Today’s Headlines

Groups Ready to Fight Against New Homes — Some Affordable — in Larimer Square Alleys Because of Views (Denverite) CPR Reports Bill Would Legalize Reasonable Cyclist Behavior Statewide (It Wouldn’t) More Places for People Slated for 38th and Blake Station Area (BusinessDen) DenPo Columnist’s Anecdata Says E-Bikes Cause “Mayhem” Murals Spotlighting Traffic Death Crisis Coming … Continued

Driver Seriously Injures 12-Year-Old Girl in Aurora, Flees (DenPo) Driver Seriously Injures Person Walking at Shoshone and Virginia (ABC7) 9News Cheers for Flood Drainage Project Without Mentioning I-70 Ditch That Makes It Necessary Hancock to Consider Housing Advocates’ Ask for More Affordable Housing Funds (Denverite) Failing Churches Could Become Homes, But Some Want to Slam … Continued

RTD Withholds Videos of Crashes Involving Trains, Buses (ABC7) Statewide Transpo Funding Faces Complex Road Ahead (DBJ) States With Legal Pot See Drivers Killing More People Walking (New York Times) Development in Transit-Rich LoDo Would Have More Parking than Homes (BusinessDen) Of Amazon HQ2 Cities Left Standing, Denver’s Housing Costs Are Middle of the Pack … Continued

RTD May Drastically Change Fare Passes to Prioritize Low-Income Riders, Kids (DenPo, CPR) We Should Know in March When G Line Will Open (Arvada Press) Sweeping People Without Homes Off of Public Streets May Result in “Monster Trial” (Westword) Which Candidate for Governor Will Defend Oil and Gas Production in Cities and Towns? (Independent) Housing … Continued

Legislature Restores RTD’s Ability to Collect Weed Revenue (DBJ) Developer of Skyscraper, 10-Floor Parking Garage Has No Land to Build On (BusinessDen) ABC7 Gives Drivers Pros and Cons of Accepting Responsibility for Dangerous Driving DenPo Publishes Letter Claiming New Homes Are Bad Because Writer Can’t Store Car in Front of House DenPo Publishes Letter Bashing … Continued

Driver Seriously Injures Person Walking at 39th and Pecos, Flees (Fox31) RTD-Led Working Group to Recommend Adding Low-Income, Kids Passes (9News) Developer Plans 347 Homes Near 38th and Blake Station With Parking That Isn’t Required (BusinessDen) Studies Increasingly Show Uber, Lyft Add Traffic and Cannibalize Transit (CPR) Uptown Surface Parking Lots Destined to Become Places … Continued

Coalition Files Ballot Language to Raise Sales Tax for Transportation (DenPo, Independent) Olympic Committee Chair: Colorado Wouldn’t Widen I-70 for 2030 Games (CBS4) Fox31 Pushes Myth That Widening I-25 Fixes Traffic City Program to House People in Vacant Luxury Apartments Faces Scrutiny (Denverite) Broncos Give Bikes to Kids Who Can’t Afford Them (DenPo) National headlines … Continued

DenPo Editorial Board Wants Residents to Participate in Denveright Land Use and Transportation Plan CDOT Hacked for Bitcoin Ransom (DenPo) Housing Supply Not Growing Fast Enough (DenPo) Denver Rushes Data to Amazon to Pad HQ2 Bid (DBJ) Sushi Ads Mocking Trump Pulled from 16th Street Mall (Camera) National headlines at Streetsblog USA

RTD Drivers Planned to Strike, But Union Doesn’t “Have the Right” (Politics) Uber to Start Mimicking Bus Service This Week (DBJ) ABC7 Report on Tax Hike for Transportation Completely Ignores Transit, Walking, and Biking City-Owned Surface Parking Lot on Platte to Be Developed (BusinessDen) More Homes and Businesses Coming to Larimer Square — in Alleys … Continued