Between Your Bus Stop and Your Job — A Deadly Road
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If you take the bus to work, in most of America there's a cruel barrier at the end of your commute: a dangerous road between your bus stop and your job.
The High Priesthood of Transportation Engineering Has a New Leader
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Veteran engineer Gene Hawkins steps in to the top role at NCUTCD at a critical moment for the American transportation engineering profession.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Multiple Drivers Run Over 57-Year-Old Kevin D’Amico Without Stopping, Killing Him (Fox31)
- Lawmakers on Track to Restore Nearly $7 Million Annually to RTD (DenPo)
- … While Denver City Council Vows to Squeeze More Out of RTD (Denverite)
- Map of City Block Sizes Indicates Walkability (Denverite)
- Colorado Politics Covers Lois Court’s Distracted Driving Bill
National headlines at Streetsblog USA
5 Story Lines to Watch in the 2018 Colorado General Assembly Session
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Funding for sustainable transportation and safety measures are on the table.
Philly Wants to Modernize Its Streetcar System
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The changes would make the system faster and more accessible while increasing capacity.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- D Line Won’t Serve Five Points Anymore — the “New” 1.7-Mile L Line Will (DenPo)
- Driver Plows Car Through Church, Fox31 Says SUV Acted Alone
- City Council to Vote on Tech Connecting Freight Trucks, Fleets, Pedestrians to Traffic Signals (DenPo)
- 238 Homes to Supplant Parking Lot at Park and Welton (BusinessDen)
- DenPo Readers Rip Jon Caldara for Column Worshiping Car Traffic
- Car-Based Sprawl Apparently Key to “Next Urban Frontier” in Northern Burbs (DenPo)
- Homes Near W Line Are Selling Before They Exist (DenPo)
- Why Nice People “Turn Into Jerks” When Driving (9News)
- When People Drive to Mountain Resorts, People Park at Mountain Resorts (CBS4)
National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Eulois Cleckley, Hancock’s New Head of Public Works, Lives Car-Free in Denver
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There's at least one thing that differentiates Eulouis Cleckley, the new director of Denver Public Works, from most local civil servants: He doesn't have a car. Cleckley moved here from Houston without one.
North Carolina Talks the “Vision Zero” Talk While Pushing to Make This Speedway Even Wider
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North Carolina DOT plans to make an unwalkable commercial street even more dangerous.
Today’s Headlines
| | 3 Comments- Driver Troy Glassford Kills Pedestrian Nathan Osburn on Arvada Sidewalk (DenPo)
- 9News: Hickenlooper Nudged Lawmakers to Raise Gas Tax
- … While House Speaker Crisanta Duran Says Legislature “Definitely” Needs to Ask Voters for Transpo Funding (Herald)
- DenPo Ranks Transportation Funding as Second Highest Legislative Priority
- Teacher Says Unreliable Bus System, Bureaucracy Keep Kids Out of School (Chalkbeat)
- Aurora Doesn’t Always Prioritize R Line When Mixing With Car Traffic (ABC7)
- Lakewood Law Would Place Tripwire in Front of High-Density Housing Projects (DBJ)
- State Fines Lyft for Hiring Former Criminal (CBS4)
National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Political Ad from 100 Years Ago Mirrors Colorado GOP Approach to Transportation: More Roads, More Traffic
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"Good Roads bring the autos — the more autos, the more money for good roads."
What’s Driving Hospital Sprawl?
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The trend toward private rooms has hospitals heading for the cornfields.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Driver Kills Person Biking in Aurora, DenPo Headline Blames Apparently Sentient Car
- Last Year, Colorado Cops Caught More Than 10,000 Intoxicated People Operating Machines That Kill People (DenPo)
- GOP House Minority Leader Patrick Neville Wants to Use New Transpo Funds to Induce Driving (AP)
- Cherry Creek Residents Apparently Still Circling Block — ABC7 Claims There’s No Place to Park
- North Denver Dad Doesn’t Want Freight Truck Drivers Trolling Streets While Kids Walk to School (9News)
- Aurora’s Dockless Bike-Share System Works, Is Also Work in Progress (ABC7)
- Expect Some Transportation Talk in Hickenlooper’s Final State of State Address (DenPo)
- Zoning That Allows More Density for Affordable Homes at 38th and Blake Station Attracts Development (Denverite)
National headlines at Streetsblog USA