Friday’s Headlines & Traffic Violence Report 5/22/20
- There's now a COVID-19 playbook for cities
- Denver Streets Partnership grades city's 'Vision Zero' progress, advocates for further changes
- Jump bikes roll back into Denver with a focus on food deserts and sanitized handlebars
- Traffic Violence
8:05 AM GMT-0700 on May 22, 2020
From Streetsblog
- NACTO Drops Playbook for Fighting COVID-19 (Streetsblog USA)
- National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Traffic Violence
- Weekly Traffic Violence Report – 17 killed on Denver streets in 2020, 1 this week
Metro News
- Denver Streets Partnership grades city’s ‘Vision Zero’ progress, advocates for further changes (Denverite, COPolitics, 9News,)
- Survey Finds RTD Customers Will ‘Wait To See’ Before Getting Back On Board (CPR, COPolitics)
- Budget scenarios bring Denver RTD’s financial picture into focus (Mass Transit Mag)
- Jump bikes roll back into Denver with a focus on food deserts and sanitized handlebars (Denverite)
- Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 43 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 77 (Moderate).
Centennial State & Beyond
- How Car-Clogged Houston Could Be a Climate Policy Leader (CityLab)
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