Today’s Headlines

Driver Kills Person Crossing Street at Alameda and Pecos (Fox31) Driver Kills Person Walking in Aurora, Police Blame Victim, So Does DenPo Hancock: Denver Transit District Possible (CPR) City’s Laws, Infrastructure Haven’t Caught Up with Demand for Scooters (CBS4) Supposedly Poor CDOT Breaks Ground on Second Highway Widening in Two Weeks (DenPo) Supposedly Poor CDOT … Continued

Aurora Police Charge Henry Wardwell Jr. with Vehicular Homicide for Killing Woman with Truck (Sentinel) CPR Interviews CU Professor Who Invalidated Economic Excuse for Expanding Highways Asking Feds for Train Horn Relief Another Minuscule Step Toward Normalizing A Line (9News) Denverite Has Details on Rockies Parking Lot Turned Mixed-Use Development Near Union Station Unidentified Driver … Continued

Driver Kills Person Walking in Aurora, ABC7 Reports Car Acted Alone New Transit, Land Use, Walking Plans to Guide Change on Streets (Denverite, DenPo) There’s No Reason to Believe CDOT’s Cost Estimates, Timeline for Widening I-70 (Westword) Highway Widening Measures — One with Walking, Biking, Transit Money — Get Signatures for Ballot (Fox31) State Trooper: … Continued

Residents Against I-70 Widening Injustice Protest Hickenlooper’s, Hancock’s Groundbreaking (CPR) Paco Sanchez Park a Good Excuse to Use Bike Trail Network (Denverite) Homes Replacing Surface Parking Lot at 18th and Market (BusinessDen) Nonprofit Helps Kids Get on Bikes Early, Even if They Can’t Afford One (CPR) DenPo Reader Claims City Mandated Sidewalk Repairs Are “Sweetheart … Continued

Traffic, Pollution Coming to North Denver as Hancock, Hickenlooper Break Ground on Wider I-70 (Fox31, ABC7) Some Businesses Assume Endlessly More Parking Garages Is How to Deal with Growing Population (DBJ) Street Closure Angers Cherry Creek Residents, Who Get Their Way in the End (Denverite) Union Pacific Must Clean Up Piles of Trash Along D … Continued

Road Rage Leads to People Killing Each Other in Colorado More Often than in Other States (CPR) August Deadliest Month to Drive, According to ABC7 How Sun Valley’s Streets Might Improve Over the Next Five Years (303 Mag) RTD Ramps Up G Line Testing (DenPo) CDOT Continues PR Campaign for $2.2 Billion I-70 Widening through … Continued

Denver Post “Impressed” with How CDOT Has Kicked People Out of Homes to Widen I-70 CDOT Contractor’s Bid to Pollute Elyria Swansea with Nightly Noise Delayed Again (Denverite) Brighton Blvd Restaurateur Blames Street Construction for Business Closure Yet Welcomes Change (ABC7) Brutal Harassment by Security Guard Makes Westword Question Openness of Union Station The History … Continued

Denver Public Works Spikes Pricey Plan to Bloat Quebec Street with More Cars — for Now (Denverite) Sidewalk Repairs Have Never Been Voluntary, But City will Now Enforce Them (9News) Bernie Sanders’ Former Political Director JoyAnn Ruscha Running for RTD Board (Westword) …And so Is Longtime Sustainable Transportation Activist Brad Evans (Westword) Broncos’ Sea of … Continued

More Pollution, Traffic on Tap as CDOT Begins Ramming Wider I-70 through Denver Neighborhoods this Week (DenPo) Electric Scooter-Share Returns to Denver Sidewalks, Sky Remains Above (9News) B-cycle Director: Dockless Bike-Share May Hurt the Bicycle’s Rep (9News) East Area Plan Could Mean More Places in Closer Walking Distance (Denverite) Transit Demand Far Outweighs Supply in … Continued