As metro Denver’s population grows, drivers spend more time stuck in traffic jams, costing the economy more than $2 billion a year in lost time and fuel. And more motorists are dying in traffic accidents on the area’s clogged roads.
It’s going to get worse. The Denver Regional Council of Governments Officials projects a 50 percent increase in the number of miles traveled by cars and trucks on the area’s highways by 2040.
But there’s little money for the Colorado Department of Transportation…
As metro Denver’s population grows, drivers spend more time stuck in traffic jams, costing the economy more than $2 billion a year in lost time and fuel. And more motorists are dying in traffic accidents on the area’s clogged roads.
It’s going to get worse. The Denver Regional Council of Governments Officials projects a 50 percent increase in the number of miles traveled by cars and trucks on the area’s highways by 2040.
But there’s little money for the Colorado Department of Transportation…