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CAR ‘SIT-INS’? Drivers Are Drowning Out the Voices of the Most-Vulnerable During COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Apr 17, 2020 | No Comments

The worst thing about the new wave of car "sit-ins" at state capitol buildings is not the cars (though they suck!). It's the feeling that the voices and needs of non-drivers will be ignored because they can't show up during a pandemic.

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Friday’s Headlines & Traffic Violence Report 4/17/20

By Streetsblog Denver | Apr 17, 2020 | No Comments

From Streetsblog

COVID-19 Legacy: It’s Time to De-Car The Delivery Sector (Streetsblog USA)
Let’s Not Overthink This: Opening Streets is Easy, Says Urban Planner Mike Lydon (Streetsblog USA)
National headlines at Streetsblog USA

Traffic Violence

Weekly Traffic Violence Report

Metro News

Support family-owned restaurants in West Denver during COVID-19 (Denver Streets Partnership)
Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 54 (Moderate). Yesterday’s max: 61 (Moderate).

Centennial State & Beyond

Cities are starting to report big declines in car crashes, but increases in speeding (City Metric)
Tailoring Transit Service for Essential Workers Is a Matter of Racial Justice (TransitCenter)

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Traffic Violence Report 4/17/20 – 14 killed on Denver streets in 2020

By Streetsblog Denver | Apr 17, 2020 | No Comments

6 people walking killed; 8 people driving killed on Denver streets in 2020

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Fourteen people have died from traffic violence on Denver streets in 2020. Six of the victims were on foot and eight were in a vehicle.

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has pledged to end all traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2030 with the Denver Vision Zero Action Plan. In 2019 in Denver, 71 people died from traffic violence.

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COVID-19 Legacy: It’s Time to De-Car The Delivery Sector

By Kea Wilson | Apr 16, 2020 | No Comments

Most of our home deliveries can be performed without a single driver taking to the road — or even carrying it to your door.

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Thursday’s Headlines 4/16/20

By Streetsblog Denver | Apr 16, 2020 | No Comments

From Streetsblog

The ‘Social Distancing Machine’ Proves We Need Wider Sidewalks Now (Streetsblog USA)
National headlines at Streetsblog USA

Metro News

The interim CEO & chair of the Board of Directors for RTD co-penned an op-ed in the Denver Post
It will soon be easier for RTD security officers to kick people out of bus and train stations (Denverite)
Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 38 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 46 (Good).

Centennial State & Beyond

Anyone Feel Like Saving Electric Scooters? (CityLab)
Your Maps of Life Under Lockdown (CityLab)

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Let’s Not Overthink This: Opening Streets is Easy, Says Urban Planner Mike Lydon

By Mike Lydon | Apr 16, 2020 | No Comments

An urban planner looks at open space and reviews the good, the bad and the ugly among our cities (looking at you, Mayor de Blasio!).

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The ‘Social Distancing Machine’ Proves We Need Wider Sidewalks Now

By Kea Wilson | Apr 15, 2020 | No Comments

A group of Toronto performance artists/placemakers are behind this genius video.

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Wednesday’s Headlines 4/15/20

By Streetsblog Denver | Apr 15, 2020 | No Comments

From Streetsblog

Don’t Let U.S. Driving Levels Rebound After COVID-19 (Streetsblog USA)
Frustrated With the Lack of Open Space, DC Residents Are Widening Sidewalks Themselves (Streetsblog USA)
National headlines at Streetsblog USA

Metro News

Some Denver streets have closed to cars and opened to people, but plenty of motorists are still cruising their old haunts (Denverite)
RTD union files grievance alleging forced work, as some call for lowered bus capacity (CO Politics)
Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 44 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 49 (Good).

Centennial State & Beyond

Cutting Transit Service During the Pandemic: Why? How? And What’s Next? (Human Transit)

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Don’t Let U.S. Driving Levels Rebound After COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Apr 14, 2020 | No Comments

As the COVID-19 outbreak ebbs overseas, cars are returning to the road en masse — and if America wants to avoid a similar surge in violent and toxic motor-vehicle travel, we should start preparing now, advocates say. China, one of the first countries to lift its lockdowns, is already experiencing a surge in motor-vehicle traffic […]

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Frustrated With the Lack of Open Space, DC Residents Are Widening Sidewalks Themselves

By Kea Wilson | Apr 14, 2020 | No Comments

This post originally appeared on Greater Greater Washington and is republished here with permission. In an effort to provide more space for people outside while also adhering to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s social distancing guidelines, several DC residents are now placing traffic cones on neighborhood streets to effectively widen sidewalks. Some […]

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Tuesday’s Headlines 4/14/20

By Streetsblog Denver | Apr 14, 2020 | No Comments

From Streetsblog

We Could Never Afford America’s Highways — Even Before COVID-19 (Streetsblog USA)
Op-Ed: This Crisis Will End — Our Fight Against Cars is Only Beginning (Streetsblog NYC)
National headlines at Streetsblog USA

Traffic Violence

Woman on US 36 hit, killed by RTD bus (Denver Post & The Denver Channel)

Metro News

RTD seeking applicants for advisory committee (CO Politics)
Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 45 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 44 (Good).

Centennial State & Beyond

Hit Hard by Covid-19, Transit Workers Call for Shutdowns (CityLab)

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We Could Never Afford America’s Highways — Even Before COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Apr 13, 2020 | No Comments

Missouri just admitted that it can't maintain all the roads it has. But this is not bad news if we act accordingly.

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