Friday’s Headlines

I-70 traffic viewed from the Purina plant on Wednesday at 6:30 a.m. Image: CDOT

Why is Denver still expanding I-70? The move to tear down I-980 in Oakland shows that forward-thinking officials elsewhere get it: The problems associated with mega-motorways in urban neighborhoods outweigh the benefits. (Streetsblog Denver)

City workers clean up sidewalks around the Denver Rescue Mission to address health concerns. (Denverite)
Which is faster: walking or busing the 16th St. Mall? (Denverite)
With $14 million from the Volkswagen settlement, Colorado transit agencies, including RTD, will replace 28 diesel buses with vehicles that pollute less. (Denver Post)
RTD promises to bring rail to Boulder and Longmont, reaffirming and formalizing “our commitment to completing the FasTracks program.” (Daily Camera)
For residents along the G-Line, train horns will be silenced. But they’re just getting started along the N-Line to Thornton. (CPR)
Boulder’s new Transportation Department director is Jeffery Maxwell, a former Adams County Public Works director. (Daily Camera)
Enormous [and tacky] electronic sign at DIA has never worked, despite $11.5 million in taxpayer’s money. (Denver Post)
Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 41 Good. Yesterday: 48 Good.
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