This is the question that I asked the participants of the Social Action for Transit meeting last week. Here are there answers:
1. Education/ Green Energy
2. Complete the Rocky Mountain Rail Plan.
Refit Union Station to allow full access for interstate trains.
Planned Parenthood
3. Create a public/private partnership with rail companies.
Build a rail catapult.
4. 25% Education
25% Health care for the poor
25% Fast transportation
25% Bridges and roads
5. Schools/Education
Alternative energy
Urban agriculture
Water conservation in a way that benefits people, not corporations
6. Education
Urban agriculture
Building the local economy so that people can be self-sufficient within the Wild West
Protecting water rights for agriculture
7. Update Amtrak trains - Fix brakes and such
The $700 million is how much that it would cost to widen I-70 for just a few miles within Denver. Is that how you want your money spent? How would you spend $700 million?
1 comment:
In Minnesota, $700 million is about what it's projected to cost to build the Northern Lights Express train from Minneapolis to Duluth, upgrading tracks along a 150-mile route to support 8x daily roundtrips and reach 110 mph in places.
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