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Yep - this is waaaay overdue. If Denver metro is serious this project should be completed in the next 5 years or less (hwy 36 Boulder to Westminster station then Union Station Denver; Boulder to Longmont on 119). Then get on building that train from Denver to Summit County and a Caltrain type setup from Fort Collins to at least CO Springs...maybe Pueblo. Except this time its ground up, so how about higher speeds...its not like we live in 2017 or something.

I'm also going to say that for the most part we want mass transit but in America we build incomplete mass transit and then complain that it sucks. it also doesn't help that (with enough frequency) it is not on time, slower than driving, not maintained well, and dirty. Its for the poor people who can't afford a car! But again this is due to the fact that we treat it as a second class transportation option.

We would need to commit to something like the "Interstate Highway System" if this sort of thing is going to work. That project is proof that it can happen and for the most part many people are glad it exists today. If we can build a national interstate system in 35 years we can certainly build a real mass transportation infrastructure.

In other words it should not take 40 years to build a light rail from Boulder to Denver lol