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- Express-lane speed: Keep it the same as other lanes - Salt Lake Tribune Editorial
Rep. Kenneth Sumsion wants more people to use the express lanes on freeways. He would give them an incentive. He’s sponsoring a bill that would allow highway officials to raise the speed limit as high as 75 miles per hour in the express lane on highways where the limit in other lanes is 65 mph.
That’s not a good idea ...
... Allowing people to buy their way into the express raises equity issues. After all, everyone pays the same fuel taxes to support the highways. But at least people who pay a special toll are, in essence, buying the privilege of making the freeways more efficient for everyone by filling up the express lane, particularly during rush hour. However, allowing those same people the privilege of buying a faster speed limit rubs us the wrong way.
Ideally, the express lane would be limited only to those who are car-pooling. Cleaning up the air and saving gas money should be incentive enough.
- Could D.C. region improve its HOV lanes? - Dr. Gridlock, The Washington Post
- How drivers continue to scam police and HOV lane cameras - Ross K. Erken, AOL Autos
A man who was caught last week with a skeleton in his passenger seat represents a growing epidemic of motorists concocting schemes to avoid the increasing traffic in metropolitan areas. ...
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- Democratic plan: Minority party targets education - Salt Lake Tribune Editorial
Democrats are small in number in the Utah Legislature, but for the legislative session just beginning on Capitol Hill, they have big plans for improving public schools in the Beehive State.
It’s time somebody took on that monumental and crucial task, and it’s becoming increasingly clear that the Republican majority in the Utah House and Senate won’t do it. The minority party, under the able leadership of Sen. Ben McAdams and Sen. Karen Morgan, both of Salt Lake City, has put together a package of bills aimed at improving both the professionalism of teachers and achievement of Utah children.
The Democratic caucuses have worked for months on what they call the Best Schools Initiative, and the effort is evident in the way the bills are targeted at the areas of public education that most need attention. ...
- Education emphasis - Ogden Standard-Examiner Editorial
... It's unlikely that Utah educators are going to get more money per-pupil, and districts, such as Ogden's, with high economic disparities, are not going away. Motivation, from students, parents, educators and the community, must increase consistently. If that is accomplished, it will lift the other standards higher.
- Welcome back, lawmakers - Deseret News Editorial
... We are encouraged to hear legislators from both sides of the aisle champion the idea that increasing state revenues must be invested into education. Primary, secondary and higher education have weathered the fiscal challenges of the past several years with exceeding patience. We trust, however, that those increased investments will come with meaningful assessment of, and accountability for, student achievement. ...
- We're no. 1 ... in slashing higher ed funds - Denver Post Editorial
