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Michael will lower speed limits and make street safety upgrades happen fast, asks those fighting bike lanes to stand down. CU Boulder students engineer a bike light that lights the road and the rider. Join us for the Streetsblog Scooter Debate Monday. More headlines...
7:34 AM GMT-0700 on August 8, 2019
From Streetsblog
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Mayor Michael Hancock will lower speed limits and make temporary street safety upgrades happen fast in several parts of Denver. And as traffic fatalities rise sharply, he says those fighting the city as it works to install bike lanes should stand down. (Streetsblog Denver) (Also: Denver Post, Denverite, 9 News, Denver7)
Other news
- Fox31 talks to Streetsblog editor Andy Bosselman about rising fatalities. (Fox31)
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CU Boulder students engineer a bike light that illuminates both the road and the rider. (CBS4)
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Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 47 Good. Yesterday’s max: 154 Unhealthy.
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National headlines at Streetsblog USA.
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