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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock announces street safety improvements. Photo: Andy Bosselman

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As Deaths Surge, Mayor Asks Homeowners to Support Bike Lanes on Their Streets

By Andy Bosselman | Aug 7, 2019 | 16 Comments

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock will lower speed limits and make temporary street safety upgrades happen fast in several parts of Denver. And as traffic fatalities rise sharply, those fighting the city as it works to install bike lanes should stand down, he said at a press conference this morning.

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Tuesday’s Headlines

By Andy Bosselman | Jul 30, 2019 | No Comments

Cyclists will protest and mourn recent deaths with events this week. Police explain why the driver in Alexis Bounds’ death was not charged with a felony. Access to RTD's new discount program is behind a confusing, complicated and glitchy website.

ICYMI: Sadik-Khan: Denver Can Learn From NYC’s ‘Streetfight’

By Andy Bosselman | Jul 5, 2019 | No Comments

Janette Sadik-Khan, who will be the keynote speaker at Bicycle Colorado’s Moving People Forward conference tomorrow, transformed New York’s streets with dramatic pedestrian improvements, 400 miles of new bike lanes and the repurposing of 60 asphalt plazas into park-like places when she was the New York City transportation commissioner under former Mayor Mike Bloomberg. In […]

Park Ranger Eric Knopinski uses a radar gun to clock the speed of a cyclist on the Cherry Creek Trail.

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Cyclist Crash on Trail Shows Need for More Bike Infrastructure

By Andy Bosselman | Jun 26, 2019 | 36 Comments

A bicycle rider is in critical condition after a high-speed, head-on collision with another cyclist who was also injured Tuesday evening on the Cherry Creek Trail, according to the Denver Post. But as more downtown workers choose to bike, bicycle traffic on the Cherry Creek Trail has grown and the crash highlights the urgent need for […]

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Amster-Damn! European City Leads on Banning Ban Gas-Powered Cars

By Angie Schmitt | May 6, 2019 | No Comments

By 2030, the city plans to ban all gas-powered cars from the city limits. The city will begin phasing them out next year.

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Fed E-Scooter Safety Study Raises Serious Concerns

By Angie Schmitt | May 6, 2019 | No Comments

A new CDC study raises some concerns. But we still don't know really how injury rates compare to other modes.

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