Candidate and Mayor Michael Hancock: The Streetsblog Interview
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This is the last in a series of interviews with candidates for Denver mayor in the May 2019 municipal election.
Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Denver Public Works
Voters Could Give Denver a New Department of Transportation and Infrastructure
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Denver wants its own Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, shifting the Department of Public Works' primary focus to transportation — while keeping its duties over over solid waste and water treatment.
Breaking: Fossil Fuels Choke Denver With Air Quality 3 Times Worse Than Beijing
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Today from downtown Denver, the peaks of the Rocky Mountain foothills were barely visible through the brown cloud of pollution that covered the region with an unhealthy level of fine particulate matter.
Report: Denver Transit Riders Switch to Cars as RTD Fails to Get the Basics Right
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Regular transit riders are giving up on Denver’s buses and trains and hopping into road-clogging cars instead. RTD keeps passengers waiting too long and its routes fail to go to the places where most people want to go, says a new survey.
Denver’s Failing to Alert the Public About Traffic Fatalities
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The city has ways to get information out to the public when it wants to, but it doesn't have a protocol to keep people apprised of traffic fatalities and injuries on Denver streets.
Eyes on the Street: It’s Safer to Walk Across Colfax at Park Avenue and Franklin Street
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Denver Director of Transportation and Mobility Crissy Fanganello promised "immediate" fixes to some of the city's most dangerous intersections earlier this month, and Denver Public Works has delivered on East Colfax Avenue where it meets Park Avenue and Franklin Street to form a deadly five-legged intersection.