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• Streetsblog 101: How Media Help Build Car Culture (Streetsblog USA)
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Metro News

• Survey: Denver voters support bike lanes, Vision Zero (CO Politics)
• RTD’s latest plan would restore some bus lines slated for elimination (Denver Post)
• Why Does It Take So Long to Get New Bike Lanes Approved in Denver? (Westword)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 44 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 46 (Good).

Centennial State & Beyond

• “One of the best things I’ve done in my life:” Bicycle Colorado member reflects on 10 years of bike commuting (Bicycle Colorado)
• 2020 bicycle legislation: What we’re focusing on in Colorado this year (Bicycle Colorado)
• E Is For Environment: Unpacking The Benefits Of E-Scooters (Forbes)

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From Streetsblog

• Would You Trade Your Parking Benefit for Cash? (Streetsblog USA)
• Memo from Seattle: Burying Crumbling Urban Highways Isn’t the Answer (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

Metro News

• Denver Sees Some Traffic Safety Improvements With Vision Zero Program (CBS4 Denver)
  • “The city recognizes that with 70 people killed on its streets in 2019…there is more work to be done.”
    • Ya think?
• Walnut, the last one-way street in RiNo, could be a two-way street by the end of the year (Denverite)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 44 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 46 (Good).

Centennial State & Beyond

• RTA moves forward to add second Denver bus from the valley (Crested Butte News)
• Are Uber and Lyft Increasing Traffic Deaths? (Human Transit)
• The Power of Mundane Mobility Fixes (CityLab)
  • You really should read this

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From Streetsblog

• Auto Right-of-Way Laws Are Where America Went Wrong (Streetsblog USA)
• New York Could Be First To Adopt ‘Crash Victims Bill of Rights’ (Streetsblog NYC)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

Traffic Violence

• Police: Pedestrian dead after falling under RTD bus in northeast Denver (Fox31Denver)
  • Alternate headline: Person driving RTD bus runs over, kills other person in northeast Denver

Metro News

• RTD oversight bill moves out of Senate committee but measure not ready for prime time (Denver Post)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 43 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 52 (Moderate).

Centennial State & Beyond

• Aspen Council leans status quo on alternative transportation options (Aspen Daily News)
• California taking aim at Uber and Lyft’s outsized climate consequences (ABC 10)
• Senate bill to promote transportation jobs (Transportation Today)

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From Streetsblog

• Op-Ed: A $7.5B Boondoggle Advances in Austin (Streetsblog USA)
• The Broken Promises of the Ride-Share Revolution (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

Metro News

• Denver now has a fully-staffed multimodal advocacy organization (Denver Streets Partnership)
• Denver City Council OKs transportation contracts bill, but not unanimously (CO Politics)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 57 (Moderate). Yesterday’s max: 52 (Moderate).

Centennial State & Beyond

• State receives $225,000 to study extending Amtrak Southwest Chief to Colorado Springs (CO Springs Gazette)
• Bill that offers stronger protections for Colorado bicyclists passes state legislature (The Denver Channel)
• Americans spend over 15% of their budgets on transportation costs—these US cities are trying to make it free (CNBC)

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