Andy Bosselman
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RTD’s Board Told What It Takes to Increase Ridership. But Will It Listen?
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A celebrated transit planner who is so talented that he even got Houston bus ridership to increase may not be able to bring the same success to Denver for one simple reason: politics.
Traffic Violence Report: Cycling Community to Remember Deaths & Demonstrate
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Four new traffic fatalities bring the number of people killed on Denver's streets to 47. Bicyclists and street safety advocates have organized three events to remember those lost and protest unsafe conditions for vulnerable road users.
RTD’s New Discount Program Requires Signup on Glitchy Website
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A 40-percent discount transit program for the poor rolled out today with an online application process that’s so confusing it requires 60 pages of instructions and left one of the leaders of an organization that helped to launch it perplexed where to start.
Updated: Another Bicyclist Dead and Bike Opponents Still Reject Marion Safety Upgrades
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A woman riding in a bike lane near Washington Park died yesterday after a driver crashed his work vehicle into her. A group of neighbors are fighting to stop upgrades to a bike lane on the street — and even advocates agree that white plastic posts are not the answer.
Traffic Violence Report: 482 Crashes Seriously Injured 5 Last Week
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There were no new traffic fatalities in Denver last week but drivers caused 482 crashes that seriously injured five and the total number of fatalities is up 38 percent year. The increasing number deaths show that the city's Vision Zero program is failing to make progress toward its goal to eliminate all traffic fatalities and serious injuries.
Here’s Why Denver is Counting Bike Traffic (Because Fox 31 Got It Wrong)
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This morning’s Streetsblog Denver Headlines included a story from the local Fox affiliate titled: “Denver surveying downtown bike lanes to make sure it’s a ‘return on investment.’” The story claimed incorrectly that the city installed traffic counters on several bikeways “to make sure people are using these bike lanes enough to justify the price.” She said […]
107 Officials: Bustang Is a Success. Now Give Us More Service
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Bustang officials celebrated a sharp rise in ridership that bucks a national trend — and the service’s fourth anniversary achievement was marked with a giant birthday card signed by officials from 107 Colorado cities and towns whose constituents are taking advantage of the expanding service.
Reckless Driver Kills Grandfather and Bike Advocate Scott Hendrickson
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A cyclist was hit and killed by a reckless driver at one of Denver's many unsafe intersections, the first person on a bike killed so far this year. Scott Hendrickson, who was 62, was an energetic and well-liked member of the local bicycle community.
SF Transit Riders to New MTA Director: Put Riders First
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San Francisco Transit Riders writes an open letter to the SFMTA Board, describing what they'd like to see in a new SFMTA director
Updated: Traffic Violence Report: First Bicycle Death, Two Auto Fatalities
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As deaths on Denver's streets continue to rise, Mayor Michael Hancock pledges to move faster on the city's Vision Zero Action Plan.
Inauguration: Hancock Calls for Safer Streets, Advocates Hope He Will Deliver
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Mayor Hancock kicked off his third and final term today by calling for lower speed limits and better designed streets to keep cyclists and pedestrians safer in an “urgent” attempt to take back control of the streets from reckless car owners. “Our streets must change to make way for more transit riders, bike riders and […]
Update: Council Approves Denver Airport Road Widening That Would Make Traffic Worse
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A plan to widen the road to Denver International Airport, which would make traffic worse and wipe out the city’s newly-minted goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions, will get a vote from the Denver City Council on Monday.