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Denver Post on the Spike in Colorado Traffic Deaths: Ho-Hum

By David Sachs | Jan 25, 2016 | No Comments

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 […]

As Traffic Deaths Spike, Colorado DOT Says Zilch About Fixing Deadly Streets

By David Sachs | Jan 22, 2016 | 2 Comments

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 […]

Count the Holes in Colorado DOT’s Justification for the I-70 Widening

By David Sachs | Jan 20, 2016 | 2 Comments

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 […]

It’s Official: Widening I-70 Among America’s Most Wasteful Highway Boondoggles

By David Sachs | Jan 19, 2016 | 5 Comments

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 […]

Get Ready for More Traffic as CDOT Plows Ahead With I-70 Expansion

By David Sachs | Jan 13, 2016 | 2 Comments

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 […]