Wednesday’s Headlines: Feb. 19

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From Streetsblog

Why Good Transit is the Key To a Disability-Friendly City (Streetsblog Chicago)
NYC Proves Bus-Only Streets Save Lives (Streetsblog NYC)
Janette Sadik-Khan: Car Crashes Are an Epidemic We Can Solve (Streetsblog USA)
National headlines at Streetsblog USA

Other news

‘Never Drove & Drank’: Charlie Leake, Uber passenger, killed in crash on I-225, police still seeking hit-and-run driver (CBS4 Denver)
16th Street Mall Reconstruction Project’s Next Phase — and Rising Concerns (Westword)
Senate committee on RTD oversight bill shines a light on services for ~~disabled riders~~ people with disabilities (Denver Post and FOX31/Channel 2)
RTD to hold 18 public meetings on service cutbacks and changes, and now’s your chance to tell RTD what you think (The Denver Channel and CPR)
Letters: Hey Drivers: This isn’t war (P.S. author Jerry Tinianow wrote a guest column for Streetsblog Denver earlier this week). And a conservative from Thornton says “taxes can be good if used for their intended purposes” for roads and bridges (Denver Post Opinion)
Colorado is nowhere near on track to meet the emissions goals outlined in its Climate Action Plan (Westword)
Homeowner wants changes to state law as he is forced to delay retirement after uninsured driver crashed truck into his home (CBS4 Denver)
Tips for cycling through the snow (Wheat Ridge Transcript)
Lakewood transit-oriented development: Breaking ground on a 281-apartment building and 362-space parking structure next to the Sheridan Station on the W Line (Rebusiness Online)
Boulder County OKs $2 billion transportation master plan: Commissioners will leverage multiple sources of funding, possibly a tax, because they “can’t wait on the state forever” (Boulder Daily Camera)
Estes Park: CDOT to build a roundabout and make other safety improvements (North Forty News)
I-70 weekend traffic getting worse and causing more crashes (Colorado Politics)
Public transit on the Western Slope (KVNF Public Radio)
Grand Junction pedestrian/bicycle bridge postponed after not receiving CDOT Multi-modal Options Fund grant (Daily Sentinel)
Opinion: Our Electric Destiny, part one and part two (Pagosa Daily Post)
Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 49 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 51 (Moderate).

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