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A Farewell as Streetsblog Denver Lays off Only Staffer — but It’s Not the End

By Andy Bosselman | Jan 16, 2020 | No Comments

Today marks the beginning of a new chapter for Streetsblog Denver. The website will continue in a different form (more on that here). But it no longer has a full-time journalist, who was the site’s only employee. The independent nonprofit that supported it will close. The organization’s financial situation was always precarious. As expenses increased, […]

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RTD in Crisis Part 3: Here’s How to Fix RTD

By Andy Bosselman | Jan 15, 2020 | No Comments

Poor management must be overcome. Inadequate funding needs to be addressed. And disinterested elected officials should be engaged. But RTD's problems have deeper roots.

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RTD in Crisis Part 2: A Failure of Leadership

By Andy Bosselman | Jan 14, 2020 | No Comments

A failure of leadership caused the current crisis at the Regional Transportation District. Gov. Polis, members of the Colorado General Assembly and RTD's board of directors are to blame.

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70 Killed on Denver Streets Through Dec. 25

By Andy Bosselman | Dec 31, 2019 | No Comments

Two pedestrians have died on Denver streets since the last Traffic Violence Report. The number of road deaths this year is now 70, compared to 61 on Dec. 25 of last year, a 15 percent increase.

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Riding the “Very Real” Colfax Bus

By Andy Bosselman | Dec 30, 2019 | No Comments

No other bus in Denver has a reputation like the East Colfax bus. We talked to four passengers who ride the 15 and 15L despite social problems like homelessness and crime sometimes present on the bus. But Streetsblog's editor was rattled by an experience on the bus — and says we must finally end poverty and homelessness.

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Winnebago Driver May Have Intentionally Killed Muslim Woman

By Andy Bosselman | Dec 17, 2019 | No Comments

Saliha Abdalla-Suleiman, 42, was the victim of the December 11 hit-and-run where a driver steered a Winnebago motor home onto a sidewalk. Her family thinks the driver may have intentionally run over the Eritrean refugee because she is Muslim.

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Major Delays on First Bus to A-Basin Do Not Diminish Snowstang’s Potential

By Andy Bosselman | Dec 16, 2019 | No Comments

The skiers and snowboarders who took the inaugural trip on Colorado’s express bus service to the Arapahoe Basin ski area faced long delays. But Snowstang officials say such problems will be rare in the future.