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America's top federal safety agency is raising awareness this week about safety for older drivers, but largely ignoring how car dependence often forces seniors to take the wheel even when they can no longer do so safely. 

- Denver New Early Intervention Team Focuses on Small Encampments - Front Range Rail Project Gets A Rough $2B Price Tag As RTD Looks To Jump On Board - ‘Existential Peril’: Mass Transit Faces Huge Service Cuts Across U.S.

- Weekly Traffic Violence Report: 4 more killed on Denver streets - ‘Mobility Hubs’ Become Community Anchors in Minneapolis - The Pandemic Gives Us a Chance to Change How We Get Around

Streetsblog Denver would like to thank The O’Sullivan Personal Injury Law Firm for supporting this series. Financial contributions do not influence our content.  52 people have died from traffic violence on Denver streets in 2020. 18 of the victims were on foot, one was on a bike, two were on scooters, nine were on motorcycles, … Continued

Doug Tisdale and Kate Williams, two returning RTD Board Directors, reflect on the past four years and what they’ve learned, offering insight into the future of the RTD board.

- The Biden Administration Needs to Do Something About Tesla - Why our reliance on cars could start booming - The case for cookie-cutter buildings

A new study finds that a shocking 57 percent of all drivers were using their cell phones within 60 seconds of impact — and transportation safety leaders are doing almost nothing to stop it, despite a preponderance of proven strategies. 

- Antiquated to Elevated: Overcoming Barriers - RTD’s First Layoff Notices Will Go Out This Week - The problem for the 21st century isn’t that we’re too urban—it’s that we’re not urban enough

Many projects that are being funded by the Elevate Denver bond seek to solve mobility problems that come as a result of the barriers, both physical and political, that exist all over the city. Especially in communities that have historically been given the short end of the stick regarding citywide mobility, regulatory conflicts and right-of-way hierarchies only continue to delay the solutions residents are asking for.