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		<title>Kickoff Gallery</title>
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		<link>http://www.johntayer.org/2010/03/10/kickoff-gallery/</link>
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		<title>PLAN-Boulder County Forum this Friday, February 12</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been invited to participate in a PLAN-Boulder County forum, &#8220;Does it Take a Village to Raise a Bus . . . or a Train?&#8221;
Aside from me, the panel will include:  Boulder Mayor Susan Osborne, Boulder Councilmember Matt Appelbaum, and City Planner Louise Grauer.  
The fireworks start at Noon on February 12 in the Creekside Room [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johntayer.org/2010/02/07/plan-boulder-county-forum-this-friday-february-12/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Wrong time for a tax hike, RTD&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, addressing my Board colleagues, I noted it was highly unlikely I could support asking the voters in November of 2010 for additional tax support to complete the FasTracks program.  This was against my initial inclination, as I would prefer to get an early read from the public regarding their willingness to invest the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johntayer.org/2010/02/06/wrong-time-for-a-tax-hike-rtd/</link>
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		<title>The Eagle Has Landed . . .</title>
		<description><![CDATA[.  .  . or, at least, it is making it&#8217;s final approach.
No matter how you slice it, the news RTD received from the Federal Transportation Administration yesterday is a big leap forward toward realizing the full vision of the FasTracks plan.  You can read about all the developments at the following link: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14345646.  The summary, though, is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johntayer.org/2010/02/06/the-eagle-has-landed/</link>
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		<title>The 2010 APE: New Numbers &#8211; More Clarity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The picture isn&#8217;t any brighter, but at least our challenge is much more clear . . . 
That is the best you can probably say about the 2010 Annual Program Evaluation (APE).  This document, which RTD prepares annually for the Denver Regional Council of Governments, provides the most recent snapshot of the financial picture and technical adjustments [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johntayer.org/2010/01/27/the-2010-ape-new-numbers-more-clarity/</link>
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		<title>Jefferson Parkway: A Threat to Transit Investment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am typically pretty focused in my transit advocacy, as an RTD Board Director, on influencing RTD policy.   However, when the actions of outside agencies threaten our transit goals, I feel it is my duty to speak-out.  Such is the case with respect to current maneuvers to complete the Denver metro beltway.
Specifically, proponents of the beltway are asking the Denver Regional Council of Governments [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johntayer.org/2009/12/24/jefferson-parkway-proposal-a-threat-to-transit-investment/</link>
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		<title>New RTD General Manager Phil Washington</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you didn&#8217;t see the news reports, the RTD Board decided to remove the word, &#8220;Iterim,&#8221; from Phil Washington&#8217;s job title . . . selecting him as our new General Manager.
Phil demonstrated excellent leadership over the past five months in his interim role.  There was no down period following Cal Marsella&#8217;s departure, as Phil [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johntayer.org/2009/12/24/new-rtd-general-manager-phil-washington/</link>
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		<title>Denver Post Column Stirs FasTracks Debate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you haven&#8217;t been following it, the Denver Post published a recent column that was critical of the planned FasTracks investments:
Can FasTracks Be Saved: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13573154?IADID=Search-www.denverpost.com-www.denverpost.com.
Just to offer a different perspective, here are two critiques that I think well articulate some of the deficiencies in the Denver Post column:
Don&#8217;t Throw FasTracks Under the Bus: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-rosenthal/dont-throw-fastracks-unde_b_332455.html; and,
Spense Havlick [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johntayer.org/2009/10/30/denver-post-column-stirs-fastracks-debate/</link>
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		<title>Additional Revenue Helps Preserve Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am pleased to report that, due to some unanticipated additional revenue for 2010, the RTD Board voted to preserve most of the service that was slated for cuts in January.  This includes the initial proposal to reduce service frequencies along Route 205, Route 228, and the Stampede.  The only remaining service efficiencies the Board approved [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johntayer.org/2009/10/21/additional-revenue-preserves-service/</link>
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		<title>Farewell to the Neighborhood Eco Pass Moratorium!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, in a unanimous vote, the RTD Board accepted the recommendations of the Pass Program Committee (a.k.a. The Eco Pass Committee) . . . officially ending the moratorium on the Neighborhood Eco Pass program.
Of course, termination of the Neighborhood Eco Pass program moratorium was just one facet of the Committee&#8217;s comprehensive recommendations concerning a future pricing framework for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johntayer.org/2009/10/20/farewell-to-the-neighborhood-eco-pass-moratorium/</link>
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