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Greenhouse gas emissions are often discussed in terms of their weight in tons. You might have a tough time picturing all of that gas hanging out in the sky. But climate cubes can give you an idea of your car's emissions — and those of all the cars along Colorado's Front Range.

As traffic fatalities skyrocket, a new region-wide Vision Zero program aims to help cities and counties within the Denver Metro improve street safety. 

A group of Denver bike advocates created a “low-stress bike map.” The idea, which the city and some bike advocates have mixed feelings about, is to get more people riding bicycles now — instead of waiting several years for the city to build out a more complete network of protected bike lanes. 

It's time for that one day of the year when reverence for one particular tool of travel takes hold of local media, businesses, nonprofits, and public officials. Bike to Work Day is Wednesday.

Wednesday is Bike to Work Day in Colorado, which means a lot more people than usual will be commuting by bike. The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) expects about 34,000 bike commuters in the greater metro area, compared to about 18,000 on a typical day. Thanks to the safety-in-numbers effect, that probably makes it one of safest days … Continued

People in the Southwest are driving less and using transit more, but transportation spending doesn’t reflect those trends, according to a new report from the Southwestern Energy Efficiency Project. Instead state DOTs are building more roads, as though nothing has changed. Meanwhile regional transportation agencies like the Denver Regional Council of Governments aren’t spending enough on … Continued

It appears that the office tasked with watchdogging Denver’s strong-mayor form of government is done holding the city’s feet to the fire over its agreement with the Colorado Department of Transportation that commits $83 million to widening I-70 in exchange for badly needed flood protection. Former Denver Auditor Dennis Gallagher understood that making essential infrastructure upgrades contingent on a highway … Continued

The City and County of Denver doesn’t have a dedicated funding stream for building and maintaining sidewalks, but WalkScope, a crowdsourcing tool that maps and rates Denver’s walking infrastructure, could be the springboard the city needs to change that. WalkScope allows anyone with access to a smart phone or computer to map the quality of … Continued

Last month, Streetsblog wrote about the absurd traffic projections that the Colorado Department of Transportation is using to justify expanding I-70 from six lanes to 10 through northeast Denver. Last night, I-70 project director Tony DeVito admitted that CDOT will knowingly use old traffic modeling to make a case for the $1.2 billion project, even though there’s newer data available. DeVito spoke … Continued