Friday’s Headlines 8/6/21: The next phase of shared streets is to get rid of some shared streets

Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area

• The next phase of shared streets is to get rid of some shared streets — and plan for permanent ones (Denverite)
• Denver ranked among the top-5 most-polluted cities in the world Thursday (9 News)
• Boston transit employee paid $220,000-plus working for Boston and RTD in Denver (The Denver Post)
• Opinion: Denver should implement the police task-force recommendations (The Colorado Sun)
• Board strikes down effort to reverse zoning permit for Park Hill managed homeless camp (The Denver Gazette)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m.: 96 (Moderate). Yesterday’s max: 108 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups)

From Streetsblog

• Friday’s Headlines Are Ready for a Beer (Streetsblog USA)

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