Traffic Violence

• Weekly Traffic Violence Report
• Woman, 71, jogging through Aurora crosswalk fatally hit by driver (The Denver Channel)

From Streetsblog

• To Get More Electric Buses, We Don’t Just Need a Better Battery; We Need a Better Grid (Streetsblog USA)
• STUDY: COVID-19 Might Finally Get City Planners Out of Their Cars (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

 Metro News

• Denver is investing a bunch of its park money in underserved neighborhoods (Denverite)
• CRUSH Walls has announced its 2020 artist lineup (Denverite)
• Contractors request variance to work at night on Central 70 (Fox31Denver)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 70 (Moderate). Yesterday’s max: 126 (Unhealthy).

Centennial State & Beyond

• Michigan Plans Dedicated Road Lanes for Autonomous Vehicles (The New York Times)

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From Streetsblog

• Four Facts on Kamala Harris’s Transportation Record (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

 Metro News

• In Denver’s future street design, cars are guests (9News)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 70 (Moderate). Yesterday’s max: 74 (Moderate).

Centennial State & Beyond

• Should We Put Bikes in the “Slow Lane”? (NextCity)
• The Life-Saving Car Technology No One Wants (CityLab)

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Traffic Violence

• Pickup Truck Driver Strikes, Kills Woman On Mississippi Avenue, Then Drives Off (CBS4Denver)

From Streetsblog

• Is it Time for the U.S. to Try the ‘Madrid Model’ of Vehicular Cycling Infrastructure? (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

Metro News

• RTD Board Votes Down Proposal To Cut Security Funding (CPR, CBS4)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 68 (Moderate). Yesterday’s max: 71 (Moderate)

Centennial State & Beyond

• Simon Cowell Did Not Fall Off an E-Bike (TreeHugger)

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From Streetsblog

• Study: Parks in Non-White Neighborhoods Are Half As Large and 5x As Crowded (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

 Metro News

• RTD director proposes replacing armed security guards with social workers (Denver Post)
• RTD Uses Electrostatic Sprayers To Disinfect Vehicles Amid COVID-19 Pandemic (CBS4Denver)
• Meet the Denver Artist that Combines Mexican Culture and Street Art (303 Magazine)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 50 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 118 (Unhealthy).

Centennial State & Beyond

• California Judge Rules Uber, Lyft Drivers Are Employees (The New York Times)
• A Push to Return U.K.’s ‘Motor City’ to Its Cycling Roots (The New York Times)
• Bogotá Is Building its Future Around Bikes (CityLab)

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Traffic Violence

• ICYMI: Denver officer gets 38-day suspension for looking at cellphone, driving into person walking (Fox31Denver, DenverPost)
• Denver Police are still looking for the driver that killed a person walking near Sloan’s Lake last week (Denver Post)
• Crash in front of Denver brewery nearly injures 3, city puts up stop signs 2 days later (The Denver Channel)

From Streetsblog

• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

 Metro News

• After A High-Profile Attack, RTD Board Set To Vote On Whether To Trade Security Guards For Social Workers (CPR)
• ICYMI: RTD announces three CEO finalists, ensuring first female leader (COPolitics)
• Denver will move forward with selecting contractor for 16th Street Mall renovation despite calls to divert funds (The Denver Channel)
• 30 years after passage of Americans with Disabilities Act, key inequities remain in Colorado (Colorado Sun)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 61 (Moderate). Yesterday’s max: 90 (Moderate).

Centennial State & Beyond

• The City Planners’ Case for Defunding the Police (CityLab)
• Can We Abolish the Police Without Challenging the Status Quo of Car Culture? (NextCity)

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