Friday’s Headlines and Traffic Violence Report 10/9/20

Traffic Violence

• Weekly Traffic Violence Report – three more killed on Denver streets in 2020

From Streetsblog

• Understanding the Denver Bikelash – (Streetsblog Denver)
• Study: Transit Is Failing Non-White Night Shift Workers (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

 Metro News

• Disband the RTD board of directors (Denver Post)
• The Denver metro has seen more air pollution this year than any year in the last decade (Denverite)
• There’s an indefinite detour on the South Platte Trail by Vanderbilt Park (Denverite)
• Mayor Hancock Appoints Longtime Denver Firefighter as New Chief (Westword)
  • This seems like a good time to remind you that Fire Department policies are active impediments to safe streets
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 112 (Unhealthy). Yesterday’s max: 131 (Unhealthy).

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