Wednesday’s Headlines
As traffic fatalities pile up, mayoral candidates won't commit to cheap safety fixes. A potential Front Range passenger rail system will be studied. Ballot measure could bring a carbon tax to Denver. More headlines ...
7:42 AM GMT-0700 on May 29, 2019
The city installed paint and plastic posts to create a median at the intersection of Colfax Ave., Park Ave., and Franklin St in 2017. The measure is one of many quick, low-cost methods that can increase road safety. Photo: David Sachs (file photo)
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As traffic fatalities pile up, Denver’s mayoral candidates won’t make a firm commitment to cheap safety fixes. (Streetsblog Denver)
Other news
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A potential Front Range passenger rail system that will link Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins and Denver will be studied. (Denver Post, CPR)
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Environmentalists want Denver to become the first city with a carbon tax. (Denverite)
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A power company’s proposal would wipe out coal-generated electricity in Colorado in favor of renewables. (Denver Post)
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Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 35 Good. Yesterday’s max: 87 Moderate.
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National headlines at Streetsblog USA.
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