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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 The Urban Mobility Report “is a throwback to an earlier age” that “reflects an outdated transport planning paradigm which assumed that ‘transportation’ means automobile travel and ‘transportation problem’ […]
Amanda Armstrong, a business librarian, poses with a new bike kit next to a fixed repair station outside of the Central Library this afternoon. Photo: Andy Bosselman

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.