Last Week: Drivers Injured Three People Walking Citywide
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For the first time in a long time, between June 25 and July 1, Denver did not see one traffic death, according to the Denver Police Department.
Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about traffic safety
Elsie Steffany, Killed Crossing Welton Street, Was Fifth Pedestrian Slain in Denver This Year
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Steffany was crossing Welton Street near 15th Street when 33-year-old Aurangzaib Sharifi backed his Dodge Caravan into her, according to a crash report released by Denver PD.
It Worked: Readers Take Over CDOT’s Victim-Blaming #SafetyStartsWithAllOfUs Campaign
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Streetsblog readers from all over the country hijacked CDOT's #SafetyStartsWithAllOfUs hashtag on Twitter, overwhelming the stale, refuted message that people walking and biking somehow bear the same responsibility on public as people operating multi-ton killing machines while surfing the internet.
Wednesday: Join the Ride and Walk of Silence to Remember Victims of Traffic Violence
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The location of the ceremony is significant. It's a stone's throw from Federal Boulevard, Denver's deadliest street.
CDOT Preaches Imagined Public Safety Crisis of “Distract Walking” on Denver Street Corners
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Every so often the Colorado Department of Transportation decides it's time to use public money to shame people walking in the name of street safety.
Last Week: 508 Car Crashes, Six Life-Changing Injuries on Denver’s Streets
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To track the extent of crashes and injuries, Streetsblog is launching a weekly traffic violence report.