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It is one of the largest employers in Colorado with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flydenver.com\/about\/jobs_volunteering\">35,000 employees<\/a> and has a foundation of transit options from the A line to numerous existing and potentially new bus routes. We have lots of opportunities to move more people without needing to move more cars.\r\n\r\nAcross seven editions of our <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.pirg-test.com\/edfund\/resources\/highway-boondoggles\/\">Highway Boondoggles report<\/a>, we\u2019ve highlighted how new lanes recruit new cars. These huge investments don\u2019t result in promised congestion relief and do result in increased emissions at a time when our region is in <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.pirg-test.com\/colorado\/foundation\/articles\/raqcs-sips-naaqs-oh-my-heres-what-the-acronyms-mean-and-why-theyre-critical-for-reducing-ozone-pollution\/\">\u201csevere\u201d nonattainment<\/a> for ozone pollution health limits.\r\n\r\nDIA and Pena Boulevard have an outsized influence on the whole region\u2019s transportation system given the number of trips to the airport and the distance that so many people travel - no one lives there. Therefore, the new cars recruited by new lanes on Pena Boulevard will have an outsized impact on the region\u2019s interstates and our local roads. We do not need more cars merging onto congested I-25, I-270, I-225 and I-70 to get to and from DIA. 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