From Streetsblog

• Commentary by Jerry Tinianow: Yes, There Is A Bus To The Mountains (Streetsblog Denver)
• America’s Mayors: Cars are Ruining Our Cities — But We Won’t Do Much About It! (Streetsblog NYC)
• Local Leaders Can Fight Climate Change Right Now (Streetsblog Chicago)
• Naysayers: You Can’t Do THAT On A Bike! (Streetsblog USA)
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA 

Denver and RTD service area

• DPD: Pedestrian intentionally hit by [person driving a] vehicle in Capitol Hill on Saturday (9News)
• State Patrol looking for a driver who fled after fatal I-225 crash yesterday (9News)
• RTD begins public meetings for service changes (Colorado Politics and Boulder Daily Camera and Patch)
• Celebrating RTD drivers, riders, and the space made just for them (WalkDenver)
• Silverman: Under Colorado law, it matters a lot where you fall on an icy sidewalk (The Colorado Sun)
• Denver Wants More Commuters to Bike to Work; They Want Snow Removal (Westword)
• More People Are Biking These Days — So Why Are Kids Riding Less? And Denver is one of 12 bike- and pedestrian-friendly cities where there has been significant growth in walking and cycling (Huffington Post)
• How to maneuver around other drivers — *cough* and be considerate of people walking and biking — on Denver’s narrow streets (Denver 7)
• DPS to offer free parking to attend school board meetings — yet no mention of the plentiful public transit options to get to 1860 Lincoln (The Denver Post)
• Want to paint a mural in 2020 on a bike path or somewhere else? Denver’s Urban Arts Fund applications are now open (303 Magazine)
• Rocky Mountain Train Show returns to Denver March 7-8 (Golden Transcript)
• Lakewood: Driver convicted on 24 counts after crash that killed two people (9News)
• Aurora: US vs THEM: The world according to dwellers of the ‘burbs, where “You never walked anywhere” and “Parking is never an issue” (Aurora Sentinel)
• Littleton: Burglary suspects crash two vehicles into Littleton sports bar (FOX31/Channel 2)
• Boulder: City, county talk transportation tax (Boulder Beat)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 44 Good. Yesterday’s max: 68 Moderate.

State legislature and across Colorado

• Colorado still has a transportation funding crisis. Can Republicans and Democrats agree on a solution? (The Denver Post)
• Concerns about traffic and other infrastructure problems that voters often cite when they decry growth can’t be discussed without addressing the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, or TABOR, and and the Gallagher Amendment (Denverite)
• Today the legislature’s Transportation & Local Government committee will hear HB20-1178 Increase Speed Limit On Certain Rural Highways “Concerning increasing the speed limit on rural state highways where it is safe to do so, and, in connection therewith, directing the department of transportation to identify these highways.” (HB20-1178 bill text)
• Senate Bill 167 would let all makers of EVs, including Ford, sell their electric SUVs directly to customers, bypassing dealerships. Unsurprisingly, the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association doesn’t like it. (The Colorado Sun)
• Letters: Tolls aren’t the only answer to congestion (The Denver Post)
• Snowstang Service Sees Ridership Exceeds Expectations This Season: ‘Can’t Beat It’ (CBS 4)
• Hockey fans face major are traffic to and from Stadium Series game at the Air Force Academy for Avalanche game, miss some of the game, and want their money back because it was ‘the worst experience’ (KKTV and ESPN and 9News)
• CDOT releases timeline of I-25 pothole repairs prior to Stadium Series game at Falcon Stadium (The Denver Post)
• Whine: Why does Empire use a traffic light to allow local residents and businesses the ability to enter or cross US 40? (Denver 7)
• Vail: East Vail residents worry about impacts from project to redo I-70 on Vail Pass (Vail Daily)
• Leadville woman who drove over her boyfriend convicted of murder (Vail Daily)
• Aspen: City initiatives, public transportation and the community made 2019 the lowest year on record for vehicular traffic in and out of Aspen (Aspen Daily News)
• Cortez: Montezuma-Mildred intersection improvements will improve driver and pedestrian safety and preserve bike lanes (The Journal)

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From Streetsblog

• California’s Rebate Blind Spot: Electric Bikes (Streetsblog California)
• Why We Should Be Even More Nervous About AVs (Streetsblog USA)
• Anti-Car Dems Don’t Have a Presidential Candidate (Streetsblog USA)
• Talking Headways Podcast: Unnecessary Literature Reviews, Part II (Streetsblog USA)

