From Streetsblog

• 10 Major Cities Unite to Urge Feds to Fund Better Urban Transit (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

Metro News

• CDOT is rolling out an “accountability program” & also major expansions to I-25, I-70, and others (COPolitics & CPR)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 58 (Moderate). Yesterday’s max: 59 (Moderate).

Centennial State & Beyond

• Coronavirus is taking a big bite out of public transportation ridership in the US (The Verge)
  • ICYMI: Here’s what RTD is doing to prevent coronavirus spread (9News)

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From Streetsblog

• Streetsblog 101: How Pop Culture Stigmatizes Public Transit (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

Metro News

• What RTD is doing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (9News)
• How Safe Is Public Transit As The Coronavirus Spreads In Colorado? (KUNC)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 43 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 51 (Moderate).

Centennial State & Beyond

• Bill To Put Transportation Funding Measures In Hands Of Regional Governments Clears First Hurdle (CPR)
• Join Curbed for an online conversation on designing safer streets (Curbed)
• The New Age of Freeway Revolts (CityLab)

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From Streetsblog

• America is Spending Billions Just to Make Traffic Worse (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

Metro News

• RTD moves forward on cuts to bus, rail service starting in May (Denver Post & CPR)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 43 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 49 (Good).

Centennial State & Beyond

• Road expansion has increased congestion 144%: report (Smart Cities Dive)
• What Happened After Market Street Went Car-Free (CityLab)

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From Streetsblog

• Op-Ed: Every City Should Try This Innovative Way To Fund Transit (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

 Traffic Violence

• Update: The fourth person killed in traffic in 2020 while walking around Denver was crossing Colorado Boulevard (Denverite)
• Denver cyclist hit by (person driving a) car, knocked unconscious near 12th and Speer wakes up in hospital (The Denver Channel)

Metro News

• Q&A with Angie Rivera-Malpiede | ‘I grew up riding the bus’ (CO Politics)
• RTD’s New Low-Income Rider Program Casts A Wide Net, But Many Of Denver’s Homeless Have Slipped Through (CPR)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 43 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 45 (Good).

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From Streetsblog

• Bird Hatches an Electric Moped — and Big Questions (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

 Traffic Violence

• (Person driving a) Vehicle strikes, kills pedestrian on Colorado Blvd. in Denver (The Denver Channel)

Metro News

• 4,600 enroll in RTD discount fare program (CO Politics)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 40 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 48 (Good).

Centennial State & Beyond

• Expanding highways and building more roads actually makes traffic worse (Curbed)
• Why the US Sucks at Building Public Transit (VICE)

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