traffic deaths
Details Scarce After Driver Kills Pedestrian on Federal Blvd, the Fourth Such Death in 2017
It's been almost two weeks since a driver killed a person walking on Federal Boulevard near Florida Avenue. We don't know much more than that.
June 20, 2017
Woman Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver in South Broadway Alley Was Kimberly Macey
Kimberly Macey, 33, left behind two sons when a driver killed her as she walked through a Broadway alley near Ellsworth Avenue on June 2.
June 14, 2017
What Good Is New Bike Safety Tech If CDOT Still Won’t Build Safe Streets?
The agency is funding "innovative solutions" for bike safety — the ideas aren't bad, but they're no substitute for agency action to redesign dangerous streets.
May 24, 2017
Walk and Ride of Silence Memorializes the People Who’ve Died in Denver Traffic
They walked and biked to Cheesman Park, escorted by police officers and wrapped in silence, in remembrance of the ever-growing list of people killed while walking, biking, riding motorcycles, and driving.
May 18, 2017
Remembering Damian Solis, 11, Killed Crossing the Street
A child has been killed in an area known by officials to be deadly. To have government reps tell it, no one is responsible except Solis, who is gone. Naturally, the focus is on a barrier to stop people from crossing the street, instead of slower speeds and safer crossings.
May 4, 2017
Remembering Danny Bramer, the Fourth Pedestrian Killed on Denver’s Streets This Year
Bramer's untimely death represented the third person killed while walking Federal this year — out of four total pedestrian deaths.
May 4, 2017
Deadly Federal Boulevard Claims Another Life
For the fourth time this year, a driver has killed a person walking in Denver. For the third time, the life was lost on Federal Boulevard.
April 13, 2017
Join the Denver Vision Zero Coalition in a Ride and Walk of Silence
Any serious plan for safer streets will have to include retrofitting them to prioritize pedestrians and bicyclists and reduce driving speeds. In the meantime, the volunteer Vision Zero Coalition is raising awareness of the preventable problem
April 10, 2017
Remembering People Who’ve Lost Their Lives Walking Denver Streets in 2017
Drivers have killed three people walking around the city this year, two of them on the perennially deadly Federal Boulevard. This is who they were.
April 5, 2017
Denver Public Works Now Convenes “Rapid Response Teams” After Fatal Crashes
As of December, the city is taking a more systematic approach to addressing the problem. Denver Public Works now convenes "rapid response teams" after every fatal crash involving a pedestrian, bicyclist, or motorcyclist.
March 30, 2017
