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On April 5, 2017, Anchorage was fortunate to have Madison, Wisconsin’s Mayor Paul Soglin speak at Alaska Common Ground’s transportation series. In talking about transit-oriented development, Mayor Soglin stated that the automobile is America’s most heavily subsidized transportation mode.
Alaska policymakers also need to state this truth. This would be a first step toward implementing passenger rail for commuters between Wasilla and Anchorage: something Alaskans have been asking about — and not getting — for almost 40 years. Meanwhile, the Valley now has almost six times as many people as in 1980, and we keep pouring money into the Glenn Highway: expanding it, maintaining it and paying medics and police for the frequent accidents.
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