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Denver Police ask for help finding driver in March 11 deadly hit-and-run on at E. 26th Ave. & Colorado Blvd. Denver Could Get Over $300 Million From American Rescue Plan, so call 311 to report unsafe intersections and broken and missing sidewalks. Students wants DPS to change sexual assault and harassment policies. More headlines.

On March 9, advocacy organizations Front and Centered and Disability Rights Washington held the first of a series of press conferences calling for Washington State legislators to halt spending on new highways. Instead, the coalition urges lawmakers to prioritize investments in building missing sidewalks and creating reliable transit and paratransit systems to serve all Washington towns and cities.

One promising trend in urban planning is the push from a growing number of U.S. cities to reduce minimum parking requirements for new developments. As the name suggests, parking minimums require developers to build a certain amount of spaces, regardless of whether a community wants or needs them.

Rolling out the red carpet for transit. RTD wants more financial flexibility in state law. Denver Street Partnership poll finds strong support for bicycles. More headlines.

Just for fun, today we're taking a look at two waiting areas where riders are forced to contend with some truly laughable dangers, including golf balls in Denver. We're willing to bet there are even weirder safety concerns at bus stops across America. 

If you draw a massive venn diagram of all the characteristics we want out of our transportation system – safety, affordability, less congestion, less pollution, and more access that’s more equitable – you’ll find transit sitting right at the sweet spot in the center. This year, 2021, is the year to build a more robust and sophisticated transit system in Denver, and we may finally have the funding to do it, writes Matt Frommer, a Senior Transportation Associate with the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP).

City Council Questions No-Fee Deal with Lyft and Lime. How to Live More Sustainably in Denver: #1 is Get Around Without a Car. Trouble boarding RTD trains? Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition Civil Rights Legal Program wants to hear from you. More headlines.

A coalition of leading transportation professionals is pushing for an overhaul of the manual that sets many of the most dangerous design guidelines for our car-focused roads — and rejecting a piecemeal public comment process that they say will only put a band-aids over the gaping wounds in our unsafe national transportation standards. 

RTD's funding model could change. Carroll Watkins Ali: Beware false choices on Park Hill Golf Course. How to Spend American Rescue Plan Funds in Colorado? More headlines.