Today’s Headlines

RTD Is Getting Sued by Its Private Rail Contractor, Denver Transit Partners, Over Cost of Faulty Crossing Gates (CPR, DenPo) …And Also by a Rider Who Owns a Service Dog (CBS4) CDOT’s Bottomless Stomach for Highway Expansions Means Toll Lanes for Drivers (ABC7) Fort Collins Bike to Work Day Numbers Fell This Year (Coloradoan) National … Continued

Guy Driving Two-Ton Combustible Machine Somehow Threatened by People on Bikes, so DenPo Gives Him Platform DenPo Gives Megaphone to Guy Who Hates Broadway Bike Lane Because People Who Bike Are Yuppies or Something Reminder: It’s Illegal for Motorists to Maim People on Bikes. Also Don’t Expect Justice When They Do. (Denverite) Denver Lags Far, … Continued

RTD Board Signs Off on New Fare Structure (DenPo) Public Works Chief Cleckley: Denverites Could Vote on City Transportation Department Next Year (DenPo) Northglenn Police Arrest Hit-and-Run Driver Tina Montoya for Seriously Injuring Person on Bike (9News) “Smart City” Symposium Coming to Denver (KGNU) Driving Industry: Robo-Tractor-Trailers Belong on I-70 (DBJ) National headlines at Streetsblog … Continued

Apparently Sentient SUV Hits Person Biking in Northglenn, Flees (9News) Share of Commuters Who Drive Solo Dropped a Smidgen Last Year (Denverite) DenverUrbanism: Public Works Should Update E-Scooter Rules for City Trails Motorists, Some Entitled and Some Confused, Drive All Over New Monaco Bike Lanes that Aren’t Quite Done (CBS4) Louisville Business First Reporter Sampled … Continued

Broadway Bike Lane Extension to Cherry Creek Trail on its Way — as Expected — But Not Until 2020 (DenPo) Motorists Don’t Understand Basic Rules Regarding Bike Lane on South Monaco (CBS4) Lakewood State Senate Candidate Tony Sanchez: Bike Lanes Are a Conspiratorial Attack from the United Nations (Times Recorder) The CU Professor and Blogger … Continued

Hancock’s 2019 Budget Includes $27 Million for Walking, Biking, Transit, According to DenPo Westword Remembers Raymond Davies, Killed by a Hit-and-Run Driver in August Driver Smashes Car Through Home, Injuring One, on 18th and York (Denver PD) Denver PD Chases Car-Jacking Suspect Right through Home on Federal (CBS4) Denver Public Works Says New Federal Blvd … Continued

Boulder, CU Don’t Want RTD to Raise EcoPass Prices (Camera) 9News Gets Up Close and Personal with RTD’s Social Media Response Team Part of Denver’s Downtown Championship Parking Crater Could Be Get Filled as Early as 2020 (DBJ) Project with 434 Homes — Some Below Market-Rate — Breaks Ground Near 41st and Fox RTD Station … Continued

RTD Board Gives New Fare Pass Structure Stamp of Approval (CPR) Bike Advocates Wait… and Wait for Denver Public Works to Stop Drivers from Blocking Bike Lanes (ABC7) City Council Weighs Pros and Cons of Statewide Transpo Ballot Measure for Roads, Transit (Politics) DenverUrbanism Dunks on Denver Business Journal for Equating Commuting with Driving 9News … Continued

Motorist Kills Person Walking at Hampden and Sheridan (Fox31) Driver Endangers People’s Lives on Reckless “Joyride” (Fox31) RTD Cuts R Line Cars to One per Trip, Citing Low Ridership (Sentinel) No Parking Allowed at Grandoozy Music Fest, So DenPo Wags Finger at Pedestrians? National headlines at Streetsblog USA