made famous by its high-profile, unsolved murders. This reputation became even worse with the recent murders in downtown Boulder. How can we, as a community, sit idly by as a killer or, god forbid, killers lurk among us?
