Wednesday’s Headlines
Why was a woman ejected from a light rail vehicle that derailed? Aurora police and RTD are investigating. (Fox 31) Denver’s buses and trains are not useful to most people. A new book shows why. (Streetsblog Denver) RTD launched autonomous bus. (9 News) “Is it really going to be in my lifetime?” Arvada residents wonder when … Continued
8:53 AM GMT-0700 on January 30, 2019
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Why was a woman ejected from a light rail vehicle that derailed? Aurora police and RTD are investigating. (Fox 31)
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Denver’s buses and trains are not useful to most people. A new book shows why. (Streetsblog Denver)
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“Is it really going to be in my lifetime?” Arvada residents wonder when RTD’s G-Line will open. (Denver7)
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Winter Bike to Work Week starts Monday; Denver and Boulder rank second and third for participation. (Daily Camera)
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People love it: Telluride redesigned its local transit network to increase frequency and make routes easier to understand without a map. (Telluride Daily Planet)
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Longmont woman citied under Colorado’s cycling under the influence law. (Patch.com)
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Whoopie Goldberg’s anti-bike lane rant exposes “widespread skepticism and hostility towards massive expenditures of tax dollars on multimodal transportation infrastructure for bikes, trains and buses,” including in progressive Boulder. (Daily Camera)
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Colorado car dealers sue to stop state from adopting more stringent California emissions standards. (Denver Post)
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California’s standards are anti-American? “A fundamentally-American freedom is under attack,” writes Tim Jackson, who runs the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association, in an op-ed. (Denver Post)
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Following California’s lead, Utah is considering withholding transportation funding from communities that don’t do more to encourage affordable housing. (Salt Lake Tribune)
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You can learn to drive a steam train during a four-day class at remote Cumbres & Toltec engineer and fireman school near the Colorado-New Mexico border (CPR).
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Or just watch this gorgeous 10-minute video. (National Geographic)
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