Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about transit

A pedestrian comes to a closed sidewalk at a construction site on 19th St. near Wewatta on Mar. 27, 2019. Photo: Andy Bosselman

Blocked Sidewalks at Denver Construction Sites Could Improve

By Andy Bosselman | Mar 27, 2019 | No Comments

Navigating around construction sites may soon get easier for pedestrians, cyclists and transit riders. But today's tweak to existing policies doesn't go far enough, say safety advocates.

Passengers board a light rail vehicle on Sept. 17, 2014. Photo: RTD.

Downtown Denver Workers Walk, Bike and Ride Transit More

By Andy Bosselman | Mar 21, 2019 | 7 Comments

The number of people who drive alone to get to work in Downtown Denver is shrinking, albeit slowly, with some commuters instead choosing mass transit, biking, walking and other modes of transportation.

school strike for climate at colo capital

Kids Demand Climate Action While Colorado Politicians Blow off Urgent Need to Transform Urban Transportation

By Andy Bosselman | Mar 18, 2019 | 6 Comments

After the Global Climate Strike, where students in Colorado and around the world demanded climate action, elected officials at all levels of Colorado government appear to be shrugging their shoulders, offering political agendas that fail to envision a better transportation future.

Lyft Will Offer Denver Public Transit Options in Its App. But Will It Get More People on RTD?

By Andy Bosselman | Mar 11, 2019 | 3 Comments

Lyft follows Uber again with a new feature that displays public transit options within its app. Officials hope the new feature will boost the tiny number of RTD riders who already use ride sharing services to get to rail stations and bus stops.

Denver refinery through brown cloud of pollution

It’s Fair to Compare Denver’s Air Pollution to Beijing

By Andy Bosselman | Mar 8, 2019 | 15 Comments

On Wednesday we ran a story, Fossil Fuels Choke Denver With Air Quality 3 Times Worse Than Beijing. Several critiques of the piece showed up in its comments section and on Reddit. This post responds to three. 1) The pollution is the fault of an inversion layer, a weather pattern that traps particulate matter. The weather did not create […]

Downtown Denver viewed through the haze of Colorado's "brown cloud" on March 6. Photo: Andy Bosselman

Breaking: Fossil Fuels Choke Denver With Air Quality 3 Times Worse Than Beijing

By Andy Bosselman | Mar 6, 2019 | 44 Comments

Today from downtown Denver, the peaks of the Rocky Mountain foothills were barely visible through the brown cloud of pollution that covered the region with an unhealthy level of fine particulate matter.

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