traffic violence
Remembering the People Killed While Walking and Biking on Denver Streets in 2017
Last year, 51 people lost their lives in traffic crashes, including 14 people walking and one person biking.
January 8, 2018
Cars Are Not Sentient Beings With Free Will
We've been through this a million times before — it's a matter of accuracy, not semantics.
May 2, 2017
In Memory of Those Who Lost Their Lives to Dangerous Denver Streets
The names and faces of the people walking and biking who needlessly lost their lives just trying to get around Denver this year (so far).
November 21, 2016
CDOT Seeks High-Tech Safety Fix While Its Streets Remain Stuck in the 1950s
So far this year, drivers have killed seven people walking and biking on Denver’s wide and fast urban highways, overseen in part by the Colorado Department of Transportation. Now CDOT is asking for help fix the problem with tech. The agency launched a contest Friday that “calls on citizens to concept innovative solutions” to keep pedestrians and … Continued
November 7, 2016
Denver Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths Have Already Surpassed 2015’s Total
It’s been a deadly week on Denver streets. Drivers have killed three people simply trying to cross the street. One victim, whom Denver PD has not named, was struck while crossing in a wheelchair at 29th and Colorado. Another, Karina Pulec, was trying to cross 13th at Broadway when Norlan Estrada-Reyes allegedly hit her with … Continued
November 4, 2016
A Driver, Not a Car, Killed Colleen O’Connor. It Was a Crash, Not an Accident.
Colleen O’Connor’s family, friends, and Denver Post colleagues are remembering her 60-year-long life after a driver named Jesus Carreno, 23, ended it Wednesday night on 1st Avenue near Downing Street. Her death marks the ninth pedestrian killed this year by a driver in Denver. O’Connor recently wrote about street improvements on Broadway meant to make … Continued
September 2, 2016
As Traffic Deaths Spike, Colorado DOT Says Zilch About Fixing Deadly Streets
In the inaugural year of Colorado DOT’s timid Toward Zero Deaths initiative, 545 people were killed on roads throughout the state. That’s a stark spike in fatalities — 57 more, or 10 percent, than in 2014, and the most since 2008. The number of people killed while walking or biking rose from 74 to 78. More than a quarter … Continued
January 22, 2016
Connor Walsh May Be Walking Today If His Route to School Had a Sidewalk
Connor Walsh was walking to his Fort Collins high school on the morning of March 10 when Reginald Loewen, falling asleep at the wheel of his Subaru after working an overnight shift, struck the 16-year-old and broke his back. Walsh had been walking on the shoulder of Laporte Avenue, a street a few blocks away from his … Continued
October 19, 2015