Friday’s Headlines & Traffic Violence Report 7/10/20
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- Weekly Traffic Violence Report
- Driver hits two people walking, leaving one in critical condition, flees the scene. (9News)
- Drivers Are Hitting Protesters as Memes of Car Attacks Spread (The New York Times)
From Streetsblog
- Why Street Vendors Belong on Our Post-Quarantine Streets (Streetsblog USA)
- National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Metro News
- CDOT Dangles $47M Carrot To Encourage Denver Area Governments To Build Safer Streets (CPR)
- Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 65 (Moderate). Yesterday’s max: 118 (Unhealthy).
Centennial State & Beyond
- The New York Times presents a truly stunning vision of a car-free future.
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Why Street Vendors Belong on Our Post-Quarantine Streets
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Street vendors have always been an important part of our street landscape — even when we've criminalized them.
Thursday’s Headlines 7/9/20
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- STEAL THIS IDEA: States Should Imitate This Scottish E-Bike Program (Streetsblog USA)
- National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Metro News
- Denver is expanding outdoor dining and closing streets to help restaurants, but some retailers are worried they won’t benefit. (US News & World Report)
- RiNo bars and restaurants roll out table service into the streets (9News)
- Mayor Hancock Asks Council to Choose Spots for Safe Camping Sites (Westword)
- Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 38 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 90 (Moderate).
Centennial State & Beyond
- Stop Building More Roads (The New York Times)
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STEAL THIS IDEA: States Should Imitate This Scottish E-Bike Program
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Subsidizing e-bikes is a no-brainer in the best of times — and in a pandemic, it could be a life-saver.
Wednesday’s Headlines 7/8/20
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- National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Metro News
- Denver’s new climate action vision could lead to a very different Denver (Denverite)
- 40 days after a driver hit a protester near Colfax and Broadway, the Denver district attorney’s office is considering charges (Denverite)
- RTD solicits short, long-term areas of focus from riders (CO Politics)
- Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 45 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 46 (Good).
Centennial State & Beyond
- Bird E-Scooter Program to return to Fort Collins (North Forty News)
- Cities Are Even Worse For Women Than You Might Imagine (Curbed)
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Tuesday’s Headlines 7/7/20
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- Designing ‘Streets For Protest’ Won’t Work Because of Cops (Streetsblog USA)
- Can Tactical Urbanism Be a Tool for Equity? A Conversation with Mike Lydon and Tony Garcia (Streetsblog USA)
- National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Metro News
- A Mapped Guide to the 10 Best 1-Hour Walks in Denver (303 Mag)
- Denver City Council Heading for Change, Including New President (Westword)
- Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 43 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 77 (Moderate).
Centennial State & Beyond
- It’s Time to Try Congestion Pricing in L.A. (CityLab)
- Coord piloting “smart zone” in Aspen (Smart Cities Dive)
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Designing ‘Streets For Protest’ Won’t Work Because of Cops
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Can good street design really "protect" protesters — and the right to protest itself — from police brutality? No.
Can Tactical Urbanism Be a Tool for Equity? A Conversation with Mike Lydon and Tony Garcia
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The creators of "tactical urbanism" sit down with Streetsblog to talk about where their quick-build methods are going in a historic moment that is finally centering real community engagement.
Monday’s Headlines 7/6/20
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- McConnell Calls House Infrastructure Plan a ‘Green New Deal Masquerading As a Highway Bill’ (Streetsblog USA)
- ICYMI: here’s a guide to the INVEST Act.
- National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Metro News
- Fearing a supposed ‘autonomous zone,’ Denver police used weapons to oust people from Civic Center Park (Denverite)
- Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 39 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 50 (Good).
Centennial State & Beyond
- Trains could return to Colorado’s Tennessee Pass, rumble through Leadville under pair of proposals (CO Sun)
- Why Bus-Loving Rep. Ayanna Pressley Wants Transit to Be Free (Curbed)
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McConnell Calls House Infrastructure Plan a ‘Green New Deal Masquerading As a Highway Bill’
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Mitch McConnell just accidentally created a lot of new fans for a Democratic infrastructure bill. The Senate majority leader reacted to the news that the House had passed a massive new infrastructure act by calling it “a thousand-page cousin of the Green New Deal, masquerading as a highway bill” — providing an inadvertently helpful reframing […]
Thursday’s Headlines 7/2/20
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- Five Things Every Sustainable Transportation Advocate Should Know About the INVEST Act (Streetsblog USA)
- When Highway Overpasses Become Housing (Streetsblog USA)
- National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Metro News
- These 4 Maps Show How RTD’s Bus Service Could Change (And Shrink) Next Year (CPR)
- Denver to open temporary sanctioned camps for people experiencing homelessness (Denverite)
- Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 50 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 68 (Moderate).
Centennial State & Beyond
- Link E-scooters Might Shake out the Kinks Holding Back Micromobility (TreeHugger)
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