• Cyclist David Martinez Recovering After Hit and Run, DPD Looking for Driver (Fox 31)
• Even With Legacy of Poor Health Outcomes, North Denver Neighborhood Groups and Sierra Club Settle Lawsuit With CDOT Over Potential Pollution From Massive I-70 Widening (Denver Post)
• D.U. Multi-Modal Transit Pilot Reduced Solo Drivers to 23 Percent (Vs. 73% in Denver) (University of Denver)
• After Last Year’s Re-Launch of the Winter Park Express Ski Train, the Bi-Level Superliner Sightseer Lounge Car Is Back With More Service, Hot Coffee and Drinks on the Way Down (Denver Business Journal)
• This is our last headlines roundup before our Christmas break.

• 1,700 Denver High School Students Will Soon Qualify for Free Bus Passes, but DPS’ Requirements Remain Complicated and Restrictive (Chalkbeat)
• Olde Town Arvada Shop Owners Excited RTD’s G-Line Will Open in Early 2019 (CBS 4)
• In Colorado Springs, Most Bus Lines Run Once an Hour, Mayor John Suthers Is Just Fine With an Inadequate System (Colorado Sun)
• When Public Transit Fails to Reliably Get Vulnerable People Where They Need to Go, United Way Subsidizes Trips on Lyft, Including in Denver (Fast Company)

• CDOT Rejects Denver’s Proposal to Install a Red Light Camera on Federal, a High-Injury Corridor; City Plans to Add Three New Cameras Elsewhere (Denver Post)
• RTD Says Railroad Crossing Gate Problems Stem From Tech That’s so Awesome Other Transit Agencies Want It, Too (Denverite)
• Even as Feds Threaten to Shut Down A-Line, RTD Will Double its Capacity in January, Running Four-Car Trains Instead of Two (9 News)
• Pueblo Gets a Traffic Signal for Pedestrians That Goes Dark Until Someone Pushes the Beg Button (News 5)
• 5280’s 10 Best Longreads of 2018 Includes the Story of Disability Activists Who Stopped Traffic at Broadway and Colfax Ave. for Two Days in 1978 to Demand Better Access to RTD (5280)

• Aurora Mother Runs Over and Kills Her One-Year-Old Boy (Fox 31)
• Car Crashes Kill More Colorado Workers Than Any Other Cause (Denver Post)
• Pedestrian Seriously Injured Two Years Ago Now Teaches Kids to Read (ABC 7)
• Denver City Council Delays Vote on Modest Expansion of Automated Speeding and Red Light Enforcement (CBS 4)
• Tall Buildings Block GPS Signals RTD A-Line Needs to Trigger Crossing Gates, G-Line Could Start Service Early Next Year (Denver Post)
• City Council Committee Will Discuss Moving E-Scooters to Bike Lanes Today (ABC 7)
• Denver Enforcement Officers Become ‘Parking Angels,’ Offer Presents to Motorists Who Don’t Park in Bike Lanes (CBS 4)
• Denver’s Best and Worst Neighborhoods for Transit Riders Mapped (Denverite)
• More on Hyperloop Startup Shutting Down (Colorado Sun)
• ‘Tall, Slender Towers’ at Elitch Gardens Site Would ‘Encourage Density Near Transit’ (Denver Post), Ferris Wheel and 8,000 Homes Planned (Denverite)
• How to Pronounce Tejon Street, a Word That Means Raccoon (9 News)

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• RTD Submitted a Plan to Repair A-Line Crossing Gates, Promises a Fix Within One Year (9 News)
• “Extreme Use of Drugs” Prompts RTD to Remove Doors From Toilet Stalls in Union Station Bus Concourse (Westword)
• RTD Limits Free Service on New Year’s Eve Due to Fireworks (9 News)
• New Mobility App Shows Closest E-Scooter and Bike Share Vehicles Without Opening Each Company’s App (Denverite)
• CDOT Survey: Should Colorado Alleviate I-70 Traffic With High Speed Rail Between DIA and Vail? (Denver 7)
• Arrivo, the Startup That Planned to Build a Hyperloop Test Track Near Denver, Shut Down (The Verge)
• Judge Strikes State Law That Would Have Provided Foster Children Transportation to School (Chalkbeat)
• People in Boulder Work From Home More Than Anywhere; Number of Americans Who Telecommute Eclipses Those Who Take Public Transit (Bloomberg)
• Cities Are About People, Not Cars, and Denver Has a Plan for Improving Sidewalks and Transit (New York Times)
• National Headlines at Streetsblog USA

• Driver Hit and Killed a Person Crossing the Street in CO Springs (Gazette)
• Colorado Senators and US House Members are to the Point of Writing Letters Urging RTD, Denver Transit Partners, and the Federal Rail Administration to Work Together to Avoid Further Loss of Service or Delays (CPR)
• …Also, Tomorrow is the Deadline (DenPo)
• CDOT is Adding Bustang Service Between Colorado Springs and DTC (Fox21)
• DIA’s Renovations are Underway, and the Plans for Security are “Radical”, AKA Moving People as Quickly as Possible, to Keep Status as Fifth Busiest Airport in the Nation (WSJ)
• Aurora City Council Signs off on Proposal to Ban Smoking, Vaping at RTD Stations and Bus Stops (Sentinel)
• Daytime Valet Service is Coming to Aspen, as an Effort to Free Up Parking Spaces in the Core During Peak Times (Aspen Times)

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