Today’s Headlines

All Traffic, No Transit: Highway Expansionist Jon Caldara’s Funding Initiative Cleared for Ballot (DenPo) …And CDOT Won’t Back Competing Measure that Funds Transit, Biking, Walking (9News) G Line Train Horns Still Very Loud, Annoying, but Safety Tests Are Law (ABC7) Lone Tree Light Rail Stop Getting Coupled with Affordable Housing (DenPo) Arapahoe County Survey Looks … Continued

No Joke: CDOT, City Consider Plopping Elyria Swansea Residents in Hotels During I-70 Construction Racket (ABC7) River North will Resemble Walkable Downtown in Five Years (303 Magazine) RTD Light Rail Extension to Southern Exurbs on Schedule (Herald) Bicyclist Gary Moody Blamed for Death-by-Truck on Berthoud Pass (Reporter-Herald) National headlines at Streetsblog USA

Denver’s Life-Saving Red Light Cameras Have Caught 16,000-Plus Reckless Motorists this Year (Westword) Colorado Politics‘ Joey Bunch: Downtown Needs More Parking Stalls to Save Denver from Economic Isolation or Something Crashes So Common, Troopers Trained to Sweep Cars Off Roads with Cars (CBS4) Some Millennials Opting for Affordable Suburbs Over City (ABC7) Longmont to Repurpose … Continued

Motorist Kills Person Walking Near Evans and Clay, Drives Off (Fox31) CDOT Gets More Press for Selling I-70 Widening as Jobs Program (Denverite) …But DenPo Reader Reminds Public that Neighborhood Will Be “Cut in Half” by Project Development Could Make Colorado Blvd. More Walkable, Motorists Think It’s Aimed at Making Their Lives Harder (Denverite) Westword … Continued

Uber Launches Jump Electric Bike-Share (Denverite) Highway Industry Shill Jon Caldara Bashes Roads and Transit Tax Measure that Competes with His Own (DenPo) Hickenlooper Rests on Laurels of Suburban Rail (CPR) DenPo Columnist: Buses Can Provide Educational Opportunity for Kids DenPo Reader: How Good Are Electric Vehicles if Most of Electricity Comes from Coal? National … Continued

“Brighton Boulevard Will Be Open a Few Months After Its Grand Opening” (Denverite) Expect More Scooters on Denver Streets and Sidewalks (9News) Water Wheel Could Power RiNo Promenade (Denverite) Coloradans to Subsidize CDOT’s I-25 Widening at Higher Rate Than Other Toll Roads (DenPo) GOP Officially Against Moving Explosive Oil and Gas Production Further from Homes, … Continued

CDOT “Artwashing” Aims to Placate Elyria Swansea Residents During I-70 Widening (Westword) As Neighbors Make Sidewalks Navigable for People in Wheelchairs, Keeping Flagstone a Costly Proposition (CPR) If You Ride the Bus or Train, 9News Wants Your Opinion for a Series on Transit Colorado Springs Installing Red Light Cameras in Attempt to Curb Traffic Violence … Continued

N Line Between Union Station and Northglenn May Open in 2020, or Not (CPR) Council OKs Taxing Districts to Pay for Streets on Infamous Parking Crater (Denverite) The Importance of Filing a Police Report After a Driver Hits You on Your Bike (303 Cycling) CDOT Construction Angers Residents Near Suburban Highway Expansion (ABC7) Colorado Full, … Continued

City-Enforced Program to Make Sidewalks Usable Angers Residents Because Change (Denverite) South Denver Guy Fears Creation of Walkable Urban Center will Bring People to Walkable Urban Center (Fox31) Daily Camera Columnist: Get People Out of Cars One Day at a Time Logmont Transit Advocates Want RTD Commuter Train They’ve Been Funding for More than a … Continued