Friday’s Headlines 10/23/20

Traffic Violence

• Weekly Traffic Violence Report – 44 killed on Denver streets

From Streetsblog

• Back on Track: A Delicate Balance in District I (Streetsblog Denver)
• How Auto Insurers Subsidize Car Carnage (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

 Metro News

• One sentence in east Denver’s plan for change sums up how some wealthy and low-income neighborhoods see growth and development (Denverite)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 35 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 80 (Moderate).

Centennial State & Beyond

• Appeals Court Says Uber and Lyft Must Treat California Drivers as Employees (The New York Times)
• The Pandemic Kick-Started an Urban Motorcycle Boom. Are Cities Ready? (CityLab)
• Uber’s Self-Driving Car Killed Someone. Why Isn’t Uber Being Charged? (Slate)
• Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo To Make Good On Pledge To Remove Half Of City’s Car Parking Spaces (Forbes)

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