Wednesday’s Headlines: 2/25/20
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- How To Make Every City Walkable in Three Infographics (Streetsblog USA)
- National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Traffic Violence
- Man pleads guilty to leaving the scene of an accident in August crash into crowd near Coors Field (The Denver Channel)
Metro News
- Day 1 From RTD interim leader: “We have to deliver” on service improvements to regain trust (Denver Post)
- Day 2, Interim RTD GM Took a Ride (CBS4 Denver)
- Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 44 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 43 (Good).
Centennial State & Beyond
- City of Colorado Springs prepping for e-scooters on city streets by summer (CO Springs Gazette)
- Lime could bring electronic scooters to Golden as part of pilot (Golden Transcript)
- Ride-Hailing Isn’t Really Green (CityLab)
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How To Make Every City Walkable in Three Infographics
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America doesn't need an ambitious pedestrian safety target. We need seven of them.
Tuesday’s Headlines: 2/25/20
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- U.S. Breaks With World on Pledge to Cut Roadway Deaths (Streetsblog USA)
- This is bad, folks.
- National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Metro News
- Driven to Exhaustion: Can Denver End Its Love Affair With the Car? (Westword)
- Mayor Hancock said all the right things in his interview with CPR. Will he follow through?
- Denver is home to three of worst traffic bottlenecks in U.S. (Denver Biz Journal & Westword)
- Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 41 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 48 (Good).
Centennial State & Beyond
- Concerns Grow Over Implementation of State’s New Climate Rules (Westword)
- The Fishing Pier Problem in Public Transit Equity (Human Transit)
- 140 countries pledged to eliminate traffic deaths. The U.S. did not. (Curbed)
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U.S. Breaks With World on Pledge to Cut Roadway Deaths
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American delegates distanced themselves from key elements of a global safety pledge that would halve road deaths in 10 years.
Monday’s Headlines: 2/24/20
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- Ten Simple Policies to Subtract Cars From Our Streets (Streetsblog USA)
- Vision Zero is Missing Something Big: Getting Cars Off the Road (Streetsblog USA)
- National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Metro News
- After only 6 weeks on the job, new Boulder transportation director resigns (Boulder Daily Camera)
- RTD proposes service cuts to Lone Tree and Parker route (Elbert County News)
- Coffman: RTD service cuts are out of line in Aurora (Denver Post)
- Kafer: I’m beginning to believe Democrats want Colorado’s drivers to be miserable (Denver Post)
- Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 45 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 53 (Moderate).
Centennial State & Beyond
- Prairie Politics: Don’t stay in your lane (Pueblo Chieftan)
- Red light cameras are coming to 2 more Fort Collins intersections (Coloradoan)
- Here’s What Happens When Public Transit Is Free (HuffPost)
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Ten Simple Policies to Subtract Cars From Our Streets
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Want less road carnage? We need fewer cars on the roads. Here are some tools cities are already using (and should consider using) to save lives and reduce auto use.
Vision Zero is Missing Something Big: Getting Cars Off the Road
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A leading transportation researcher argues for the addition of a sixth pillar to the five-part strategy.
Friday’s Headlines: 2/21/20
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- Chicago Has a New Way to Stop Drivers Who Misuse Bus and Bike Lanes (Streetsblog USA)
- The Secret Villains Behind Traffic Violence: Auto Lenders (Streetsblog USA)
- National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Traffic Violence
- Pedestrian struck, killed by (person driving a) vehicle in Lakewood (Fox31Denver)
- Fatal Crash Closes Broncos Parkway Near Parker Road (CBS4Denver)
Metro News
- Colorado lawmakers hear from people with disabilities as RTD struggles to provide service (The Denver Channel)
- Don’t forget, Now’s Your Chance To Tell RTD What You Think Of Its Plan For Service Cuts (CPR)
- Boulder County amends transportation master plan, including “vision zero” goal (Colorado Politics)
- Tackling climate change in Denver means rethinking how we get around our city (WalkDenver)
- Proposed RTD cuts to RunRide were top concern at Wednesday meeting in Boulder (Daily Camera)
- Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 67 (Moderate). Yesterday’s max: 65 (Moderate).
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The Secret Villains Behind Traffic Violence: Auto Lenders
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Americans are taking on more debt than ever at the car dealership and the rise in risky auto lending has everything to do with our national rise in pedestrian fatalities.
Chicago Has a New Way to Stop Drivers Who Misuse Bus and Bike Lanes
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How many times have you seen drivers decide that the bike or bus lane would be the perfect place to idle in their cars even if it forces cyclists out into dangerous traffic, or slows down what's supposed to be a rapid bus route? Chicago has a great idea to stop that.
Thursday’s Headlines: 2/20/20
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- Pedestrians Aren’t Even Safe From Car Crashes Inside Buildings (Streetsblog USA)
- National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Metro area news
- Mayor Hancock names Grace Rink to head Denver’s first Climate Agency (Denver press release)
- A Wider I-25 Could Be Coming. And CDOT May Soon Spend $50 Million To Start It (CPR)
- This ain’t a joke: “Indoor wood-burning restrictions and a plea to limit driving are in effect in the metro area because of air-quality concerns.” (Denver Post) Yep, it’s that bad.
- Police: 9 injured after kids steal truck, cause multi-vehicle crash involving RTD bus in Aurora (Denver Channel)
- A mysterious hook-shaped snow band appeared over Denver on Wednesday (9News)
Centennial State & International news
- People Seem To Like Riding The Bustang From Denver To Grand Junction, So CDOT Is Planning To Add Another Run (CPR)
- Colorado Springs at a critical moment in designing downtown, urban expert warns (CO Springs Gazette)
- Paris Mayor: It’s Time for a ’15-Minute City’ (CityLab)
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