• Driver Kills Woman in Crosswalk Near Leetsdale and Quebec, Flees (ABC7)
• CDOT, Private Consortium Seal $2.35 Billion Deal to Ram Wider I-70 Through North Denver (DBJ)
• CDOT Gives Denver $4.5 Million for New Intersections on Federal Meant to Save Lives, But Not of People Walking (Denverite)
• CDOT Has Considered High-Speed Train to Mountains, But Don’t Expect It to Happen (5280)
• Denver Post Wants Budget Windfall to Fund Transportation
• DenPo Readers Want Higher Gas Tax Over Pay-By-Mile System
• CDOT Releases Bustang App with Mobile Ticketing, Schedules (CBS4)

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• DenPo Dives Deep Into New Plan to Expand City Sidewalk Network
• …While 9News Asks if City Should Shift Responsibility Away from Property Owners
• Brighton Boulevard Reconstruction to Last “Well into 2019” (Denverite)
• “Professional Contrarian,” DenPo Editor Embraces CDOT’s Pay-By-Mile Experiment
• It Took Seven DUIs and a Probation Violation for Albert Torres to Do Hard Time (Fox31)
• Record Number of Drivers Expected to Clog Roads This Holiday Weekend (9News)
• $200 Million Surplus Has People Lobbying State for More “Roads” Funding (DBJ)
• Freight Train Derails at Smith and Havana, No Injuries (DenPo)
• Seven States Added More People Than Colorado Last Year (DenPo)

National headlines at Streetsblog USA

• CDOT, Using 1950s Widening Approach That Won’t End Traffic on I-70, Apparently Not “Trapped in the 20th Century” (Route 50)
• Colorado Mortgaging Taxpayer-Owned Buildings to Build More, Wider Roads (DenPo)
• ABC7 Considers Drivers Hitting Kids and Fleeing “Accidents”
• New Homes, Retail Changing Face of West Colfax (Denverite)
• Residents in Shadow of I-70 “Already Enjoying a Benefit” of Destructive Widening Project, According to DBJ
• This Is the Kind of Thing That Happens in Places Built for Humans, Not Cars (9News)

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