Today’s Headlines

South Pearl Neighbors See Apartments as “Threat” to Parking; Zoning Could Require Ground-Floor Uses (Denverite) Planed Tower at 17th and California to Induce Traffic With 780 Parking Stalls (DenPo) Parking Lot Becomes 49 Homes for People Without Housing (Fox31) City Hiring Staff to Marshal Bond-Funded Projects (DenPo) Plan for A Line Delays Next Weekend as … Continued

RTD Pleads With State Judge to Let Agency Shed Flaggers at Commuter Rail Crossings (DenPo) … While G Line’s Fate Hangs in the Balance (CPR) Coloradans Will Pay Company Extra for Pedestrian Bridge to Dry Creek RTD Station (DenPo) Lax Oversight of Uber, Lyft Risks Costing Taxpayers at DIA (DenPo) Morrison Nags Cyclists Not to … Continued

Driver Hits Person Walking on Broadway and 1st, Smashes Through Restaurant — Again (Denverite) Driver Seriously Injures Person Walking at 69th and Tower (9News) Closing Sidewalks Without Providing Alternatives Apparently Necessary for Safety (Fox31) Reminder: If You’re Driving Solo, You’re Not In Traffic — You Are Traffic (9News) Developer to Build 162 Homes With 58 … Continued

Westword Examines Sun Valley’s Future as a Transit-Rich, Mixed-Income Neighborhood Baumgardner Leaves Post as Senate Transpo Committee Chair Following Sexual Harassment Allegations (Politics) … And Dems Will Try to Expel Him from Legislature (Sentinel) Ofo Dockless Bike-Share Launches in Lone Tree (DenPo) Denverite Names Candidates Challenging Hancock, City Council Members Next Year Why Did Denver’s … Continued

City Council Votes to Allow More Homes, Businesses Around 38th and Blake Station, Add Affordable Unit Incentive (DenPo) … And Scrap Parking Requirements Within Half-Mile (Denverite) City May or May Not Let Potential Affordable Housing Parcel Along Frequent Transit Go Higher Than Three Stories (Denverite) RTD Rep Chuck Sisk Won’t Seek New Term in November … Continued

Zeppelin Plaintiffs Drop Lawsuit to Halt I-70 Expansion, Sierra Club Suit Remains (DBJ) CDOT Boss Mike Lewis Downplays I-70 Boondoggle’s Likeness to Boston’s Big Dig (DenPo) Tonight: Council Considers Allowing More Homes Near 38th-Blake Station With Affordable Housing Incentives (DenPo) Globeville Landing Stormwater Project, Which Will Protect I-70 Ditch, Delayed (Denverite) DenPo Readers Weigh in … Continued

Other Than Bike Parking, No Hard Plans for Vacant Civic Center Station Lot (DenPo) NIMBY Ballot Measure Would Cap Growth in Denver, Other Front Range Cities (DenPo) … It’s Aimed at Closing Colorado’s Doors to Newcomers, Especially Immigrants (Denverite) … And It’s Precisely How to Make the Housing Shortage Worse, DenPo Warns Candi CdeBaca Challenges … Continued

Southmoor NIMBYs Ready to Defend RTD Station from Usefulness (Denverite) Chamber to Drop Transpo Tax Question Friday; CO Politics Thinks Transit and Transportation Are Separate Things RTD Rep Tina Francone Steps Down to Join Jeffco County Commissioners (DenPo) Bike Traffic Prompts Deli Owners to Build Bike-Thru at 12th and Bannock (Westword) Hickenlooper: Private Sector Would … Continued

Changes to Ped Signals Might Make Federal Blvd Slightly Less Deadly (9News) West Colfax Residents Imagine Razing Colfax-Federal Cloverleaf to Build Human Scaled Streets (Denverite) DenPo Syndicates Column Decrying Environmental Reviews, Laments Hurdles in Way of Wider I-70 High-Visibility Rainbow Crosswalk May Appear at Broadway Intersection (Denverite) Annual List Reminds Us That Denver’s Traffic Isn’t … Continued