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RFTA's vision for the future
By 2017, our region will significantly reduce dependence on oil through a resource efficient, climate friendly, multimodal transportation system with a regional express line unimpeded by traffic and weather, competitive with the private vehicle in terms of convenience, travel time and quality.
- Adopted by
the RFTA Board of Directors
Sept 2006
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Did you know?
Housing within walking distance of transit could eliminate 4,639 car trips per day between regional communities in the Roaring Fork Valley.
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Did you know?
"If Americans used public transportation at the same rate as Europeans, for roughly 10% of their daily travel needs, the United States would reduce its dependence on imported oil by more than 40% or nearly the amount of oil we import from Saudi Arabia each year."
-Economist Dr. Robert Shapiro and Dr. Kevin Hassett in the report "Conserving Energy and Preserving the Environment: The Role of Public Transportation"
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