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But I have studied this proposal and my estimation is that it will help considerably during rush hour.

You need to study a bit more. Roads, dollar for dollar, are many times more efficient at getting people and goods (which can't even go on light rail) from place to place.

Virtually all mass transit must be subsidized by taxpayers, so forget reducing the fare unless you want to face the taxpayers.

Here in Phoenix, we subsidize bus riders an average of something like $22 a ride. I litterally would be less money to pay for a cab.

Stupid.

[taxcontrol]

"Virtually all mass transit must be subsidized by taxpayers"

Yes - Including Roads
The thing about Roads - specific to Denver - is that

1) we do not currently have enough "bandwidth". There is only one high speed north - south corridor in Denver, I-25. Putting in more highways will also cost billions of dollars.

2) Roads do not work too well with snow and ice. Unless we get a MAJOR (like a yard or more) blizzard then light rail will continue to operate and do so more safely than car transportation.

3) In Denver, the major corporate centers are located in Downtown, DTC (both along I-25), and recently Interlocken (along I-36 which feeds into I-25). This puts excessive rush hour traffic pressures. This concentration of jobs also creates a concentration of commuters which works against roads but in the favor of light rail.
Is light rail a cure all - no. Neither are more roads. It is however a decent compromise - at least for Denver.