I-70
Opponents of CDOT’s I-70 Widening File Suit Against the Federal Highway Administration
In February, Colorado Department of Transportation Director Shailen Bhatt told a group of people fighting the widening of I-70 through north Denver neighborhoods to "sue us." The advocates took his advice.
July 7, 2017
Reinforcements Are Coming in the Grassroots Fight Against I-70 Expansion
The Center for Health, Environment, and Justice has joined the Elyria Swansea Neighborhood Association in the fight against a wider I-70, granting $5,000 to the cause.
May 15, 2017
Feds: CDOT’s Terrible I-70 Widening Isn’t Terrible Enough to Qualify as a Civil Rights Violation
The Federal Highway Administration last week decided to double down on the tradition of dismissing civil rights complaints from residents who want the Colorado Department of Transportation to nix plans for a wider I-70 in their backyards.
April 17, 2017
CDOT’s Blind Spot — Wider Highways and New Tech Won’t Cure Congestion
CDOT Executive Shailen Bhatt told north Denver residents during a public meeting last month that more lanes will actually improve air quality.
March 6, 2017
North Denver Residents Make CDOT Director Bhatt Answer for I-70 Expansion
Thursday night at Swansea Recreation Center, opponents of the I-70 expansion took over CDOT's open house, wearing black bandanas over their faces to symbolize the pollution they'd breathe should the agency dig a highway trench in contaminated soil.
February 17, 2017
I-70 Earns National Notoriety for Blighting Denver Neighborhoods
Tearing down I-70 in north Denver neighborhoods and replacing it with a tree-lined boulevard would help mend the scars created by the freeway in the 1960s. That's why the Congress for New Urbanism included I-70 on its new list of "Freeways Without Futures."
January 30, 2017
The Fight to Stop CDOT’s I-70 Widening Is Far From Over
The Federal Highway Administration recently cleared the way for Colorado DOT to widen I-70 through the north Denver. But that doesn't mean it's a done deal.
January 25, 2017
Feds Approve CDOT Plan to Shove Wider I-70 Through Mostly Latino Neighborhoods
The FHWA approved the project even as it simultaneously investigates possible civil rights violations.
January 19, 2017
Tell CDOT to Show Its Math on How Widening I-70 Affects Air Quality
Somehow, when the Colorado Department of Transportation redid its air quality analysis to justify ramming a wider I-70 through north Denver neighborhoods, it came out much less damning than before. Community advocates want to know how that can be. Emissions of particulate matter — microscopic shards of pollution that get into people’s lungs and can … Continued
January 9, 2017
The Denver Streetsies: Broadway Redesign Wins, Widening I-70 Loses
What were the best and worst changes to Denver's streets last year? Streetsblog Denver readers told us over the holidays by voting for the Streetsie Awards, and the results are in.
January 3, 2017
