Monday’s Headlines

A rendering of a rejected urban boulevard proposal that would have replaced I-70 in Globeville, Elyria and Swansea.

From Streetsblog

  • Commentary: Before changing I-25 in Denver, is CDOT really listening? The highway agency already ruled out the project’s most progressive proposal: replacing the freeway with an urban boulevard. (Streetsblog Denver)

Other news

  • CDOT considers I-25 fixes, including adding lanes, tolls, changes at exits and making a double-decker freeway. (Denverite)
  • Guest Commentary: Traffic jams are a sign of income inequality. (Denver Post)
  • Police release video of two men they would like to question in connection to Thursday’s deadly shooting next to the Park-n-Ride at RTD’s 40th and Colorado Station. (CBS4)
  • State lawmakers tapped the previously off-limits Unclaimed Property Trust Fund to fill budget gaps. (Colorado Sun)
  • Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 31 Good. Yesterday’s max: 47 Good.
  • National headlines at Streetsblog USA.

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