Which Bike Lanes Should Be Protected? New Guide Offers Specifics
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Most U.S. street design institutions haven’t wanted to say for sure. Until now.
Today’s Headlines
| | 1 Comment- Study Pinpoints Driving as Denver Area’s Main Contributor to Ozone Pollution (Denverite)
- Family of Two-Year-Old Tenzin Chokzin, Killed By Driver, Wants Drivers to Slow Down, Speed Bumps (ABC7)
- There’s a Funeral Tonight for City Park Golf Course (Westword)
- Driver Kills Zachary Schlagel, 19, in Fort Collins Before Fleeing (Coloradoan)
- Colorado Muslim Group Condemns Sayfullo Saipov’s Attack That Killed Eight People in New York City Bikeway (Patch)
- “Are Boulder’s Housing Policies Accidentally Racist?” (DenPo)
- More Reporting on Speculation of Whether Amazon Will Land in Denver (DBJ)
National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Denver7 Reports: A Car Guy Hates a Biking and Walking Project, Therefore It’s Bad
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In a segment that aired yesterday, reporter Jackie Crea interviewed a guy who doesn't like changes meant to calm traffic speeds and improve conditions for walking and biking at the intersection of Morrison Road, Alameda Avenue, and Knox Court.
Why Can’t We Have Traffic-Calming “3-D” Crosswalks Like Iceland?
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Federal transportation engineering guidelines conflate conformity with safety.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- RTD Has Smartphone Fares Starting Tomorrow — But Only for Day Passes (Denverite)
- Driver Hates Barnum Sidewalks and Traffic Calming So ABC7 Lets One Guy Peg Safety Project as Failure
- City Council Unanimously Bans Smoking on 16th Street Mall Despite Civil Rights Concerns (Denverite)
- Boulder County Signs Clarify 3 Feet to Pass Law (CBS4)
- DenPo Reader: Wear a Helmet Because “Vehicles… Do Not See Bicyclists on the Road”
- Advocates Hold Vigil for Trees That City Will Lose to Flood Project Tied to I-70 (Denverite)
- El Paso Coroner IDs Pedestrian Killed By Hit-and-Run Driver in Colorado Springs (DenPo)
- 9News Gets Into the Weeds on Why Ice Delayed Light Rail Trains Yesterday
- Big Oil and Gas Pouring Money Into Broomfield Elections (Independent)
National headlines at Streetsblog USA
America’s Bus Stops Are Too Close Together
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Bus service is faster for everyone if stops are about a quarter mile apart instead of crammed close together.
Eyes on the Street: It’s Safer to Walk Across Colfax at Park Avenue and Franklin Street
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Denver Director of Transportation and Mobility Crissy Fanganello promised "immediate" fixes to some of the city's most dangerous intersections earlier this month, and Denver Public Works has delivered on East Colfax Avenue where it meets Park Avenue and Franklin Street to form a deadly five-legged intersection.
How Highways Squeezed Taxable Land Out of Cities
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Downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut, lost 20 percent of its taxable land when highways came through. That's just the beginning.
Today’s Headlines
| | 4 Comments- Denver Is One Continent’s Most Dangerous Cities for Walking (ABC7)
- …And Only 4 U.S. Cities Are More Car-Dependent (DBJ)
- Driver Kills Person Walking in Colorado Springs, Flees (ABC7)
- Driver Kills Student Walking in Colorado Springs (Gazette)
- Footbridge Across South Platte River Could Connect Globeville and Brighton Blvd. (DenPo)
- Susman Tells Older Adults Why Voting for the Transport Bond Measure Is a Good Idea (Prime Time)
- Drunk Driver Jumps Curb on Colfax, Destroys Sculptures at McNichols Building (CBS4)
- The Gazette Publishes Rant Calling Transit Initiatives “Utopian… Propaganda”
- Greeley Has a New Piano Key Crosswalk (9News)
National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Denver Judge: City Park Flood Plan May Be “Thinly Veiled Subterfuge” to Widen I-70
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Some findings in the decision could help a federal lawsuit against the 1950s-era widening through north Denver neighborhoods.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Driver Kills Person Walking on Federal Blvd., Police Blame Victim for “Stepping Into Traffic” (DenPo)
- Denver Post Endorses Transportation-Centric Bond Initiative “For a Growing City”
- CDOT Director Bhatt Steps Down to Join Transportation Tech Organization (DBJ)
- Denver Judge Won’t Stop City Park Golf Course Flood Project Tied to I-70 (Denverite)
- Arvada Residents Are Clamoring for G Line Train, But RTD Can’t Say When It Will Arrive (CPR, Press)
- Suburbanites Who Want to Close Doors to Newcomers Signal Statewide Rift (DBJ)
- 5280 Looks at New Walking and Biking Trail Connections at Confluence Park
- City Won’t Let Homeowner Sell House at Market Rate (Fox31)
National headlines at Streetsblog USA
Did Your State Forfeit Federal Funds for Walking and Biking?
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Millions of dollars that should have gone toward building safer sidewalks or bike lanes near schools were instead forfeited by state DOTs that couldn't get their acts together.