Tag: cost
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GUEST COLUMN: Front Range Rail repeats the mistakes of FasTracks
At a projected cost of more than $4.7 billion, a Front Range passenger train would be breathtakingly expensive. Yet it would provide almost no benefits to the region: no congestion relief, no reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and no transportation that could not be provided by buses at a far lower cost. Despite this, the…
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CSFD or AMR? City Council set to vote on Colorado Springs ambulance services
The Colorado Springs City Council is scheduled on Tuesday to hold its first vote on a potential change in the city’s emergency medical services. The Colorado Springs Fire Department wants to end the city’s existing contract with American Medical Response and run ambulances themselves. Colorado Springs is currently one of the few U.S. metropolitan areas…