Wednesday’s Headlines
A Winnebago driver may have intentionally run over an Eritrean refugee because she is Muslim. State legislators to RTD: Come to us with ideas on how to improve, or we will restructure the agency. Denver considers more and better sidewalks for Quebec. More headlines ...
9:07 AM GMT-0700 on December 18, 2019
From Streetsblog
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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
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Police are looking for the hit-and-run driver who killed a female pedestrian at West Colfax Avenue near Sheridan Boulevard yesterday. (Denver Post)
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State legislators to RTD: Come to us with ideas on how to improve, or we will restructure the agency. (CPR)
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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)
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Denver considers more and better sidewalks for Quebec Street. (Denverite)
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Despite the city’s bad experiences with private partnerships, they’ll try it again with the National Western Complex. (CPR)
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Eight ways to get to the mountains without driving. (5280)
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Lakewood doesn’t know what to do with building permit applications received before voters passed new growth limits in July. (Denver Post)
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Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 44 Good. Yesterday’s max: 53 Moderate.
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National headlines at Streetsblog USA.
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