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• Help Design Better Bike Lane Barriers (Streetsblog USA)
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Traffic Violence

•  Weekly Traffic Violence Report 4/17 – 4/24

Metro News

• Bike to Work Day rescheduled in Colorado due to COVID-19 (KDVR)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 46 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 49 (Good).

Centennial State & Beyond

• Colorado Traffic Down but Major Speeding Tickets Up (Westword)
  • We’re not special – it’s a nation-wide thing (USA Today)
• CARES Act Funding Will Last Half as Long for Large U.S. Transit Regions Compared to Other Areas (TransitCenter)
• Why you’re unlikely to get the coronavirus from runners or cyclists (Vox)

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• Why Preventing Car Crashes Saves Everyone Money (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

 Metro News

• Mile High Connects delivers protective equipment for RTD operators (CO Politics & The Denver Channel)
• Lawsuit Adds Pressure on RTD to Drop Union Station Rule Changes (Westword)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 48 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 54 (Moderate).

Centennial State & Beyond

• From Italy, a Car-Free Blueprint for Life After Lockdown (CityLab)

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From Streetsblog

• Taking a Deep Breath (of Reduced VMT) (Streetsblog Denver)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

 Metro News

• Bannock Street in front of Denver City Hall permanently closes to cars (CO Politics)
• 7 Denver Metro Area Hikes to Tackle While Practicing Social Distancing (5280)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 50 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 74 (Moderate).

Centennial State & Beyond

• On Earth Day, coronavirus gives us glimpse at what it takes to reduce pollution (AP/Denver Post)

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From Streetsblog

• NYC Mayor to Trump: Speak Up And Save Our Cities Now (Streetsblog USA)
• Car Pollution Makes Us More Vulnerable to COVID-19 (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

Metro News

• Colorado’s air quality council wants people to keep working from home after the COVID crisis fades (Denverite)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 48 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 64 (Moderate).

Centennial State & Beyond

• Is the City Itself the Problem? (CityLab)
  • Answer: No.
• How Norway Convinced Drivers to Switch to Electric Cars (NextCity)

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From Streetsblog

• CAR ‘SIT-INS’? Drivers Are Drowning Out the Voices of the Most-Vulnerable During COVID-19 (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

Metro News

• Coronavirus-induced RTD service reductions started Sunday (Denver Post)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 47 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 63 (Moderate).

Centennial State & Beyond

• ‘We’re risking our lives out here, every day’: US bus drivers lack basic life-saving protections (The Guardian)
• Oakland’s ‘Slow Streets’ Is an Emergency Measure Long in the Making (CityLab)

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