Friday’s Headlines 01/15/2021 and Colorado’s New Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap
Polis releases Colorado Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap. MLK, Jr. Holiday Marade goes virtual. Transit money rolls into Roaring Fork Valley. More headlines.
10:47 AM GMT-0700 on January 15, 2021
Traffic Violence
- DA offers to dismiss charge against driver who hit and killed a person walking in Cortez, driver gets diversion agreement and 45 days of community service (The Journal)
Denver and the Metro Area
- Denver Martin Luther King Jr. Day Marade Goes Virtual During Coronavirus Pandemic (CBS4)
- Apartment Guide: Denver’s park system, walkability and activities downtown made it a top staycation location (Denver Post)
- Denver’s Union Station: A Colorado Neighborhood On The Fast Track (Forbes)
- Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m.: 44 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 45 (Good).
Centennial State
- Polis and cabinet release Colorado Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap to cut air pollution by 90%, “Accelerate the shift to electric cars, trucks, and buses” and “Make changes to transportation planning and investment and land use planning to encourage alternatives to driving” (Governor’s Office)
- Critics want more on environmental justice (CPR)
- Environmentalists want more detail (Colorado Sun)
- Business leaders question feasibility (Denver Post)
- Colorado Contractors Association wants to pave the road — literally — to economic recovery (Colorado Politics)
- Good news: Roaring Fork Transportation Authority board votes to cover $2M+ funding gap for Glenwood’s 27th Street pedestrian underpass project, adding to a commitment the Glenwood Springs City Council made earlier this week (Post-Independent)
- Federal relief money will be rolling RFTA’s way from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 (Aspen Daily News)
From Streetsblog
- Friday’s Headlines to Round it Out (Streetsblog USA)
- Talking Headways Podcast: Intro to the City, a conversation with Professor Sean Benesh, who is also an ordained pastor, about how unwelcoming to non-White people our public spaces are in this country (Streetsblog USA)
- NHTSA Blames Everyone But Itself For Crash Spike (Streetsblog USA)
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