Thursday’s Headlines 9/24/20
- Traffic Violence: driver hits protestor at Breonna Taylor protests
- RTD board plans to keep new CEO’s salary and contract from public until night of vote
- Colorado receives federal funds for Front Range passenger rail study
7:50 AM GMT-0700 on September 24, 2020
Traffic Violence
- Another driver vs. protesters scene in Denver leaves one person injured (Denverite)
- No charges for man seen driving Jeep into Aurora protest (Denverite)
From Streetsblog
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- No, We Don’t Need Drive-Thrus — Even During COVID-19 (Streetsblog USA)
- Op-Ed: It Shouldn’t Cost 31x More To Take Transit Than Park (Streetsblog USA)
- National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Metro News
- RTD board plans to keep new CEO’s salary and contract from public until night of vote (Denver Post)
- Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 76 (Moderate). Yesterday’s max: 84 (Moderate).
Centennial State & Beyond
- Colorado receives federal funds for Front Range passenger rail study (KRDO)
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