Today’s Headlines

And Black, brown and low-income city residents will bear the brunt. 

- Denver to transform Santa Fe Drive into a 'safer street' - Lyft expands services in Denver to offer car rentals - The pandemic created a biking explosion. How can cities make it permanent?

- Traffic Violence in Denver and across the country - New RTD leader’s proposed contract sets $315,000 salary - It’s Been a Booming Year for Colorado’s New and Used Bike Market

- Plenty of traffic violence this week - Top Highway Safety Org Recommends Reform in Traffic Policing; Activists Say We Need Abolition - The city is taking steps to keep (some) parks (mostly) car-free long after the pandemic is gone

- Traffic Violence: driver hits protestor at Breonna Taylor protests - RTD board plans to keep new CEO’s salary and contract from public until night of vote - Colorado receives federal funds for Front Range passenger rail study

- RTD’s Planned Pandemic-Era Revamp Would Be A Pain To Some, A Life-Saver To Others - Four Ways To Keep Snowy Cities Moving During the Pandemic - Lindee Zimmer's CRUSH Walls mural enlisted local families, including kids

- Middle America Won’t Survive Losing Amtrak to COVID-19 - RTD and contractors start trial in $111 million case over commuter rail crossing problems - Everything we know — and don’t — about the claim that a Denver police officer violated a protester with a baton

- Traffic Violence on Federal Blvd - RTD Makes Plans For More Buses Where People Are Still Riding — And Cuts Where They Are Not - The Age of Electric Cars Is Dawning Ahead of Schedule

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