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Public safety campaigns like these from the UK drilled into our heads that drunk driving is immoral. But ethical driving involves much more than staying sober. Image via BBC

How Ethical Is Your Driving?

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 14, 2017 | No Comments

Most of us who drive don't spend much time weighing the morals of our behavior as motorists, but we should. Otherwise, by the time the ethical implications of our behavior are clear, it's probably going to be too late.

No Justice, Only Victim Blaming After Driver Injures Woman on Littleton Bike Path

By David Sachs | Jul 6, 2017 | 21 Comments

Littleton City Attorney Tricia McCarthy absolved Shannon Miller for inflicting life-altering injuries on Katrina Bellis, even though Bellis was biking in accordance with traffic laws.

People on bikes will soon get the safety they deserve on 14th Street. Image: Google Maps

Get Excited for the 14th Street Bikeway, the Denver’s First Curb-Protected Bike Lane

By David Sachs | Jul 5, 2017 | 2 Comments

So far, Denver’s protected bike lanes have been separated from traffic with a row of parked cars and/or plastic posts. This one will be different.

Some Scenes from Colorado’s 2017 Bike to Work Day

By David Sachs | Jun 30, 2017 | No Comments

About 34,000 people hopped on bikes for their commute on Wednesday, Colorado's Bike to Work Day, according to early estimates from the Denver Regional Council of Governments.

The dirtwalk on Quebec Street. Photo: David Sachs

DPW Moves Forward With Making Quebec Street a Wide, Dangerous Stroad Instead of Prioritizing People Over Cars

By David Sachs | Jun 30, 2017 | 1 Comment

The three year project is years away, and its cost to taxpayers is sketchy.

Today’s Headlines

By David Sachs | Jun 28, 2017 | 2 Comments

CDOT Insists Widening I-70 for More Cars Will Equal Less Traffic, and That Construction Will Start Soon (9News, Fox31) Jeffco Commissioners Grudgingly Take Feds’ Money for Affordable Housing and Sidewalks (Denverite) CDOT’s Bustang Teams Up With Greyhound to Offer More Routes (Fox31) How Denver’s Bike to Work Day Got So Big (Denverite) Golden Has Banned […]

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