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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.

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.

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).

Some of the most memorable racist incidents that Adrian Miller has experienced in Denver happened when he was Walking while Black.

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.

Streetsblog Denver is under new management. What can you expect? Mostly more of the same.

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

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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.