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Raymond Sanchez Was the Fifth Person Killed Walking on Federal Blvd This Year
Sanchez made a mistake. On this six-lane section of Federal Boulevard designed to move cars fast, the price for his mistake was death.
September 5, 2017
Dangerous Streets Are a Public Health Crisis, and Vision Zero Is the Prescription
If a flesh-eating virus killed more than 40,000 people in the United States in a single year, every level of government would act decisively to stamp out the contagion and save lives. And yet, when 40,000 people lost their lives in traffic crashes in the United States last year, our collective response was little more than a shrug.
August 9, 2017
Memo to Denver PD: Ticketing a Man in a Wheelchair Hit By Driver Is Not Vision Zero
Mayor Michael Hancock might want to remind Denver Police Chief Robert White that he signed up to prioritize the most vulnerable people on the street when he committed his department to Vision Zero — not penalize them.
August 2, 2017
Hancock Administration Unveils Draft Plan to End Traffic Deaths in Denver
The draft sounds the right notes, but in many respects it's more tentative than what Vision Zero calls for.
July 31, 2017
The Eighth Pedestrian Killed By a Driver on Denver Streets This Year Was Nathan Heggenberger
Although it's been 11 days since the crash, we still know very little about what occurred on the evening of July 15.
July 26, 2017
5 Percent of Denver Streets Account for Half of All Traffic Deaths
Denver could cut traffic deaths and serious injuries in half by focusing on 27 especially dangerous streets.
July 25, 2017
Hancock Gives Vision Zero Some Urgency, Says Denver Will End Traffic Deaths By 2030
This development is significant for two reasons.
July 14, 2017
Details Scarce After Driver Kills Pedestrian on Federal Blvd, the Fourth Such Death in 2017
It's been almost two weeks since a driver killed a person walking on Federal Boulevard near Florida Avenue. We don't know much more than that.
June 20, 2017
West 23rd Ave Should Be Getting a Bike Lane Extension Across Federal — Unless Parking
Denver Public Works wants to stripe a bike lane on West 23rd Avenue where it intersects one of the city's deadliest streets, Federal Boulevard. But when it comes to protecting humans riding bikes in Denver, there's always the risk that car storage — or the fear of any space getting dedicated to bikes at all — will take precedence.
June 14, 2017
Woman Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver in South Broadway Alley Was Kimberly Macey
Kimberly Macey, 33, left behind two sons when a driver killed her as she walked through a Broadway alley near Ellsworth Avenue on June 2.
June 14, 2017
