Friday’s Headlines 8/13/21: A Five Points parking lot to become housing
Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area A free Five Points parking lot owned by RTD will go from spots for cars to homes for people we like this. (Denverite) Car Slams Into Back Of Coffee Shop In Deadly Crash On Hampden Avenue (CBS Local) Denver Ties Record For Summer Bad Air Days As Threat For … Continued
9:14 AM GMT-0700 on August 13, 2021
Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area
- A free Five Points parking lot owned by RTD will go from spots for cars to homes for people we like this. (Denverite)
- Car Slams Into Back Of Coffee Shop In Deadly Crash On Hampden Avenue (CBS Local)
- Denver Ties Record For Summer Bad Air Days As Threat For Severe Weather Returns and it’s the 40 consecutive day with an air quality alert (CBS Local)
- Opinion: An arena isn’t what the Globeville Elyria-Swansea community needs or wants (The Denver Post)
- Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m.: 94 (Moderate). Yesterday’s max: 150 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups)
Centennial State
- Did CDOT lie? Internal CDOT emails show why employees decided to misinform drivers note to self: convince Google to show all streets in Denver closed to vehicular traffic (The Denver Channel)
- Aspen wants to create a revolution with e-bikes powered by the sun (The Denver Post)
- Nation’s largest fleet of autonomous, electric shuttles launches in Colorado (Mass Transit)
- Poor Drainage Was Behind The 2019 Collapse Of US 36, A New Report Says (Colorado Public Radio)
- CDOT on track to reopen I-70 through Glenwood Canyon, weather permitting (Aspen Daily News)
- Colorado’s population grew at twice the national rate between 2010 and 2020. Here’s where the boom was biggest. (Colorado Sun)
- As teens return to the classroom this week, a new CDOT campaign stresses teen driving laws (11 News)
From Streetsblog
- Friday’s Headlines Are … Wait, It Is Friday, Right? (Streetsblog USA)
- How To Make a COVID-Era Pop-Up Park Permanent (Streetsblog USA)
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