Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Highway Expansion

A man holds a sign reading "We're on a highway to hell!" while marching in the Global Climate Protest in downtown Denver on Sept. 20. Photo: Andy Bosselman, Streetsblog Denver

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1 Day Before Greta Thunberg Arrives, Report Shows 102% Increase in Metro Denver Auto Emissions

By Andy Bosselman | Oct 10, 2019

Greenhouse gas emissions from autos increased 102 percent in the Denver Metro over 1990 levels. The news comes one day before 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg will lead a Fridays for Future Strike in Denver.

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Report: Federal Highway Aid Is Rigged

By Aaron Short | Oct 3, 2019

The Eno Center argues that the federal government should value safety and the environment when doling out billions in highway funds to states.

I-25 viewed from the 16th Street pedestrian bridge. Photo: Andy Bosselman

SBD in the Colorado Sun: Want to Solve the Climate Crisis? Stop Widening Roads

By Andy Bosselman | Sep 20, 2019 | 1 Comment

To honor this second Global Climate Strike today, Gov. Jared Polis and Mayor Michael Hancock must commit to stop building new roads and expanding the ones we have.

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Commentary: Federal Transportation Policy Is Undermining Progress on Climate

By Emily Mangan | Sep 17, 2019

Democrats and Republicans remain deeply committed to antiquated policy that undermines any action we take on climate change: spending billions to build new highways, encouraging more and more driving.

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Arizona Defends Deadly Highway Instead of Fixing It

By Aaron Short | Sep 16, 2019

An Arizona highway has been rated one of the most dangerous roads in the country — but local officials are more upset at the bad press than the deadly roadway!

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Traffic Study Comes Under Fire for Being Too ‘Pro-Car’

By Aaron Short | Sep 9, 2019

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 The Urban Mobility Report “is a throwback to an earlier age” that “reflects an outdated transport planning paradigm which assumed that ‘transportation’ means automobile travel and ‘transportation problem’ […]

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