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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 | No Comments

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.

A walk through Denver's Sunnyside neighborhood last month revealed missing, dilapidated and incomplete sidewalks. Photo: WalkDenver

Advocates: Denver Transportation Budget Not Enough; Sidewalks Need More Funding

By Andy Bosselman | Sep 18, 2019 | 6 Comments

Mayor Hancock’s preliminary budget fails to fully fund the city’s transportation priorities for 2020 — and the City Council must make more money available to save lives and improve how people get around the city, activists said Wednesday.

RTD launched a new planning process that gives elected board members the opportunity to increase ridership by shifting service from low-density areas to places with higher populations. Photo: RTD.

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RTD’s Board Told What It Takes to Increase Ridership. But Will It Listen?

By Andy Bosselman | Jul 31, 2019 | 6 Comments

A celebrated transit planner who is so talented that he even got Houston bus ridership to increase may not be able to bring the same success to Denver for one simple reason: politics.

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Ahead of Denver’s Ride and Walk of Silence, Our Traffic Violence Report Is Back

By Andy Bosselman | May 14, 2019 | 8 Comments

This year, drivers have already killed 26 people, far outnumbering the 15 traffic fatalities at this point last year.

Denver Council Weighs Three Options to Fix Broken Sidewalk Network

By David Sachs | Aug 11, 2016 | 10 Comments

Yesterday the City Council finally dug into the question of how to complete Denver’s patchwork sidewalk network. Sidewalk construction and maintenance currently falls entirely on individual property owners. It’s a policy designed to fail, with many people unable to afford sidewalks, and the quality of the pedestrian environment suffering as a result. People pay with their lives. […]

Colorado DOT’s “Road Health” Summit All About Car Tech, Not Safe Streets

By David Sachs | Jun 14, 2016 | 1 Comment

How far has the Colorado Department of Transportation come since its days as the Colorado Department of Highways? Not very far, judging by Denver’s high-speed, state-owned streets like Colfax and Federal. While Colorado DOT Director Shailen Bhatt talks a good game, the agency he runs has shown almost no inclination to create walkable, bikeable, transit-oriented streets […]

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