City Officials Seek To Mold the Future of Driverless Cars
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Using autonomous vehicles as a chance to shape streets for people.
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Traffic Study Comes Under Fire for Being Too ‘Pro-Car’
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A landmark report that analyzes traffic congestion and its costs is coming under fire from transportation experts who say its methodology and findings are biased toward cars. The Urban Mobility Report “is a throwback to an earlier age” that “reflects an outdated transport planning paradigm which assumed that ‘transportation’ means automobile travel and ‘transportation problem’ […]
Fix Your Bike for Free With Repair Kits Now Available at All Denver Libraries
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If your bike needs its tires pumped up, a flat fixed or even more extensive maintenance, you can now check out a repair kit and do it yourself for free at any of Denver’s 26 public libraries. The city hopes the kits will get more people bicycling to support its citywide goals around health, the environment and mobility.
After Study of High-Speed Rail Along Front Range, Slower, Cheaper Trains More Likely
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As soon as next year, voters could approve a passenger rail line that would extend along the Front Range from Pueblo and Colorado Springs to Boulder and Fort Collins, with other stops along the way.
Support Streetsblog’s Annual Fund Drive
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Well, you missed #GivingTuesday, but there's still time to support great local (streets) journalism!
After I-25 Was Widened, It Filled Back Up With Cars in Less Than 5 Years
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Colorado spent $1.2 billion to widen I-25, and all it got was more traffic and no congestion relief. Why does Governor John Hickenlooper think that widening I-70 will be any different? In this chart, you can see why spending billions to widen highways is a shortsighted, ineffective way to deal with people’s travel needs. About two years after the […]