Colorado Supreme Court Unanimously Slaps Down Public Utilities Commission;...
From the Institute for Justice: On Monday, April 22, 2013, the Colorado Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling in favor of Mile High Cab, which has been fighting a years-long battle with the state’s...
View ArticleGallup Poll: Put brakes on gas tax
From Politico: Two-thirds of Americans oppose increasing gas taxes, even if it means the revenue would go toward improving roads and bridges, a new polls shows. Sixty-six percent of those surveyed say...
View ArticleII in Denver Post: RTD FasTracks is still a boondoggle
The Denver Post has published an op-ed co-authored by Independent Institute Fellow Randal O’Toole & Brian T. Schwartz. It begins: With great fanfare, RTD opened its West Rail Line for business on...
View ArticlePoll: Most Drivers Would Use Toll Lanes
From CapRadio.org: The poll found nearly 70% of U.S. drivers would pay $5 on average to save 15 minutes on the road. Matthew Click is with the company that released the survey – HNTB Corporation, a...
View ArticleColorado SB 13-048 vs. the Constitution: fuel tax dollars for trains and bike...
The Denver Post quoted me last week about Colorado SB 13-048, which Governor Hickenlooper recently signed: The law, signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper on April 26, also bypasses constitutional...
View ArticleVehicle miles traveled fees and privacy
Summary: Last week Randal O’Toole wrote that “Compared with [technology police officers have to scan license plates], privacy concerns over such things as self-driving cars or [vehicle miles traveled]...
View ArticleThousands of bridges are “fracture critical,” while governments divert fuel...
The Denver Post published an Associated Press article titled “Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse.” Excerpts: Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away...
View ArticleDenver Post: RTD riders demand return of west side express bus service
On May 15 the Denver Post reported: Some long-time Regional Transportation District customers are angry that their express bus service was dumped in favor of the newly opened W light rail line. … With...
View ArticleColorado House Bill 13-1272: RTD’s unconstitutional tax increase
From the Denver Post: House Bill 12711272 allows both RTD and the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District to tax items including candy and soft drinks, cigarettes, direct-mail advertising...
View ArticlePIRG report overstates millennials’ anti-car, anti-suburb preferences
Robert Poole of the Reason Foundation writes: The story line is that Millennials are not very interested in getting a driver’s license or living in the suburbs; they want to live downtown and walk,...
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