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Light rail no bargain

Thursday, October 4 at 12:01 AM

The front page of the Sept. 19 Rocky Mountain News carried a “refer” that read “Nearly nine out of 10 rail riders believe light’s fantastic,” in reference to the Regional Transportation District’s light-rail service.
Well, they should think it’s fantastic because the 99 percent of the population that doesn’t ride light rail each day pays for the light-rail rider’s ticket.
The light-rail ride should be even more fantastic during noncommuter hours or on weekends, since the rider often has a car to himself or even an entire train.
To paraphrase Winston Churchill: Never has so much been spent by so many for so few.

Robert Gray, Foxfield

READER COMMENTS

So is light rail ever going to go anywhere that anyone wants to go, or is always going to be a political payoff, funded by the taxpayer, given to the contributors to the best politicians money can buy?

Posted by on October 4, 2007 02:38 AM

lets see from lincoln ave to downtown denver from c470 to downtown denver. nope no place I would want to go on a daily basis. we did ride it to see what it was like when we visited littleton in august and it was very enjoyable. I guess if we lived in the city I would use it to get to work instead of drive in the traffic on I25 everyday.
We only have one trafic light in Mancos so dont have all the traffic you get to enjoy everyday and I guess that is why we enjoyd the ride.

Posted by on October 4, 2007 06:03 AM

and the cost of lightrail to the non-riding taxpayer will continue to rise....what a great political idea this was.....what will the government stuff down our throats next? Universal healthcare?

Posted by on October 4, 2007 10:23 AM

Fast Tracks baby- you think so many are paying for a benefit to so few now? just wait until they build this atrocity out, fleecing the taxpayers is an understatment for fast tracks.

Posted by on October 4, 2007 12:55 PM