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The Myth of ‘Balance’ when Talking About How Streets Are Organized
The status quo is imbalance, so when you hear people preaching "balance," ask them what a car and a bicycle look like on a see-saw — because that’s how our streets are balanced right now.
July 16, 2018
Streetsblog Denver is Taking Two Weeks Off from Our Regularly Scheduled Program
News doesn't take a vacation, but reporters do. So when the nonprofit media organization in question has one reporter, that means taking a break from reporting on things as they happen.
July 12, 2018
Today’s Headlines
Polis Says He’ll Prioritize Front Range Rail in First 100 Days as Governor (CPR) The Hypocrisy of Shunning Electric Scooters as Drivers Consistently Park in Bike Lanes (Denverite) Hopes of Transit-Oriented Development on Golf Course Land Near 40th and Colorado Station May Be Dashed (DenPo) DenPo Reader: Where’s the Greenery Along the New Brighton Boulevard? … Continued
June 28, 2018
Today’s Headlines
Driver Kills Person Riding Bike at Santa Fe and Evans (ABC7) …While ABC7 Lends Credence to NIMBYs Who Claim Bike Lanes Are Unsafe Things in the Bike Lane Database Gets Mobile App (Westword) More Cars or More Options for Coloradans? Next Governor Will Help Decide (Colorado Politics) Cherry Creek Trail Keeps Flooding, But Solution on … Continued
June 7, 2018
Today’s Headlines
Driver Kills Man Walking at MLK and Leyden, DenPo Blames Apparently Sentient Vehicle San Francisco Has Insights for Hosting Popular Scooter-Share in Unprepared Cities (CPR) Drivers Have Hit 3,332 People Walking Since 2012, According to Westword Map Reveals Car-Light Streets for Bicyclists — Bike Lanes or Not — But Routes are Indirect (The Know) Aurora … Continued
June 1, 2018
Today’s Headlines
CDOT Thinks It Can Stop Congestion By Adding Cars to Roads, ABC7 Buys It RTD A Line Contractors Didn’t Follow Protocol When Train Stranded Passengers for Three Hours (CPR) Beware Shoddy Reporting on Bike Crashes (303 Cycling) Buses Aren’t Outdated — They’re the Future (DU Clarion) Public Works to Pave 85 Downtown Blocks This Summer … Continued
May 15, 2018
Today’s Headlines
Driver Kills Person Walking in Aurora Crosswalk, DenPo Blames Victim Who “Was Possibly Using a Cell Phone” Unidentified Driver Kills Kid on Bike in Breckenridge, DenPo Blames Apparently Sentient Car Jon Caldera Terrified Voters Will Fund Morsel of Transit, Thinks Cities Can’t Think for Themselves (DenPo) …And Republicans Agree With Him (DBJ) Hancock Advances “Aerotropolis” … Continued
May 14, 2018
Today’s Headlines
Walking, Biking Projects Among First Recipients of Once-in-Decade Bond Funds — and So Is Street Paving (DenPo, Denverite) House Dems Add Slightly More Transit, Biking, Walking Funding to SB1, Threatening Senate’s More Highway-Centric Version (DenPo, Politics) Bike to Work Day Registration Opens (CBS4) Driver Feels Entitled to Constant Green Lights on Colorado Blvd (ABC7) Deadly … Continued
May 2, 2018
Traffic Safety Report Finds More Drivers Using Cellphones
Despite laws against using a hand-held phone or similar device, a new report shows that people are not putting down their phones.
April 24, 2018
Today’s Headlines
Affordable Homes Likely to Supplant Downtown Church Parking Lot (BusinessDen) New CDOT HQ — and Giant Parking Garage — Nearly Complete at Decatur-Federal Light Rail Station (DenverInfill) LOL: El Paso County Pol Fools Public Into Thinking She Cares About Sustainable Transportation (Politics) Business Group Demands Legislature Fix Traffic With Money for More Traffic-Inducing Highways (Politics) … Continued
April 3, 2018