A JUMP electric bike. Photo: JUMP

From Streetsblog

• One month after banking $8.1 billion from a Wall Street IPO, Uber has raised the price of a simple bike ride on its JUMP e-cycles by 67 percent. (Streetsblog Denver)

Other news

• “It seems like the stars are aligning” for a potential passenger rail line along the Front Range, but slow commuter trains suggested. (Coloradoan)
• Customers accuse Derran Duran, owner of The Urban Cyclist bike shop, of taking their money without delivering bikes. (Denver7)
• A little girl sells lemonade to buy new bike after old one was stolen. (Fox 31)
• Pride Fest: What you need to know for getting around Denver this weekend. (Denver7)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 51 Moderate. Yesterday’s max: 54 Moderate.
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA.

Amanda Armstrong, a business librarian, poses with a new bike kit next to a fixed repair station outside of the Central Library yesterday afternoon. Photo: Andy Bosselman

From Streetsblog

• Fix your bike for free with repair kits now available at all Denver libraries. (Streetsblog Denver) More: (CBS4)

Other news

• CDOT has completed a quarter of the work for its Central I-70 widening, which should finish in 2022. (Fox 31)
• Bike to Work Day is June 26. (DRCOG)
• Another neighbor complains about bright, new LED street lights. (9 News)
• Breckenridge considers designs for a new parking structure. (Summit Daily)
• 80% of Castle Rock residents leave town for work. The bedroom community wants to change that. (Denver Post)
• Republicans oppose a proposed rollback of TABOR tax refunds. (Denver Post)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 39 Good. Yesterday’s max: 71 Moderate.
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA.

From Streetsblog

• Traffic Violence Report: Our new interactive map visualizes where traffic fatalities are happening in Denver. The number of deaths on Alameda St., Federal Blvd. and especially Colfax show the city’s failure to address street safety on its most dangerous streets, despite repeated calls for fast, inexpensive road treatments. (Streetsblog Denver)

Other news

• Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers’ son-in-law is suffering a serious brain injury after Denver traffic crash. (Colorado Politics)
• RTD’s legal team asked for $4 million to continue fighting lawsuits with Denver Transit Partners, the company that built and operates the A, B and G lines. (CPR)
• Longmont proposes protected bike lanes and road upgrades to support bus rapid transit to Boulder. (Times-Call)
• Lakewood Initiative 200: Opponents blast proposed Lakewood growth cap. (Denver Business Journal)
• Climate crisis: “Be prepared for more hailstorms with bigger hailstones in the future,” says CU weather researcher. (Denver Post)
• Mayor Hancock: New council members “could make the mayor’s third term a helluva lot more contentious than his previous two.” (Westword)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 32 Good. Yesterday’s max: 61 Moderate.
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA.

Downtown Denver viewed through the haze of Colorado’s “brown cloud” on March 6. Photo: Andy Bosselman

From Streetsblog

• The Trump administration could kill state regulations that limit vehicle emissions and promote sales of electric vehicles. The EPA rule, expected this summer, could lead to more air pollution in Colorado and threaten federal funding for highway and public transportation projects. (Streetsblog Denver)

Other news

• CDOT’s $1.6 billion budget has problems, including poor detection of employee fraud, spending more than approved and “not maximizing its available funding.” (CPR)
• Denver City Council approved a low-density development plan for northeast neighborhoods like Green Valley Ranch. (Denver Post)
• A new climate unit will help the state monitor and regulate greenhouse gas emissions. (CPR)
• Interior Secretary David Bernhardt doesn’t think the climate crisis a threat to Colorado’s national parks. (Colorado Independent)
• This week, 2,500 cyclists will participate in the Ride the Rockies cycling tour. (5280)
• “60 people ignored the warning about ‘friends in tow places’ and parked illegally at Garth Brooks’ Denver show.” (9 News)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 44 Good. Yesterday’s max: 74 Moderate.
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA.