A $677 million transportation bill that would have marginally funded transit, walking, and biking has jumped through one hoop at the Republican-controlled Colorado Senate and emerged thinner, with even less guaranteed money for what legislators call "multimodal" transport.
Colorado spends less than 1 cent per person per day on transit. If that sounds like a paltry amount, you're right. The national average is 20 times higher.
Denver officials should study the transit renaissance in Seattle, where officials have put to new funding for transit to excellent use, providing tangible service improvements that benefit tens of thousands of people each day.