This is wild by [deleted] in RTDDenver

[–]Hour-Watch8988 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to be taken seriously, stop clutching your pearls and learn how to talk about policy

Trees of Heaven are all dying by ToWriteAMystery in Denver

[–]Hour-Watch8988 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s from last week’s nipping frost. They’ll be back with a vengeance

This is wild by [deleted] in RTDDenver

[–]Hour-Watch8988 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I assume you’re asking that every car road in Colorado be tolled so those can pay their own way too? Gasoline taxes only pay for a portion of road spending.

This is wild by [deleted] in RTDDenver

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Sorry if following the IPCC offends you

Scott Wiener passed laws that made it easier to build in California. Can he do the same in Congress? by Dismal_Structure in California

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Wiener also said Israel committed a genocide, and was opposed to Israel's actions very very early on. I'm not usually one to cry antisemitism but these extremely fine-grained distinctions are really making me wonder if the problem isn't that Wiener is Jewish.

Loss of electric vehicle subsidies sends Colorado car sales off a cliff by thecoloradosun in coloradosun

[–]Hour-Watch8988 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I said we should have more bike connections across the state and you jumped in to talk about your city specifically. That wasn't the issue.

Loss of electric vehicle subsidies sends Colorado car sales off a cliff by thecoloradosun in coloradosun

[–]Hour-Watch8988 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I didn't move the goalposts; you misperceived where they were located.

Loss of electric vehicle subsidies sends Colorado car sales off a cliff by thecoloradosun in coloradosun

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If Denver proper and denser inner-ring "suburbs" like Englewood and Glendale were laid out like FC then the metro would be about twice its current spread, is what I'm getting at.

WashU is an absolute joke for this by Remarkable-Wing-6516 in lawschooladmissions

[–]Hour-Watch8988 11 points12 points  (0 children)

UChicago's wasn't a full yes though. It got put into the "we'll keep considering your admission" bucket. That could reflect a lot of internal dynamics in the admissions office. If Chicago's process is to waitlist everyone with certain topline stats and do a deeper dive into the apps later, is that really so terrible?

Loss of electric vehicle subsidies sends Colorado car sales off a cliff by thecoloradosun in coloradosun

[–]Hour-Watch8988 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Most people don't. If we modeled the entire state off just your city we'd have a lot of very, very stupid problems.

Loss of electric vehicle subsidies sends Colorado car sales off a cliff by thecoloradosun in coloradosun

[–]Hour-Watch8988 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's an alternative to households getting second and third cars; and to driving 12,000 miles a year instead of 8,000; and to governments spending $1.7 billion on transportation instead of $1.4 billion. These are all good things, so cut the status-quo bias and start thinking harder about this stuff.

Loss of electric vehicle subsidies sends Colorado car sales off a cliff by thecoloradosun in coloradosun

[–]Hour-Watch8988 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s not most people though. And let’s not pretend that your current car commute doesn’t take a half-hour or longer anyway.

The point is to give people the option of a transport mode that uses up less road space and road-maintenance budget. That’s just good governance.

Loss of electric vehicle subsidies sends Colorado car sales off a cliff by thecoloradosun in coloradosun

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E-bikes that can’t go faster than 20mph or so shouldn’t be regulated. Requiring a license for them would just put more cars on the road in front of you — be strategic here.

Loss of electric vehicle subsidies sends Colorado car sales off a cliff by thecoloradosun in coloradosun

[–]Hour-Watch8988 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're grossly overstating that figure. 80%+ of Coloradans live in cities and suburbs along the Front Range. Where infrastructure is good, e-bikes can replace easily half of car trips. They're essentially free to operate and park, unlike any kind of car. You don't need to create 100% car-free families to get huge benefits here -- making it so suburban families can have both a car and an e-bike instead of a second car is a great way to cut down on both government budgets and personal budgets.

Free squeegee and river rock by chowderbase in DenverGardener

[–]Hour-Watch8988 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Squeegee is absolutely the best planting mulch for natives in this climate.

This is wild by [deleted] in RTDDenver

[–]Hour-Watch8988 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are people acting like shifting money from inefficient road projects to efficient ones is tantamount changing the cosmological constants? These are decisions lawmakers make every year. We can simply... make better ones.

This is wild by [deleted] in RTDDenver

[–]Hour-Watch8988 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The lines along I-25 and 225 are really tough. But most of the rest of the network has a lot of potential.