Friday’s Headlines

From Streetsblog

•  A driver killed another bicyclist and bike lane opponents in the area still oppose safety upgrades to Marion Street. (Streetsblog Denver)

More on bike fatality

• Kyle Clark Commentary: “You don’t own the street in front of your home. Our streets belong to everyone.” “Arguing for aesthetic appeal while bodies are being peeled off the pavement is a bad look. I also love Denver’s history. But not more than your life or mine.” (9 News)
• “Stop Killing Us!” is one message spray painted on the street where the bicyclist was killed. A witness says the vehicle was a garbage truck. (Denver7)
• Patsy Brown, who started the petition against the bike lane upgrades, is not backing down. (9 News)
• NIMBYs do not believe a protected bike lane would have prevented the crash. (Fox 31)

Other news

• The serious injury of elite cyclist Andrew Bernstein Saturday after a driver hit him and fled the scene near Boulder shows increasing bike injuries and fatalities in Colorado. (Colorado Sun)
• Here’s how the Colorado State Patrol investigates hit-and-run cases like this. (9 News)
• Bernstein was once editor of Bicycling. (Bicycling)
• The Suspect in a 2018 fatal road rage shooting in Westminster was sent to the hospital for mental evaluation. (Fox 31)
• The key to raising more money for transportation could be asking fewer people. (CPR)
• RTD general manager Dave Genova talks about RTD’s fifty-year history and its future. (Arvada Press)
• Here are nine secrets of Union Station. (Denver 7)
• Westword brainstorms ideas to name the area behind Union Station. (Westword)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 38 Good. Yesterday’s max: 71 Moderate.
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA.