Today’s Headlines

CDOT Thinks It Can Stop Congestion By Adding Cars to Roads, ABC7 Buys It RTD A Line Contractors Didn’t Follow Protocol When Train Stranded Passengers for Three Hours (CPR) Beware Shoddy Reporting on Bike Crashes (303 Cycling) Buses Aren’t Outdated — They’re the Future (DU Clarion) Public Works to Pave 85 Downtown Blocks This Summer … Continued

Driver Kills Person Walking in Aurora Crosswalk, DenPo Blames Victim Who “Was Possibly Using a Cell Phone” Unidentified Driver Kills Kid on Bike in Breckenridge, DenPo Blames Apparently Sentient Car Jon Caldera Terrified Voters Will Fund Morsel of Transit, Thinks Cities Can’t Think for Themselves (DenPo) …And Republicans Agree With Him (DBJ) Hancock Advances “Aerotropolis” … Continued

Money Coming for Federal Blvd Pedestrian Fixes, But “No Firm Promise” on When, What Things Will Change (Denverite) How a Church Transformed Its Homes for Cars Into Homes for People (Denverite) ABC7 Peddles Idea that “Transplants” Equal Traffic, Ignores Car-Oriented Policies Aurora Celebrates Opening of 400 (Luxury) Homes Along R Line (ABC7) CDOT Claims Widening … Continued

Driver Collides with L Line Train, No Injuries (DenPo) Driver Seriously Injures Bike Rider Maria Willerton, 46, in Boulder (Camera) La Voz Covers RTD Fare Overhaul, N Line Progress Semi Driver Kills Man Who “Appeared” on Greeley Road (Tribune) Billions for More, Wider Roads Can’t Satiate Highway Crusader Jon Caldera (9News) Complete Colorado Bashes Tiny … Continued

Driver Kills Person Walking in Thornton, Flees (9News) Legislature Sends Highway Funding Bill to Hickenlooper with Sliver for Transit, Biking, Walking (Politics, DenPo) Denver PD Chases Driver onto Colorado Blvd Sidewalk (DenPo) A Plea for Drivers to Be Careful on Bike to School Day (CBS4) Transit Ridership Falling Despite City’s “Rail-Building Bonanza” (CityLab) RTD Hosting … Continued

Freeway Focused Transpo Funding Deal Advances; 15 Percent Each for Transit, Local Governments — For 2 Years (Politics, CPR) …While 9News Breaks Down Complementary Ballot Measures City Council Candidate Chris Hinds, Who Uses Wheelchair, Cares About Sidewalks, Transit (Denverite) Westword Columnist Rags on CDOT, RTD for Scolding Pedestrians Gubernatorial Candidate Donna Lynne: “Encouraging” People to … Continued

RTD’s Private Partner Has to Answer to Agency’s Board for Stranding A Line Riders (DBJ) Westword Lists Neighborhoods Where Drivers Hit People Biking Somewhat Rarely Drunk Driver Injures Pedestrian on Highway in Adams County (Fox31) 9News Shares Video of RTD Bus Driver Crashing Into Bridge National headlines at Streetsblog USA

House Committee Advances Highway-Heavy Transportation Bill, $1.5B Lighter (DBJ) Aurora Sentinel Fine with Robbing Education for Wider Highways Park Hill Golf Course Lawsuit Could Derail Plans for Affordable Homes Near Transit (Denverite) Bike Denver Looking for Volunteers to Do “Courtesy Patrols” on Local Trails (Fox31) Baumgardner Stripped of Summer Transportation Committee Post (Independent) National headlines … Continued

Will Decision-Makers Ensure Walkable Neighborhood Replacing Elitch’s Parking Crater Is Accessible to All? (Denverite) Westword Lists Locations of Drivers Colliding with People Biking House Committee Adds Bonds Back to SB1, Legislators Debate Into Night (DBJ) Business Owner, CBS4 Under False Impression Highway Funding Bill Will Fix Congestion RTD-Taxicab Hybrid Service Isn’t Reliable (CBS4) “Roads” Dominate … Continued