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Originally Posted by bobg
You could argue Colfax BRT pre-construction started because Denver water started pipe replacement on Colfax in anticipation of the BRT project last year. As far as the official project last I heard they were hoping to officially secure the FTA funding this quarter so they could start the construction next quarter, not sure where that's at.
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Yeah, good point; I forgot about all that pipe replacement; that was a major undertaking.
I just want to see a ROD (Record of Decision) so I'll hope you're correct. At that point they're good-to-go. It would be highly unusual not to get Congressional funding once a project is approved for funding by the FTA.
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Originally Posted by bobg
As far as EV's and GHG, the NYT article I linked to addresses why CDOT isn't depending solely on EV's. In short we are nowhere near the EV adoption levels needed to meet the state's goals given the lifespan of cars (not in the article but it's the same for the Biden administration's goals, and the Paris agreement goals on a national level), and there's no evidence based reason to believe that EV adoption will soon accelerate to the levels we need.
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Funny Story
Sunday Morning I'm listening to Ayesha Rascoe, a newer host on NPR's "Sunday Morning Edition". I like her; she's a corker. She took a trip to Florida and interviewed various people on their opinion of Climate Change. She got a good variety of feedback but not surprising given the 'political environment' many were like 'whatever' happens they'll cope somehow. You had to hear the segment to appreciate the humor.
With respect to EV's it's amazing but frustrating how China is easily a decade ahead of us. I can still recall when Warren Buffett made a trip to China in 2008, was treated like royalty and bought a 10% share of BYD. Today, he says it's the best investment he's ever made. His "$232 million stake has since swelled to around $6 billion."
Unfortunately with EV's, our domestic car companies have never made any money with more affordable 'econo-boxes.' We could easily import millions of cheap Chinese EV's except for Build America policies. It a conundrum.