Monday’s Headlines 8/9/21: Forget 7th, we’re number 1.
Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area Denver ranks No. 1 in list of international cities for air pollution Saturday but by all means, drive your car as much as you’d like (The Denver Post) Denver Records Worst Air Quality of Any Major City in World as Wildfires Burn (Slate) Poor Air Quality Persists Across Colorado, … Continued
9:09 AM GMT-0700 on August 9, 2021
Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area
- Denver ranks No. 1 in list of international cities for air pollution Saturday but by all means, drive your car as much as you’d like (The Denver Post)
- Denver Records Worst Air Quality of Any Major City in World as Wildfires Burn (Slate)
- Poor Air Quality Persists Across Colorado, But Midweek Relief Could Be On The Horizon (CPR News)
- Bicyclist / motorist crash reported at E. 14th Ave. at N. Race St. (Denver Police Department)
- Pedestrian Hit On Highway 285; Lakewood Police Search For Driver (CBS Local)
- Motorcyclist Hit, Killed In Aurora; Police Search For Suspect (CBS Denver)
- Denver to begin reopening some shared streets to cars (The Denver Post)
- Denver Bicycling Community Raises Concerns About Rising Bike Thefts, Apparently Stolen Bikes Piled Up In Homeless Camps (CBS Local)
- Restarting the daily commute will cost metro Denver workers more than $6,000, study finds (The Denver Post)
- For some in Denver’s Five Points, growth isn’t necessarily a good thing (9 News)
- Denver RTD maintenance of way team makes record repair despite heat, holiday (Mass Transit)
- E-bike sales boomed during pandemic, could help reduce carbon emissions (The Denver Channel)
- Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m.: 131 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups). Yesterday’s max: 168 (Unhealthy)
Centennial State
- CDOT reaches $14 million settlement over partial 2019 collapse of U.S. 36 (The Colorado Sun)
- Infrastructure bill advances to final passage this week (The Denver Gazette)
From Streetsblog
- Monday’s Headlines Are Soaking It All In (Streetsblog USA)
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