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Commentary: Federal Transportation Policy Is Undermining Progress on Climate

By Emily Mangan | Sep 17, 2019 | No Comments

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 | No Comments

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 | No Comments

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 The Urban Mobility Report “is a throwback to an earlier age” that “reflects an outdated transport planning paradigm which assumed that ‘transportation’ means automobile travel and ‘transportation problem’ […]

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What Climate Crisis? Texas Set to Approve $600 Million for Oil Roads

By Aaron Short | Aug 29, 2019 | No Comments

Peña Blvd. viewed from the A Line on April 23, 2016. Image: Wikimedia Commons.

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Update: Council Approves Denver Airport Road Widening That Would Make Traffic Worse

By Andy Bosselman | Jul 12, 2019 | 20 Comments

A plan to widen the road to Denver International Airport, which would make traffic worse and wipe out the city’s newly-minted goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions, will get a vote from the Denver City Council on Monday.

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Drivers Kill 3 Pedestrians

By Andy Bosselman | Jul 2, 2019 | No Comments

Traffic fatalities are up 29 percent this year in Denver with 37 dead already compared to 29 at this point in 2018. The numbers grew last week after drivers killed two pedestrians in Denver and a third in Aurora after a frightening hit-and-run Saturday night.

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