Thursday’s Headlines
Boulder city council saves Boulder B-Cycle and declines e-scooter pilot. State legislator introduces bill to prevent school bus terrorism (but not school bus crashes). Marijuana and beer industries partner to recycle carbon dioxide and reduce carbon footprint including transportation emissions. More headlines.
10:36 AM GMT-0700 on January 30, 2020
News
- Boulder city council saves Boulder B-Cycle and declines e-scooter pilot (Daily Camera)
- Zero: Number of terrorist incidents involving a school bus in the United States — and a state legislator has introduced The Smart School Bus Safety Pilot Program bill to prevent them (CBS4 and bill text)
- More than zero: Number of school bus crash deaths (National Safety Council and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- More on the bipartisan group of state legislators’ proposal for RTD reform (CBS4)
- State Rep. Meg Froelich’s (D-Arapahoe County) 17th town hall is all about transportation (The Villager)
- Transportation Solutions to host The Road Ahead 2020: The Slow Death of Urban Parking seminar on March 12 (event page)
- Colorado tries to get skiers out of cars and onto buses to tamp down traffic… and, you know, to reduce crashes and emissions (CPR)
- Telluride is so excited about those buses, there’s an exclamation point: Bustang! Growth along CDOT’s ‘tough route’ through the San Juans (Telluride Daily Planet)
- Colorado State Patrol: Crashes up 60% along I-25 ‘Gap’ obstacle course from Monument to Castle Rock (Gazette)
- Colorado marijuana and beer industries partner to recycle carbon dioxide and reduce carbon footprint including transportation emissions (Westword)
- Two new studies say Denver is among the top 10 worst U.S. cities for hazardous air pollution (The Denver Post)
- Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 53 Moderate. Yesterday’s max: 45 Good.
- National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Streetsblog Denver welcomes tips, story ideas, and reader-submitted editorials. Drop us a line.
Streetsblog is free to all. But we can’t do it without you. Give $5 per month.
Comments are closed.
More from Streetsblog Denver
Farewell to Streetsblog Denver in five commentaries
This is the final post for Streetsblog Denver. The Denver Streets Partnership decided to end its operation of Streetsblog Denver as of January 31, 2022. Streetsblog USA assures us that all Streetsblog Denver content will remain online. To stay up to date on multimodal issues in Denver, please bookmark the Denver Streets Partnership blog — … Continued
January 31, 2022
Commentary: Death of the perfect bike lane
The proposed Gray Street bike lane was quite possibly the perfect bike lane. Yet the original design died an unexpected and unfortunate bureaucratic death. Please don't let it be in vain.
January 31, 2022
Commentary: Sidewalks will carry you wherever I go
Sidewalks are like relationships: We can build them if we are willing. We can repair them if we are willing. They don’t fall apart overnight. They need care, maintenance, and people choosing to do the work.
January 31, 2022
Commentary: In Streetsblog Denver’s absence, local news has a responsibility to get out from behind the windshield
Since I founded Streetsblog Denver, the city’s media landscape has shifted, at least somewhat, to question automobile dominance and the general lack of good alternatives. Hell, one-time A-Line agitator Kyle Clark is now a hero of the movement.
January 31, 2022
Commentary: Becoming a bike advocate and how Streetsblog Denver helped me find community
Becoming the biking advocate I am now began with Streetsblog Denver.
January 31, 2022
