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1 Day Before Greta Thunberg Arrives, Report Shows 102% Increase in Metro Denver Auto Emissions
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.
October 10, 2019
Eyes on the Street: Denver Must Do More to Protect Kids at Montbello Kindergarten
A city council member used the annual Walk to School Day photo op to demand that the city do more to protect kids when the best it could do was install a crosswalk 20 months after a child was hit in front of the Escalante-Biggs Academy in Montbello.
October 2, 2019
Eyes on the Street: Workers Start 15th St. Bike and Bus Fixes
This morning workers started installing rubber curbs along the 15th Street bikeway downtown to make the street safer. Over the coming weeks, pedestrian safety improvements will be made and the street will get a dedicated bus lane.
September 25, 2019
SBD in the Colorado Sun: Want to Solve the Climate Crisis? Stop Widening Roads
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.
September 20, 2019
Advocates: Denver Transportation Budget Not Enough; Sidewalks Need More Funding
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.
September 18, 2019
Scooter Fatality Brings Number of Dead on Denver Streets to 50
Cameron Hagan, a 26-year-old scooter rider died Friday after a crash on Aug. 4 at the 2800 block of West 32nd Avenue, according to Denver Police. His fatality is the 50th on Denver streets so far this year compared to 33 at this point in 2018, a 52% increase.
August 13, 2019
Inauguration: Hancock Calls for Safer Streets, Advocates Hope He Will Deliver
Mayor Hancock kicked off his third and final term today by calling for lower speed limits and better designed streets to keep cyclists and pedestrians safer in an “urgent” attempt to take back control of the streets from reckless car owners. “Our streets must change to make way for more transit riders, bike riders and … Continued
July 15, 2019
Traffic Violence Report: Fatalities Up 38% This Year
People are dying on Denver's streets at an alarming rate as three new traffic fatalities bring the total number of deaths to 40, up from 29 at this point last year, a 38 percent increase.
July 10, 2019
Drag Racer Kills Pedestrian on Deadly Alameda
A 58-year-old pedestrian was killed by a teen drag racer going around 60 miles per hour on W. Alameda Avenue — one of many known high-speed killing zones in the Mile High City that officials can’t get under control.
July 8, 2019
Activists: Smashed Tomatoes on Denver Bike Lanes Could Be Our Heads
After the death of a cyclist who was using an unprotected bike lane in Washington D.C., A Denver bike activist organized the #RedCupProject to illustrate how vulnerable people are when they bike in unprotected bike lanes.
April 26, 2019
