Issue Position: Infrastructure and Transportation

Issue Position

Denver needs bold and innovative ideas to solve our traffic problems. Public transportation needs to be more accessible and affordable. We need to consider the impacts to the environment and our neighborhoods when we make decisions about transportation. Adding lanes to our highways is not always as effective as a long-term solution that includes public transportation, transit-oriented development, and right-of-way improvements for bikes, skateboards, and yes, even rollerblades.

Electric Vehicle (EV) infrastructure must be expanded this will mean mean cleaner air and savings to consumers. I will introduce legislation that will make the advantages of EV's more accessible, by reducing fees for EV registration, and rewarding businesses that build the infrastructure we need to make clean transportation an accessible reality.

While ride-sharing services are convenient and necessary, they also disproportionately contribute to our traffic congestion. To mitigate this externality, I will propose a small fee to those services, the funds raised by which will be allocated for accessible, affordable, and efficient transportation options.

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