Today’s Headlines

Governor Wannabe Tom Tancredo Despises Light Rail and Bike Lanes, Wants More Cars on Roads (Westword) Complete Sidewalk Network Would Cost Entire 2018 General Fund (9News) Downtown Amusement Park That’s Closed Half the Year Is Staying Put, Owner Says, and So Is Most of Its Parking Crater (ABC7) City Could Convert CDOT HQ Into Affordable … Continued

Driver Kills Person on Bike in Parker (9News) Driver Seriously Injures Person Walking in Littleton (DenPo) Draft Pedestrian and Trails Plan Released (DenPo) Zoning Revision Would End “Slot Homes” in Favor of Town Homes Facing Street With Parking Via Alley (Denverite) Program Streamlines Construction of Backyard Homes to Curb Displacement (DenPo) Daily Camera Reader: Thanks … Continued

Bringing City Sidewalks Up to Snuff Will Cost $1 Billion (Denverite) Hancock’s Private-Public Partnership Office Won’t Steal Council’s Authority on City Contracts (DenPo) Council OKs Contract for More Reliable Automated Train System at DIA (DenPo) DenPo Reader: Why Would Coloradans Gift World’s Richest Man Taxpayer Giveaways to Move Amazon Here? Coloradans Buying More SUVs and … Continued

Driver Injures Three People Walking at 15th and Stout (DenPo) Driver Kills Person Walking in Lakewood, Flees (Fox31) DenPo Reader: CDOT Obscured True Taxpayer Cost of I-70 Widening 431 Homes Planned Across Street from 41st and Fox Station (Denverite) DenPo Reader Says City Needs Subway Street Harassment Changes How People Move Through City (Denverite) Driver … Continued

Driver Kills Person Walking in Lakewood, Flees (DenPo) A Line Running Late on Busy Airport Morning (Fox31) Project at Transit-Rich 16th and Market: 232 Homes, Offices, Retail — and 320 Parking Stalls (DenPo) Anti-Growth Suburbs Want Transit Without Compact, Walkable Development that Makes it Work Well (CPR) CU Boulder Study: Even E-Bikes Are Good for … Continued

Hickenlooper Appoints Former CDOT Deputy Michael Lewis to Head Department (DenPo) State Fines Uber $8.9M for Letting Reckless Drivers, DUI Offenders Ferry Coloradans Around (Denverite) Arrivo’s BamBrogan Claims Colorado Needs Hyperloop Because “People Are Urbanizing” (CNBC) Espinoza Pitches Ground-Floor Commercial Requirement in NW Denver to Stop Homes He Thinks Are Ugly from Being Built (Denverite) … Continued

Boulder Residents Fear Possible Changes to EcoPass to Fund Low-Income Pass (Camera) A Line Train Injures Woman Walking on Tracks (Fox31) Garfield St. Redesign Will Prioritize People on Bikes, But Without Bike Lanes (Denverite) Driver Kills Person Walking on I-76 Near 88th Ave. (9News) Bond Funding for Protected Bike Lanes Will Buoy Downtown Network (Next … Continued

Driver Seriously Injures Person Walking at 45th and Washington (DPD) Denver Needs Public Input to Move Forward With Center-Running Colfax BRT (DBJ) Amazon Proposal Claims CDOT Will Spend $2 Billion on “Mobility” in Coming Years (Denverite) Group Gives 60 Swansea Elementary Kids “First Taste of Freedom” By Donating Bikes (CBS4) State Demographer: Colorado Springs Will … Continued

No, Downtown Denver Does Not Need More Space to Store Cars (ABC7) RTD Begins Public Process for Bus Rapid Transit Between Boulder, Longmont (CBS4) Joey Bunch Envisions Gridlock at Capitol Over Transportation Spending (Politics) Bustang Ridership Keeps Growing, CDOT Mulls Expansion (Summit Daily) Hancock Wants Office Dedicated to Getting Private Funding for Public Projects (Denverite) … Continued