You know they always say, "If you are going to lie--tell a whopper."
The whopper in this story is that RTD never did ask BNSF what the cost would be to use the tracks.
And, the answer to the question that was never asked was that the number was so enormous and unexpected that the project was impossible due to the cost of using the tracks, but we never heard the number or saw the letter from BNSF.
So, we got buses and fastrak lanes and the money just went elsewhere.
So, if RTD is telling the truth that BNSF's response was just so expensive that it was impossible-------ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME THAT RTD PUBLISHED THE RESPONSE FROM BNSF AS IT IS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW SINCE IT IS THEIR MONEY AND IT IS ABOUT TIME RTD DOCUMENTS THEIR BIG STORY--OR BIG LIE.
Besides RTD telling us a story that is conveniently not their mistake or apparently their problem and putting the blame on BNSF, it does seem that the public has the right to know the truth or convenient untruth.