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Tuesday’s Headlines 03/30/2021 and RTD Virtual Meetings About Proposed Service Changes
RTD to hold virtual community meetings today and tomorrow about proposed service changes. Lawmakers Move To Expand Program That Helped Restaurants And Pedestrians Take Over Colorado’s Main Streets In The Pandemic. More headlines.
March 30, 2021
Monday’s Headlines 03/29/2021 and Happy César E. Chávez Day in Denver
Councilman Chris Hinds: Move Cheesman Park away from its elitist roots and keep it car-free. Sharing the Streets: Scooters and Equity. Denver Wants New Developments to Help Reduce Cars on the Roads. More headlines.
March 29, 2021
Friday’s Headlines 03/26/2021 and Maybe American Rescue Plan Funds Could Help Fix Denver’s Unsafe Intersections and Sidewalks?
Denver Police ask for help finding driver in March 11 deadly hit-and-run on at E. 26th Ave. & Colorado Blvd. Denver Could Get Over $300 Million From American Rescue Plan, so call 311 to report unsafe intersections and broken and missing sidewalks. Students wants DPS to change sexual assault and harassment policies. More headlines.
March 26, 2021
Commentary: Rolling Out The Red Carpet For Transit
If you draw a massive venn diagram of all the characteristics we want out of our transportation system – safety, affordability, less congestion, less pollution, and more access that’s more equitable – you’ll find transit sitting right at the sweet spot in the center. This year, 2021, is the year to build a more robust and sophisticated transit system in Denver, and we may finally have the funding to do it, writes Matt Frommer, a Senior Transportation Associate with the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP).
March 24, 2021
Commentary: Walking While Black in the Mile High City
Some of the most memorable racist incidents that Adrian Miller has experienced in Denver happened when he was Walking while Black.
March 15, 2021
Commentary: I-270 Expansion Will Harm Latino Communities, Increase Air Pollution, and Accelerate Climate Change
Allen Cowgill: Expanding I-270 will increase pollution in neighborhoods inhabited mostly by people of color and could accelerate climate change by encouraging more people to drive.
February 23, 2021
Introducing Streetsblog Denver 2.0
Streetsblog Denver is under new management. What can you expect? Mostly more of the same.
January 16, 2020
A Farewell as Streetsblog Denver Lays off Only Staffer — but It’s Not the End
Today marks the beginning of a new chapter for Streetsblog Denver. The website will continue in a different form (more on that here). But it no longer has a full-time journalist, who was the site’s only employee. The independent nonprofit that supported it will close. The organization’s financial situation was always precarious. As expenses increased, … Continued
January 16, 2020
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December 9, 2019
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