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Uber Slams Brakes on Bike Share Expansion, Pulls Out of Atlanta and San Diego

By Aaron Short | Sep 16, 2019 | No Comments

Uber is removing its fleet of electric bikes from Atlanta and San Diego this month as the company struggled with increased regulations on transportation devices in urban areas and staggering losses.

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City Officials Seek To Mold the Future of Driverless Cars

By Aaron Short | Sep 10, 2019 | No Comments

Using autonomous vehicles as a chance to shape streets for people.

Department of Public Works employee Ernie Armijo hands a new speed limit sign to Danny Gonzales before it was installed on Evans Avenue Aug. 30. Photo: Andy Bosselman

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Eyes on the Street: Denver Reduces Speed Limit on Evans Avenue

By Andy Bosselman | Aug 30, 2019 | 6 Comments

Today Denver reduced the speed limit from 35 to 30 mph on a stretch of East Evans Avenue from Federal Boulevard to Huron Street. The safety measure is one of Denver's efforts to cut serious injuries and fatalities on the city's streets, but most drivers disregarded the new speed limit.

A pedestrian walks on Alameda this morning near where Streetsblog clocked drivers traveling at 53 mph. Photo: Andy Bosselman

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Drag Racer Kills Pedestrian on Deadly Alameda

By Andy Bosselman | Jul 8, 2019 | 10 Comments

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.