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Large trucks are a leading killer of cyclists and pedestrians and cyclists in urban areas. While London has recently decided to kick the most dangerous trucks out of the city, in the U.S., truck safety regulations are much further behind. Engineer Alex Epstein of the Volpe Center, a research arm of U.S. DOT, spent five … Continued

Driver Jumps Curb, Slams Into Restaurant at 17th and Downing (9News) Driver Kills Man, 21, Running in Fort Collins (Coloradoan) New Residents and Not Enough Homes Means High Rent (DBJ) After Getting Swept From Streets, People Without Homes Back to Camping (DenPo) Denverite Tours Some of the City’s Bike Lanes Denver No Longer a Top … Continued

Cross-posted from City Observatory. Earlier, we rolled out our parking price index, showing the variation in parking prices among large US cities. Gleaning data from ParkMe, a web-based directory of parking lots and rates, we showed how much it cost to park on a monthly basis in different cities. There’s a surprising degree of variation: … Continued

Aurora Sentinel Profiles RTD District E Candidates JM Fay and Claudia Folska …And Unopposed Candidates in Districts F and G The Benefits of Walking Through Life at 3 MPH (9News) Neighborhoods Should Be Diverse Gardens, Not Rigid Rows of Corn (DenverUrbanism) Boulder Councilwoman: Zone to Add Housing Options, Not Exclude People From City (Daily Camera) … Continued

The wheels of change grind slowly at the institutions that guide the American traffic engineering establishment, but they are moving forward. This week, U.S. DOT issued interim approval for bike boxes [PDF], a treatment that positions cyclists ahead of cars at intersections. Dozens of American cities currently use bike boxes — some for the better … Continued

Some 1,200 city planners, transportation professionals, city officials, and journalists crowded into the San Francisco Hyatt Regency this week for the 2016 Rail~Volution conference, a gathering aimed at “building livable communities with transit” in cities and towns across the country. From the conference press release: The… conference brings together thought leaders and innovators to discuss … Continued

American kids don’t walk and bike to school much anymore. Even after some modest progress in recent years, only about 20 percent of 5- to 14-year-olds walked or biked to school in 2012, compared to 48 percent in 1969, according to the National Center for Safe Routes to School. Driving kids to school has picked … Continued

Networks of safe walking and biking infrastructure won’t work very well if they’re interrupted by bridges that are dangerous or stressful to cross. But when transportation agencies fix up bridges, their instinct is often to do the least for walking and biking that they can get away with. Garrett Hennigan at the Washington Area Bicyclists … Continued

Hancock Proposes Budget With $19 Million for “Mobility” (Denverite, DenPo) Competing Affordable Housing Fund Bills Move Through Council (DenPo, Denverite) Residents Near Regis University Under Impression They Own Street Space (ABC7) DenPo Columnist: Don’t Fine Drivers Who Speed in School Zones Remove Eight-Lane Speer Boulevard and Watch Neighborhoods Thrive (Denverite) Driver Hits Person on Bike … Continued