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The Millennium Bridge is Closed and it Ruined Elias’s Lunch Break
Denver’s iconic Millennium Bridge closed without notice yesterday, leaving many people who depend on the major pedestrian thoroughfare confused about how to get between the Riverfront and Union Station neighborhoods.
November 19, 2019
Connecticut’s Transportation Plan Stymies Its Future
What is Gov. Ned Lamont doing building all these new roads to compete with transit?
November 19, 2019
Streetsblog in the Denver Post: To Save Lives, Denver Must Commit to More Red-Light Cameras
If Denver is serious about reducing the number of people who need to be remembered at candlelight vigils, we need bold action on street safety. We need more red-light cameras.
November 16, 2019
Denver Surpassed 2018’s Total Traffic Deaths Last Month
In October, three people died amid 2,072 Denver traffic crashes, bringing the total number of fatalities to 64 this year — and surpassing the 62 reached all of last year.
November 6, 2019
Denver’s Air Thick With Fossil Fuel Pollution as 11,000 Scientists Declare Climate Emergency
Thirty scientists from Colorado signed onto a paper declaring the world in a state of climate emergency — a bit of news that hit just as a thick brown cloud of fossil-fuel residue hung over the Denver Metro.
November 5, 2019
Denver Slow to Repaint Crosswalks and Bike Lanes After Road Construction
Streetsblog discovered an appalling lack of oversight and unexplained delays in the way crosswalks and bike lanes are replaced after utility work and road construction wipe them out — a dereliction that puts pedestrians and people on bikes at risk of injury and death.
October 31, 2019
Traffic Violence Report: 1 New Fatality, 3 Serious Injuries
In the last week, one person died and eight people were seriously injured among 292 Denver traffic crashes. A train hit and killed Rey Serrano-Aviles, a pedestrian, on October 12.
October 22, 2019
Pam Jiner: New Crosswalks in Montbello Are a Small Step in the Right Direction
Montbello: "We have to deal with wide roads, narrow sidewalks, and unsafe crossing situations that prevent many Montbello residents from walking to the park, to the bus, to school, or to our neighbor's house," writes Pam Jiner in this guest commentary.
October 18, 2019
Video: New 15th Street ‘Corner Wedges’ Slow Drivers When They Turn Onto Bike Lane
The Department of Public works installed rubber curbs and plastic posts to create “corner wedges” within five intersections on the 15th Street bikeway downtown earlier this month. The pilot project aims to slow drivers as they turn left at intersections, helping to ensure they yield to bicyclists and pedestrians.
October 17, 2019
San Francisco Banned Cars From Iconic Market Street
After eight years of planning — and more years of advocacy and pushing — San Francisco approved the "Better Market Street" plan. It will ban private cars on Market Street, add raised, protected bike lanes and make San Francisco's iconic street a more comfortable place to walk and bike.
October 16, 2019