RTD

• Denver Police looking for suspect in two unlawful sexual contacts on RTD — and are also seeking any additional victims who may have been assaulted (9News)
• Girls Inc. Fears Impact Of Proposed RTD Service Cuts In Denver (CBS4 Denver)
• Snow Piling Up In Park-N-Ride Lots Leaves Commuters Frustrated (CBS 4 Denver)
• Cherry Creek North Business Improvement District CEO Nick LeMasters said he doesn’t think the area can look to RTD to provide answers to Cherry Creek’s public transportation situation (Bisnow)

Other news

• One Denver resident is extra guilty of not clearing the sidewalk in February (Denverite)
• Denver City Council meetings could get more lit… especially if you show up to talk about mobility (Denverite)
• Denver wants your thoughts on marijuana delivery (Westword)
• Denver also wants commuters to warm up to winter biking (Westword)
• 189-unit apartment complex with 284 parking spaces planned near 61st and Peña RTD station (Denver Business Journal)
• Polis, Hancock, and Colorado Municipal League talk transportation funding (Colorado Politics)
• Plastic roads? More research is needed before CDOT turns waste into roadways (Boulder Weekly)
• Editorial: The environmental review process is broken, but Trump’s plan goes too far (The Denver Post)
• Opinion by someone who opposes government planning: FasTracks built on deceit, delusion and other people’s money (Complete Colorado)
• Aurora grapples with financial fallout from banning red-light traffic cameras (Aurora Sentinel)
• Greenwood Village: Triad Orchard Station Changes Hands, Transformation Underway (Mile High CRE)
• Boulder: CU Regents approve a pair of bike/pedestrian underpasses (CU Boulder Today)
• Eldora: 805 new parking spaces, new reserved parking for vehicles with four or more people, and new $10 single-occupancy vehicle parking fee to fund new buses and shuttles (FOX31/Channel 2 and CBS 4 Denver)
• Telluride letter: Thank you, CDOT for Bustang (Telluride Daily Planet)
• A truly transformative option — a $15 billion to $30 billion train from Denver to Summit and Eagle counties — isn’t being pursued right now (CPR)
• Ski country faces facts on airplane carbon emissions… and the bus and train are options (Aspen Times)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 10 a.m.: 84 Moderate. Yesterday’s max: 59 Moderate.
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA

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From Streetsblog

• Gas Taxes May Not Be Just For Roads Anymore In Georgia (Streetsblog USA) 
• How to See Every Driver As A Future Cyclist (Streetsblog USA)

Tomorrow is Winter Bike to Work Day — and Valentine’s Day

• Yes, You Can Still Ride Your Bike In Snow. Here’s How To Best Cycle When It’s Cold Outside (CPR)
• ‘Every Day Is Winter Bike To Work Day’: Boulder Cyclists Shares Enthusiasm For Bike Commuting (CBS 4 Denver)
• Boulder has dropped to #2 (with 368 signups) and Denver has dropped to #4 (with 304 sign ups) — in the world! (Winter Bike to Work Day world leaderboard)
• Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, and the Denver Streets Partnership will host a Love In at 11:30 a.m. with affection for the bus (WalkDenver)

RTD

• RTD begins public meetings and outreach events for May service change (RTD)
• RTD threatens legal action against contractor for beleaguered N-Line to Thornton, a 13-mile commuter rail line that was supposed to open in 2018 (The Denver Post)
• RTD Considers Firing Its Contractor On The Delayed N Line To Thornton (CPR)
• RTD considers notice of default to N Line contractor (RTD)
• Icy conditions slow Denver’s bus, light rail and commuter rail systems  (The Denver Post)

Other news

• Walk Score released its 2020 assessment, and Denver and Colorado Springs have room for improvement (Walk Score)
• Letters: Still debating bike lanes (The Denver Post)
• Walnut Street Lofts, and income-restricted apartment complex, breaks ground at 38th and Blake commuter rail station (Business Den)
• Crested Butte: Rural Transportation Authority reconsiders transit station location in Gunnison (Crested Butte News)
• John Hickenlooper Is Skipping Another Climate Debate for U.S. senate candidates (Westword)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m.: 46 Good. Yesterday’s max: 72 Moderate.
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