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In the 1970s, some American cities revolted against highway expansion and kept the worst excesses of the interstate construction spree in check. Those cities tend to be the most walkable and transit-oriented places in the nation today. But in Portland that legacy is in jeopardy.

Crisanta Duran Wants Transport Tax Bill to Ban Toll Lanes on Wider Highways (Denverite) …As Schools, Hospitals, and Rural Claims to Money for Roads Also Complicate Bill (DenPo) Rockies Will Develop Surface Parking Lot at 20th and Wazee (DenPo) Driver Hits Person Walking at CO Springs Intersection Where Girl Was Killed (Gazette) How LoHi Got … Continued

Ride-sourcing companies like Uber and Lyft add tons of traffic to Denver and Boulder streets, and make the transportation system less efficient by cannibalizing transit, biking, and walking trips. The companies don't share their data, so a researcher went out and got it.

Council Extends Freeze on Car-Free Homes, Makes Toothless Gesture to Curb Car Dependence (DenPo) “Fatal Crash Sentences Rarely Feel Strong Enough for Grieving Families” (9News) As Crashes Mount at Deadly 5th and Lincoln Intersection, Public Waits for Traffic Light (Fox31) Public Feedback on Broadway Bike Lane Is Lacking (9News) Parking Requirements Incentivize “Big, Boxy” Buildings … Continued

Every year more than 1,000 transportation professionals, urban planners, housing and health advocates, and elected officials converge on an American city to talk shop about how to build better communities through transit.

Driver Seriously Injures Person Walking at Federal and Louisiana (CBS4) Bike Lane Network Doesn’t Discriminate By Neighborhood Income (Denverite) DenPo Readers Sound Off on Endorsement of Safety Stop Bill RTD Gets Another Extension From Feds to Operate A and B Lines (DBJ) Southwest Chief Amtrak Line Could Extend From Fort Collins to Trinidad (DenPo) Be … Continued

Why a “Safety Stop” Bill That Lets Bicyclists Treat Stops as Yields Makes Sense (DenPo) How Is CDOT’s Pay-By-Mile Pilot Going? (CPR) DBJ Cheers CDOT Plan to “Cram” More Cars on Roads With Tech Denver Added Homes, and Rent Prices Fell (DenPo) CDOT Unveils Plan to Add Lanes to I-25, 9News Equates Project With Safety … Continued

Subways, Pods, and Why Denver Shouldn’t Obsess Over Transit Tech (Confluence) Adams County Prosecutors Charge Driver Prisma Rodriguez-Ramirez With Killing Antonio Colson on Colfax (Sentinel) How State Dems, GOP Differ on Funding Transportation (CO Politics) Louisiana and Dahlia a Notorious Intersection for Speeding Drivers, Crashes (9News) When Drivers Hit Kids in the Springs, It’s Mainly … Continued

Statewide, Traffic Deaths Outpace Previous Years (CPR) …Which CDOT Director Shailen Bhatt Claims Will Be Fixed With Autonomous Vehicles (DenPo) Repeat DUI Offender Pedro Tun Gets 15 Years Jail Time (DenPo) You Have to Shovel Your Sidewalk (Denverite) “Denver’s Growth Is No Accident” (CPR) CDOT Wants Its Employees to Get Techy (DBJ) In Which Coal-Praising … Continued