Monday’s Headlines 5/3/21: Person walking dies after being struck by A-Line train

Pedestrian Dies After Crash With RTD A-Line (CBS Local)
You can eat on Denver streets and sidewalks for at least another year (Denverite)
RTD to begin 18-month fare study due to ‘burdensome’ cost for many customers (9 News, Sentinel Colorado)
Public transit hopes to win back riders after crushing year (The Denver Post)
Denver RTD establishes guiding principles for providing future service (Mass Transit)
One-third of scooter rides replaced a car trip (KDVR)
Man arrested after ramming patrol car and leading officers on car chase, police say (9 News)
Autonomous vehicles could come to Golden (Arvada Press)
Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m.: 38 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 61 (Moderate).

Centennial State

There’s a storied history behind Gypsum’s modest pedestrian bridge (VailDaily)
Connecting Colorado: Front Range Passenger Rail Legislation Clears Committee (EIN News)
Man accused of hitting, killing CSP trooper in 2016 scheduled to appear in court Monday following two mistrials (KDVR)

From Streetsblog

What is ‘Traffic Violence’ and Why Do We Need To Talk About It? (Streetsblog USA)
Monday’s Headlines Because We’re Doing This (Streetsblog USA)

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