Jobs-to-worker disparity underscored

BOULDER – You’ve heard about this problem before: The number of jobs in Boulder and the county is growing at a fast clip, about 5 percent a year. The number of housing units – increasing about 2 percent a year – is not.

And that means an increasing number of workers are driving here from homes that are farther and farther away — as far away as Cheyenne or south Denver.

The “in-commuting” pattern has revealed deficits in systemic services such as transportation infrastructure. Roads are overtaxed, clogged like arteries. Traffic is hellish at all hours. And when people spend more…