Wednesday’s Headlines

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From Streetsblog

  •  Traffic Violence Report: Amid four more traffic fatalities, the cycling community will remember fallen bicycle riders and demonstrate for safer streets at three different events, including a candlelight vigil tonight. (Streetsblog Denver)

Other news

  • Daughter of Scott Hendrickson paints a ghost bike to remember her dad. (9 News)
  • Another ghost bike was placed at the corner where a truck killed Elizabeth Bounds last week. In the debate over adding a protected bike lane in the area, neighbor Terry Berkeley says, “I don’t think they need that protection.” (CBS4)
  • Video: Bounds’ death was acknowledged by Denver City Councilmen Chris Hinds and Paul Kashmann, who also raised the importance of protected bike lanes. (Denver 8 via YouTube)
  • Tonight’s Denver Cruiser Ride will bring awareness to cycling deaths. (Fox 31)
  • More on the bike, scooter and skateboard ban outside of Rockies Stadium. (CBS4)
  • The Colorado Bureau of Investigation expects to be flooded with DUI testing requests. (Colorado Sun)
  • Colorado will adopt California’s zero-emission program in 2023 through a deal with automakers that will avoid expected Trump administration rollbacks. (CNBC)
  • Denver Air Quality Index: 5 a.m.: 51 Moderate. Yesterday’s max: 90 Moderate.
  • National headlines at Streetsblog USA.

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Tuesday’s Headlines

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From Streetsblog

  •  Applying for RTD’s new discount program? A confusing, complicated and glitchy website awaits. (Streetsblog Denver)

Other news

  • “Stop killing us.” After the deaths of bicycle riders Alexis Bounds and Scott Hendrickson this month, cyclists will protest and mourn with ghost bikes, a cruiser ride and a Critical Mass ride. (Denver Post)
  • Police explain why the driver in Bounds’ death was charged with a misdemeanor instead of a felony. (9 News)
  • RTD’s income-based discount program started yesterday. (CPR, CBS4, 9 News)
  • Denver is focusing on scooter rider education over enforcement. (Denver7)
  • Thieves slam a shuttle bus into a Littleton bike shop. (CBS4)
  • What Union Station looked like five years ago. (9 News)
  • Check out Union Station Buskerfest Thursday. (303)
  • More electric vehicles will be sold in Colorado under agreement with automakers. (CPR, Westword)
  • Colorado regulators are boosting regulations to clean up polluted air and meet federal standards. (Denver Post)
  • Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 44 Good. Yesterday’s max: 93 Moderate.
  • National headlines at Streetsblog USA.

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Monday’s Headlines

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From Streetsblog

  • Local news coverage of bike safety can be dreadful. So we’ve got to hand it to Kyle Clark of 9News for his takedown of anti-bike lane nimbys who still oppose the Marion Street Bikeway after the death of Alexis Bounds there last week. (Streetsblog USA)

Other news

  • Bound’s family set up a fundraiser to support her two young boys. (GoFundMe)
  • A 60-year-old Boulder woman was injured seriously after apparently colliding with a deer. (Fox 31)
  • RTD’s new discount program launches today, but it will cut a program that served the “most desperate.” (CPR)
  • RTD gets an  $11 million grant to buy more electric buses. (CPR)
  • The “Reimagine RTD” initiative will include a visit from Jarrett Walker, author of Human Transit. (Westword)
  • Union Station celebrated its fifth anniversary after its $54 million renovation. (9 News, Fox 31)
  • A scammer is emptying the bank accounts of ride-hail drivers. (CBS4)
  • Police are looking for a man behind a shooting at an Aurora RTD station. (9 News)
  • Locantore: Growth has brought increased traffic to Denver, but with better transit it’s not inevitable. In Seattle, population increased 23% while daily traffic volumes declined by 5%. (Outline)
  • As Denver grows, the city needs more housing and better public transportation, says District 6 Councilman Paul Kashmann. (Gazette)
  • Denver’s first Little Saigon festival was a success, and another is scheduled for September 13. (Denverite)
  • Boulder’s Transportation Advisory Board pushes for a protected bike lane on North Broadway but city staff say they only have money for paint. (Daily Camera)
  • Whole Foods Station (aka WhoFooSta) is among the names readers suggested for the neighborhood behind Union Station. (Westword)
  • When Denver’s air is polluted you can’t escape it by heading to the mountains — staying out of a car is the best thing you can do. (CPR)
  • Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 42 Good. Yesterday’s max: 54 Moderate.
  • National headlines at Streetsblog USA.

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Friday’s Headlines

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From Streetsblog

  •  A driver killed another bicyclist and bike lane opponents in the area still oppose safety upgrades to Marion Street. (Streetsblog Denver)

More on bike fatality

  • Kyle Clark Commentary: “You don’t own the street in front of your home. Our streets belong to everyone.” “Arguing for aesthetic appeal while bodies are being peeled off the pavement is a bad look. I also love Denver’s history. But not more than your life or mine.” (9 News)
  • “Stop Killing Us!” is one message spray painted on the street where the bicyclist was killed. A witness says the vehicle was a garbage truck. (Denver7)
  • Patsy Brown, who started the petition against the bike lane upgrades, is not backing down. (9 News)
  • NIMBYs do not believe a protected bike lane would have prevented the crash. (Fox 31)

Other news

  • The serious injury of elite cyclist Andrew Bernstein Saturday after a driver hit him and fled the scene near Boulder shows increasing bike injuries and fatalities in Colorado. (Colorado Sun)
  • Here’s how the Colorado State Patrol investigates hit-and-run cases like this. (9 News)
  • Bernstein was once editor of Bicycling. (Bicycling)
  • The Suspect in a 2018 fatal road rage shooting in Westminster was sent to the hospital for mental evaluation. (Fox 31)
  • The key to raising more money for transportation could be asking fewer people. (CPR)
  • RTD general manager Dave Genova talks about RTD’s fifty-year history and its future. (Arvada Press)
  • Here are nine secrets of Union Station. (Denver 7)
  • Westword brainstorms ideas to name the area behind Union Station. (Westword)
  • Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 38 Good. Yesterday’s max: 71 Moderate.
  • National headlines at Streetsblog USA.
Correction: This story has been corrected to reflect that Andrew Bernstein was seriously injured. A previous version indicated that he had died. 

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Thursday’s Headlines

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A Lime scooter parked in front of the main entrance to Union Station. Streetsblog file photo by Andy Bosselman

From Streetsblog

  •  Guest Commentary: Scooters are another sign of big tech colonizing public spaces. (Streetsblog Denver)

Other news

  • A driver hit and killed a woman riding a bike yesterday (Denver Police), the crash was on South Marion Street where enraged NIMBYs oppose improvements to a bike lane (Bicycle Colorado). (Check Streetsblog this afternoon for more information). 
  • A driver caused life-threatening injuries after hitting bicyclist Bernie Bernstein in Boulder Saturday. (Daily Camera)
  • Bustang’s runaway success has CDOT planning direct service to ski areas and Rocky Mountain National Park on weekends. (Summit Daily)
  • Bennet, Gardner seek federal refunds on RTD’s Denver Union Station financing. (Colorado Politics)
  • Decades of desegregation: Denver readers recall their own stories of ‘busing’ (Chalkbeat)
  • Remember that opinion piece supporting Lakewood’s new housing limits on environmental grounds? In his latest editorial, Gary Wockner is beating the same drum: NIMBYs are Earth warriors. (Colorado Independent)
  • As affordable housing is bulldozed in Sun Valley, one boy’s life will change forever. (5280)
  • A 108-unit affordable housing complex opens in Stapleton. (La Voz)
  • Organizers behind a carbon tax initiative fail to gather enough signatures to make the ballot. (Denverite)
  • Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 44 Good. Yesterday’s max: 108 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups.
  • National headlines at Streetsblog USA.

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