Local Leaders Can Fight Climate Change Right Now
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You don't have to wait for a more planet-friendly administration in Washington if you want to curb transportation-related emissions. Here's how.
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Op-Ed: Copenhagen’s Lessons for the ‘Green Wave’
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Cycling is integral to Danish culture, but it wasn’t always so.
Mayor Continues Transportation & Climate Investments in Tightened 2020 Budget
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Denver will continue investing in its goals around transportation and the climate crisis under the mayor’s 2020 budget proposal. But the $1.49 billion operating budget also braces the city for an economic slowdown.
Inauguration: Hancock Calls for Safer Streets, Advocates Hope He Will Deliver
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Mayor Hancock kicked off his third and final term today by calling for lower speed limits and better designed streets to keep cyclists and pedestrians safer in an “urgent” attempt to take back control of the streets from reckless car owners. “Our streets must change to make way for more transit riders, bike riders and […]
Update: Council Approves Denver Airport Road Widening That Would Make Traffic Worse
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A plan to widen the road to Denver International Airport, which would make traffic worse and wipe out the city’s newly-minted goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions, will get a vote from the Denver City Council on Monday.
Streets Partnership: Hancock’s Budget Needs $22M for Walking and Biking, and You Can Help Tuesday
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At its current pace, the city won't close the book on 240 miles of missing bike lanes and 2,000 miles of planned sidewalks for more than 100 years, according to the Denver Streets Partnership.