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Talking Headways Podcast: Latina Leaders in Transit with RTD Board Chair Angie Rivera-Malpiede
This week, we talk about diversity in transit (and the need for more!) with Angie Rivera-Malpiede of the Regional Transportation District in Denver, and Cindy Chavez, a Santa Clara County, Calif. supervisor.
March 11, 2021
STUDY: How Race and Income Impact Road Safety in Oregon
A growing body of research has proven that incomplete and dangerous transportation infrastructure in lower-income areas has a disparate negative impact on Black, Indigenous and people of color. Now ODOT's own analysis proves the existence of these impacts on BIPOC Oregonians for the first time.
March 10, 2021
Wednesday’s Headlines 03/10/2021 and RTD Prepares for Snow
RTD prepares for snow. RTD introduces People Who Move People campaign. Colorado developing plan to mandate large employers cut individual vehicle use by workers. More headlines.
March 10, 2021
This Year’s List of the Most Dangerous Cities for Walkers Is Unacceptably Familiar
Every single state in America but one has gotten more dangerous for walkers in the last two years, and the one that didn't only managed to maintain its abysmal rate of walking fatalities, rather than reducing it.
March 9, 2021
Chuy Garcia’s bill calls for four times the current amount of federal transit funding
Advocates acknowledged the goals is ambitious and achieving parity is unlikely this year, but a strategy of aiming high could significantly move the funding needle during this window of opportunity.
March 9, 2021
Tuesday’s Headlines 03/09/2021 and the 16th Street Mall Will Get Wider Sidewalks
DPD arrests two drivers for hit-and-run crash that killed a person biking at Morrison Road and W. Kentucky Ave. City Council approves $149 million to fix up 16th Street Mall. Sens. Bennet and Hickenlooper voted for COVID relief bill and $30B for transit. More headlines.
March 9, 2021
New COVID Relief Bill Is a Strong Start To a Long Transit Recovery
Congress is poised to give the transit industry its most significant lifeline yet in the pandemic, but it may still leave some cities struggling to make it for the long haul, advocates argue.
March 8, 2021
Monday’s Headlines 03/08/2021 and Legislature Considers Loosening RTD Restrictions
Driver hits and kills person walking at Morrison Road and W. Kentucky Ave. RTD rolls out FlexRide and Metro Taxi pilot project. Legislature considers loosening RTD restrictions. More headlines.
March 8, 2021
Send Us Your Nominees for the Sorriest Bus Stops!
It's the return of our beloved contest – inspired by the NCAA's March Madness bracket!
March 7, 2021
OPINION: Treat Traffic Violence as an Epidemic
Manhattan district attorney hopeful Tali Farhadian Weinstein looks to driver-accountability law, technology to curtail reckless drivers.
March 7, 2021
