Today’s Headlines

CDOT Hellbent on Inducing Traffic With Wider Highways, Prioritizing Unproven Tech Over Transit (DenPo) Driving: The Leading Cause of Colorado Worker Deaths (Denverite) DenPo Reader: Sorry, Jon Caldara, Your Anti-Bike Stance Is Weak Tolls “Aren’t in Legislator’s Plans, But They’re Still in the Works” (Politics) RTD Director Tina Francone Tapped to Become Jeffco GOP Party … Continued

After $2 Billion Infusion, CDOT Begs for Billions More to Widen Highways (9News) Lyft, Which Makes Traffic Worse, Claims It Added $63 Million to Denver Economy (ABC7) Driver Plows Through Greenwood Village Driving School (Villager) Bicycle Colorado Names Peter Piccolo Executive Director (303 Cycling) Denver Probably Won’t Get Amazon If Company Only Cares About Tax … Continued

Hickenlooper Doesn’t “See How We’re Really Gonna Address” Transpo Without Tax Hike (CPR) Denver Chamber: GOP Lawmakers Too Optimistic About Transpo Budget Request (DBJ) Denver Post Editorial: Don’t Rush Safety Fixes to G Line Crosswalks ABC7 Reporter: Broadway, Lincoln Bus Lanes “a Waste” RTD Board Votes Tisdale Chair (Villager) Denver Makes Amazon’s Shortlist for Second … Continued

Multiple Drivers Run Over 57-Year-Old Kevin D’Amico Without Stopping, Killing Him (Fox31) Lawmakers on Track to Restore Nearly $7 Million Annually to RTD (DenPo) … While Denver City Council Vows to Squeeze More Out of RTD (Denverite) Map of City Block Sizes Indicates Walkability (Denverite) Colorado Politics Covers Lois Court’s Distracted Driving Bill National headlines … Continued

D Line Won’t Serve Five Points Anymore — the “New” 1.7-Mile L Line Will (DenPo) Driver Plows Car Through Church, Fox31 Says SUV Acted Alone City Council to Vote on Tech Connecting Freight Trucks, Fleets, Pedestrians to Traffic Signals (DenPo) 238 Homes to Supplant Parking Lot at Park and Welton (BusinessDen) DenPo Readers Rip Jon Caldara … Continued

Driver Troy Glassford Kills Pedestrian Nathan Osburn on Arvada Sidewalk (DenPo) 9News: Hickenlooper Nudged Lawmakers to Raise Gas Tax … While House Speaker Crisanta Duran Says Legislature “Definitely” Needs to Ask Voters for Transpo Funding (Herald) DenPo Ranks Transportation Funding as Second Highest Legislative Priority Teacher Says Unreliable Bus System, Bureaucracy Keep Kids Out of … Continued

Driver Kills Person Biking in Aurora, DenPo Headline Blames Apparently Sentient Car Last Year, Colorado Cops Caught More Than 10,000 Intoxicated People Operating Machines That Kill People (DenPo) GOP House Minority Leader Patrick Neville Wants to Use New Transpo Funds to Induce Driving (AP) Cherry Creek Residents Apparently Still Circling Block — ABC7 Claims There’s … Continued

Denverite Breaks Down RTD’s Fare Pass Overhaul Here’s an Idea: Create a Walkable Place for People Around Desolate 38th and Blake Station (Denverite) DenPo Columnist: City Shouldn’t Intervene to Make “Absurdly Expansive” Parking Lot Near Light Rail Useful Gubernatorial Candidates Polis, Kennedy, Underwood Get Behind High-Speed Rail (Times-Call) AAA: Drivers Who Use Cell Phones Up … Continued

Driver Injures Person Walking at Infamous Intersection of Federal and Howard (Denver PD) GOP Lawmakers to Introduce $3.5 Billion Bonding Bill that Ignores Transit, Expands Highways (DBJ) City Will Install Traffic Lights — Eventually — at 5th and Lincoln, 5th and Broadway (Fox31) Say Goodbye to 100 Trees, So Far, That Have Been Cut Down … Continued