Will Democrats Fall for Trump’s Fake Infrastructure Plan?
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The early signs are not encouraging.
Transit Know-Nothing Jon Caldara Wants to Keep Colorado Trapped in the 1950s
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In his latest piece for the Post, "At CDOT, mission creep and newspeak," Caldara compares state transportation investments in transit and biking to cancer.
A Haunting Glimpse at How Detroit Gave Way to Asphalt and Cars
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These before-and-after photos show how much the city changed in the span of a few generations.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Denverite Breaks Down RTD’s Fare Pass Overhaul
- Here’s an Idea: Create a Walkable Place for People Around Desolate 38th and Blake Station (Denverite)
- DenPo Columnist: City Shouldn’t Intervene to Make “Absurdly Expansive” Parking Lot Near Light Rail Useful
- Gubernatorial Candidates Polis, Kennedy, Underwood Get Behind High-Speed Rail (Times-Call)
- AAA: Drivers Who Use Cell Phones Up to Eight Times More Likely to Crash (DenPo)
- Montbello Grocery Store Means Residents Won’t Have to Go Far for Food (Westword)
- Dense Enclave of Homes, Businesses to Supplant Parking Garage, Department Store in Westminster (DenPo)
- Dunk Driver Ashley Moore Gets 10 Years Behind Bars for Killing Gerald Sisneros With Car in Weld County (DenPo)
- Aurora Redevelopment Could Displace Nonprofit That Gives Away Thousands of Bikes (ABC7)
National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Buffalo Advocates Convince New York DOT to Rethink a Half-Baked Highway Removal
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The state had pushed a "boulevard" design that was too much like the highway it was supposed to replace.
Those Flashing Pedestrian Signals Popping Up Around Denver? The Feds Just Banned Them.
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DPW installed six "rapid flashing beacons" last year -- traffic signals intended to get drivers to yield to people crossing the street -- and was considering the treatment for eight locations in 2018. That won't happen now.
Today’s Headlines
| | 1 Comment- Driver Injures Person Walking at Infamous Intersection of Federal and Howard (Denver PD)
- GOP Lawmakers to Introduce $3.5 Billion Bonding Bill that Ignores Transit, Expands Highways (DBJ)
- City Will Install Traffic Lights — Eventually — at 5th and Lincoln, 5th and Broadway (Fox31)
- Say Goodbye to 100 Trees, So Far, That Have Been Cut Down to Accommodate the I-70 Widening (Fox31)
- Some Lakewood Pols Not Sold on Hundreds of Affordable Housing Units Near Light Rail (DenPo)
- Holiday DUI Checkpoints Find 366 Impaired Drivers (Patch)
- Tiny Home Village Seeks Long-Term Lot (Denverite)
National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Remembering the People Killed While Walking and Biking on Denver Streets in 2017
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Last year, 51 people lost their lives in traffic crashes, including 14 people walking and one person biking.
In Phoenix, a Light Rail Station Designed For, and By, People With Disabilities
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The new station will have a wider platform, to allow wheelchair users to maneuver around each other. There won't be any sudden changes of grade for people crossing the street or boarding the train. At the request of the community, it will also have ample shade.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Driver Kills Person Trying to Cross Street in Aurora (ABC7)
- Driver Slams Through Two-Year-Old’s Bedroom (9News)
- RTD Claims Riders Are Somehow Ecstatic About Transit Service (Denverite)
- Legislative Session Starts Wednesday With Focus on Transportation (DenPo)
- … While Anti-Transit Firebrand Jon Caldara Thinks Transportation Money Should Only Fund Driving (DenPo)
- Unlike Denver’s Transit System, Nashville’s Will Be Strong Because It Doesn’t Make Regional Concessions (Nashville DBJ)
- City Wants to Steer Freight Trucks Away from North Denver Neighborhoods (Denverite)
- RTD Wants to Know What Longmont Riders Think of Having Free Bus Service (Times-Call)
- Slain Pedestrian’s Widow Sues Driver Who Colorado Springs Judge Let Off Easy (Gazette)
National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Do Medians Actually Make Streets Safer for Pedestrians?
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Some transportation engineers believe that raised medians -- concrete strips dividing one side of a street from the other -- are all you need to make a street safe for walking. But data from Denver Public Works shows it's not that simple.
How Structural Racism at Regional Planning Agencies Hurts Cities
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Your regional planning agency is probably set up to favor the suburbs.