Wednesday’s Headlines

From Streetsblog

• Traffic Violence Report: Saliha Abdalla-Suleiman, 42, was the victim of last week’s hit-and-run where a driver steered a Winnebago motor home onto a sidewalk. Her family thinks the driver may have intentionally run over the Eritrean refugee because she is Muslim. (Streetsblog Denver)

Other news

• Police are looking for the hit-and-run driver who killed a female pedestrian at West Colfax Avenue near Sheridan Boulevard yesterday. (Denver Post)
• State legislators to RTD: Come to us with ideas on how to improve, or we will restructure the agency. (CPR)
• A power outage caused 20 to 30 minute delays on some light rail lines this morning, but RTD says trains are now late by less than 10 minutes. (Twitter)
• Denver considers more and better sidewalks for Quebec Street. (Denverite)
• Despite the city’s bad experiences with private partnerships, they’ll try it again with the National Western Complex. (CPR)
• Eight ways to get to the mountains without driving. (5280)
• Lakewood doesn’t know what to do with building permit applications received before voters passed new growth limits in July. (Denver Post)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 44 Good. Yesterday’s max: 53 Moderate.
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA.