Tuesday’s Headlines

By Andy Bosselman | | No Comments

The free Low-Stress Denver Bike Map. Photo: Twitter user Lisa Truong Nguyen

From Streetsblog

  • This free, ‘Low-Stress Bike Map’ wants to boost biking despite Denver’s inadequate network of bike lanes. (Streetsblog Denver)

 Other news

  • Get ready for Bike to Work Day tomorrow. (9 News, Denver7, Denver Post, Edgewater Echo)
  • Help Bike to Work Day organizers by registering for the event. (DRCOG)
  • Bustang’s success could boost chances of Colorado creating a Front Range rail line. (CPR)
  • At last night’s City Council meeting, Sloan’s Lake NIMBYs lost their fight against a 160-unit transit-oriented development at 17th and Newton. (Denverite, Denver Post)
  • Denver voters will decide if the city should transform DPW into the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure. (Denverite, Denver Post)
  • The success of Friday’s Little Saigon night market boosts an effort to make a stretch of Federal Boulevard safer for pedestrians. (Denverite)
  • People with disabilities can learn to use Uber and Lyft at a new class in Denver. (9 News)
  • RTD is answering questions about train horns blowing through quiet zones. (CBS 4, Fox 31)
  • When ranked by the number of crashes — not fatalities or injuries — Denver is the 83rd safest city for driving among a list of 200 cities. Ft. Collins ranked seventh. (Denver Post)
  • Explainer: What is Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights? (Denver Post)
  • The West is not ready for wildfire smoke resulting from the climate crisis. (AP)
  • Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 33 Good. Yesterday’s max: 61 Moderate.
  • National headlines at Streetsblog USA.

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Monday’s Headlines

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Driver Krista Dalton poses for a photo at the Bustang yard near Golden. After the photo, she started a pre-trip inspection of the motor coach she would drive from Denver to Colorado Springs.

From Streetsblog

  • Bus driver shortage: Bustang driver Krista Dalton has what it takes. (Streetsblog Denver)

Other news

  • After crashes killed two motorcyclists and seriously injured a third in a one-week period, Denver police ask bikers and drivers to be careful. (Denver Post)
  • Two people died and several others were injured when a charter bus hit a bridge support on I-25 north of Pueblo. (CityNews)
  • Weather delayed Denver sidewalk repairs for six months. (9 News)
  • A Denver woman warns of a man who is posing as a Lyft driver. (Fox 31)
  • Drivers grumble about the new Uber & Lyft pickup and drop off locations at DIA. (Denver7)
  • In Denver, scooter companies are updating their fleets with new models, while Aspen & Boulder banned the devices. (Denver Post)
  • RTD is hosting community meetings to discuss residents’ questions about commuter rail quiet zones and why horns still blow. (9 News)
  • People are calling Candi CdeBaca (District 9 councilperson-elect) a Communist. She’d rather be called an anarchist. (Colorado Independent)
  • Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 38 Good. Yesterday’s max: 44 Good.
  • National headlines at Streetsblog USA.

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Driver Krista Dalton poses for a photo at the Bustang yard near Golden. After the photo, she started a pre-trip inspection of the motor coach she would drive from Denver to Colorado Springs.

Bus Driver Shortage, Part 2: Krista Dalton Has What it Takes

By Andy Bosselman | | 4 Comments
With more than 188 open positions for bus and train operators at RTD & Bustang, we sat down with Bustang driver Krista Dolton to learn what the job is like. “It’s a career. It’s not a job,” she said. “You're transporting precious cargo. You're transporting somebody’s mom, somebody’s dad, somebody’s brother. And that cannot be replaced like a bag of groceries."
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MIT Study: High Fares Limit Low-Income Households’ Mobility

By Christian MilNeil | | No Comments
A team of MIT researchers today announced the results of a study that concluded that a discounted transit fare for low-income households could offer significant benefits to those households without necessarily contributing to peak-hour crowding in the MBTA system. In a new whitepaper, “How Low-income Transit Riders in Boston Respond to Discounted Fares: A Randomized […]

Friday’s Headlines

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Bike parking in Copenhagen.

From Streetsblog

  • Guest post: Lessons from one of the world’s most bicycle-friendly cities. (Streetsblog Denver)

Must see:

  • This Denver Post photojournalism feature shows the impacts of the Central I-70 expansion, including children suffering with asthma in America’s most polluted zip code, activists who continue their fight against the project and neighborhoods torn apart by construction. (Denver Post)

Other news

  • Updated: Denver will widen Peña Boulevard near the airport in a $94 million project (Denver Post) (More: Denverite)
  • CDOT chief says Colorado will fight the Trump administration if it freezes fuel economy standards. (Denver Post)
  • A conservative think tank highlights RTD’s declining ridership and increasing costs. (Complete Colorado)
  • More on the funding problems delaying the rail line to Boulder until 2050. (Denver 7)
  • Here are the rights of cyclists and motorists on the road. (Estes Park Trail Gazette)
  • “Do Your Duty, Buckle That Booty,” among CDOT’s creative safety messages. (CBS4)
  • After the CDOT cyberattack, proposed federal legislation would “promote stronger cybersecurity coordination between the Department of Homeland Security and state and local governments.” (Homeland Preparedness)
  • Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 34 Good. Yesterday’s max: 58 Moderate.
  • National headlines at Streetsblog USA.

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Guest Post: Lessons From One of the World’s Most Bicycle-Friendly Cities

By Jack Todd and Piep van Heuven | | 17 Comments
This post originally appeared on Bicycle Colorado’s blog. See the original post for additional videos. Piep van Heuven and Jack Todd, Bicycle Colorado’s policy team, spent June 11 to 14 in one of the world’s most bicycle-friendly cities — Copenhagen — as attendees of the Downtown Denver Partnership’s Denver Urban Exploration trip. The trip was made […]
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