From Streetsblog

• ICYMI: Meet RTD District D Representative Bobby Dishell (Streetsblog Denver)
• Congestion Pricing Can Still Happen in 2021 — But There Are a Lot of ‘Ifs,’ Including President Biden (Streetsblog NYC)
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 Metro News

• RTD Security Revamp Would Cut Contractors And Expand Its Own Force (CPR)
• 48 people killed while walking, rolling, biking and driving around Denver this year get a COVID-style memorial (Denverite)
• National Geographic Touts Denver’s Sustainability, Places Mile High City On Best Of The World 2021 List (CBS4)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 77 (Moderate). Yesterday’s max: 71 (Moderate).

Centennial State & Beyond

• Colorado restaurants worry the governor’s latest coronavirus restrictions are the final blow (CO Sun)
• How to Make Streets Work for All of Us (Governing)
• Why restaurants are open and schools are closed (VOX)

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 Metro News

• Denver To Increase Restrictions By Closing Indoor Dining, 8 P.M. Last Call and More (303 Magazine)
• RTD approves budget that calls for hundreds of layoffs, slashed salaries for highest-paid staff (Denver Post)
  • RTD Leaders Call Polis’ Critical Letter A ‘Head Scratcher’ As It Prepares For Cuts (CPR)
• Neighbors React To Approval Of Denver’s 20-Year East Area Plan (CBS4)
• What else does Larimer Square’s potential buyer Asana own? Here’s a sampling (BusinessDen)

Centennial State & Beyond

• Purple Is the New Red & Other Things to Know About Colorado’s Latest COVID-19 Restrictions (5280)
• What Donald Trump Taught the Electric-Car Industry (The Atlantic)
• Why Cities Are Finally Showing Skateboarders Some Respect (The New York Times)

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From Streetsblog

• Antiquated to Elevated: Reclaiming Colfax (Streetsblog Denver)
• Four Easy Ways Biden Could Revolutionize Our Cycling Culture (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

 Metro News

• East Colfax Area Gets Development Road Map for Next Twenty Years (Westword)
• Gov. Jared Polis to call legislature back for special session on COVID-19 relief (CO Politics)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 45 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 47 (Good).

Centennial State & Beyond

• This Is Our Chance to Reclaim Cities from Cars (Outside)
• Is a Sustainable Suburbia Still Possible Post-Pandemic? (Dwell)
• New York City Rides Out an Unprecedented Transit Crisis (CityLab)
• Tackling the legacy of persistent urban inequality and concentrated poverty (Brookings Institute)

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Traffic Violence

• One killed after single-vehicle rollover on I-70 (Denver Post)

From Streetsblog

• Feds to (Finally) Explore Drunk Driving Prevention Tech (Streetsblog USA)
• Adviser Sheds Light on Biden Transportation Policy (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

 Metro News

• The 39th Avenue Greenway is now open for recreation and excess rain (Denverite)
• To tent or not to tent? A look at winter dining during COVID (9News)
• Thief Breaks Into Cycle Shop, Walks Away With Customers’ Bikes (CBS4)
• Sweeping plans for Denver’s east side would allow taller buildings, more density (Denver Post)
• Denver Gazette: RTD will have to reinvent itself (CO Politics)
• Denver aims to raise awareness of steadily worsening air quality on the Front Range (CO Sun)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 45 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 41 (Good).

Centennial State & Beyond

• Barcelona launches 10-year plan to reclaim city streets from cars (The Guardian)
• NYC Pilot Tries Mental Health Responders in Place of Police (CityLab)

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Traffic Violence

• Weekly Traffic Violence Report – 46 killed on Denver streets
• Why Colorado Roads Are Just as Deadly as Before the Pandemic (Westword)

From Streetsblog

• Back on Track: Meet District D Representative Bobby Dishell (Streetsblog Denver)
• Could COVID-19 Finally be the Superblock’s U.S. Moment? (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

 Metro News

• Former RTD CEO Phil Washington To Help Biden-Harris Transition Team With Transportation (CBS4)
• Mile High Tree Returns To Downtown Denver For Holiday Light Shows (CBS4)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 50 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 45 (Good).

Centennial State & Beyond

• Virgin Hyperloop Has Invented The World’s Crappiest High-Speed Rail (Defector)
• The 15-Minute City—No Cars Required—Is Urban Planning’s New Utopia (CityLab)
• Meet New York City’s First Professional Streetery Builders (Curbed)

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