Colorado DOT
Denver Post on the Spike in Colorado Traffic Deaths: Ho-Hum
A Denver Post editorial published Friday evening opposing stricter seat belt laws provides a troubling glimpse into how Denver’s paper of record views traffic deaths. Last year the number of people who lost their lives hit an eight-year high of 545, the fourth year in a row that traffic fatalities increased. Here’s the complacent response from the paper: The spike last year … Continued
January 25, 2016
As Traffic Deaths Spike, Colorado DOT Says Zilch About Fixing Deadly Streets
In the inaugural year of Colorado DOT’s timid Toward Zero Deaths initiative, 545 people were killed on roads throughout the state. That’s a stark spike in fatalities — 57 more, or 10 percent, than in 2014, and the most since 2008. The number of people killed while walking or biking rose from 74 to 78. More than a quarter … Continued
January 22, 2016
Count the Holes in Colorado DOT’s Justification for the I-70 Widening
A lot of people don’t like Colorado DOT’s plan to widen I-70 in north Denver — and for good reason. Expanding I-70 will generate more traffic, noise pollution, and greenhouse gases while costing a bundle of money that could be spent on other things, like, say, better transit. Opponents of the road widening told CDOT why they … Continued
January 20, 2016
It’s Official: Widening I-70 Among America’s Most Wasteful Highway Boondoggles
In front of the rumbling I-70 underpass at the corner of 46th and Columbine, a stone’s throw from kids playing tag during Swansea Elementary School’s recess, CoPIRG Director Danny Katz told reporters Tuesday that taxpayers could save at least $58 million if Colorado DOT nixed its plan to widen the interstate by four lanes. Katz was answering questions about a … Continued
January 19, 2016
Get Ready for More Traffic as CDOT Plows Ahead With I-70 Expansion
There are plenty of reasons why the scheme to widen I-70 in north Denver is subject to so much scrutiny: It’s going to cause more traffic, relocate 74 homes and businesses, pollute some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods, and cost between $1 billion and $2 billion to build. Oh, and Colorado DOT used questionable traffic projections … Continued
January 13, 2016