Friday’s Headlines 10/23/20
- Back on Track: A Delicate Balance in District I
- How Auto Insurers Subsidize Car Carnage
- Uber's Self-Driving Car Killed Someone. Why Isn’t Uber Being Charged?
- Paris To Remove Half Of City’s Car Parking Spaces
7:52 AM GMT-0700 on October 23, 2020
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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