Wednesday’s Headlines

From Streetsblog

• Traffic Violence Report: Two road deaths increase Denver’s total to 67. (Streetsblog Denver)

Snow removal

• Denver bike lanes are snowpacked and icy one week after the storm. (CBS4)
• An Uber driver complains about Denver’s poor snow removal. (Westword)
• Is Denver bad at clearing snow from its streets? (Denverite)
• Dear Denver: Don’t fine for unshoveled sidewalks until streets are clear. (Westword)
• Will these Denver Metro cities change snow plowing practices after last week’s storm? (9 News)

Other news

• Hancock and federal officials acknowledged rising traffic fatalities. “It’s on all of us,” said the mayor. (CBS4)
• The RTD board will start its search for a new CEO. (Denver Post)
• The agency will not push out Genova before Jan. 20. (CPR)
• The Federal Transit Administration approved plans to revamp the 16th Street Mall. (CBS4)
• Cherry Creek residents say construction crews are taking over parking spaces. (Denver7)
• Like the rest of the country, Denver apartment buildings are getting taller. (Denver Business Journal)
• David Leonhardt, a moderate voice on the New York Times opinion page, has strong feelings about scooters: Get them off the sidewalks. (New York Times)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 64 Moderate. Yesterday’s max: 72 Moderate.
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA.

Streetsblog Denver editor Andy Bosselman is out of the office.