Today’s Headlines

Westword Hands Oil and Gas Industry Shill Randal O’Toole Megaphone to Bash Local Transit Speer Apartment Building Will Have More Parking Stalls Than Homes (DenverInfill) Denver Needs More Density in Hollowed Out, Sprawling Areas (Denverite) Driving to Work Almost as Expensive as Hailing Uber (Denverite) DenPo Wants 16th Street Mall Refurbished While Money Is Around … Continued

Denverite Dives Deep into the Unwalkable Carscape That Is South Denver South Broadway Neighborhoods Are Growing, Hopefully with Walkable Housing (Profile) City Ranks 12th Out of 20 Amazon Finalists for Transit, According to DenPo Advocates Have City Hall Considering Expanding Affordable Housing Fund (DenPo) Neighborhood Rep on Olympics Subcommittee: Denver Games Would Be “Another Financially … Continued

Traffic Deaths Jumped 29 Percent Last Year Across State to 635 (9News, DenPo) … And Westword Says the Crashes — Even DUIs — Were Accidents CO Sen. Larry Crowder’s Bill Would Make It Cheaper to Drive, Siphon State Revenue (CBS4) GOP Roads and Bridges Borrowing Bill Clears Committee (KGNU) Hickenlooper Updates Plan to Reduce Greenhouse … Continued

Driver Christopher Tarr Gets 40 Years for Killing 22-Year-Old Dalton McCreary in Aurora Crosswalk (DenPo) Bill Restoring Millions to RTD Heads to Democrat-Controlled House (DenPo) Central Park Blvd Bridge Expansion Delayed, But Wider Road Still Coming (Front Porch) A Record 39 People Were Killed on Colorado Springs Streets Last Year (KKTV) Trump’s State of the … Continued

City Council Approves Borrowing $77 Million for Drainage Project Tied to I-70 (DenPo) Republicans Might Make RTD Ask Voters to Restore Funding Lost in Typo (Independent) Developer Aims to Replace Low-Rise Warehouses Near Evans Station with Homes, Walkable Destinations (Denverite) Brighton Blvd. Reconstruction Gives Businesses Headaches, But Worth It (CBS4) “Slot Home” Zoning Change Means … Continued

GOP Senators Scream Freedom as They Ensure Deadly Distracted Driving Continues (9News) Colorado Republicans Want to Prioritize Highway Expansions Over Schools (CPR) Westword Columnist Wants RTD to Pay Riders to Use Transit RTD Train Operators Run Stop Lights (CPR) Former Seattle Transpo Chief: Amazon HQ2 Would Accelerate Sustainable Transport in Denver (Denverite) …While DenPo Columnist … Continued

Senate Republicans Signal They’re Fine With Deadly Streets, Kill Hands-Free Driving and Seat Belt Bills (Politics) Candidates for Governor Talk Transportation Tax (CBS4) Amazon Interested in Urban and Suburban Denver (DenPo) Hickenlooper Backpedals on Comments Shrugging Off Amazon (9News) DenPo Reader: Why Are We Talking About the Olympics Again? National headlines at Streetsblog USA

City, RTD Plan to Scrap 16th Street Mall Median, Add Wider Sidewalks, More Trees (Denverite) … And It May Be Done in 2022 (DenPo) Christian Science Monitor Covers CDOT’s Plan to Add Cars, Pollution to North Denver Neighborhoods Paid Parking Continues Not to Hurt Cherry Creek Businesses — Sales Have Increased (DBJ) Rough Road Ahead … Continued

RTD Chief Genova Pleads With State to Approve Money-Draining Commuter Rail Crossings (9News) $3.5 Billion Roads Bill Clears Committee (CBS4) Arvada Council Rejects 256 Homes Next to G Line Station, Citing Parking Reduction (Fox31) DenPo Editor Questions GOP Tantrum That’s Been Costing RTD Millions Driver Tony Glassford Charged for Killing Nathan Osburn, Who Was Walking … Continued