Traffic Violence Report: 35 people have been killed on Denver’s streets

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So far in 2021, 35 people have died from traffic violence on Denver streets. Seven of the victims were on foot, one was on a scooter, six were on motorcycles, and 21 were in vehicles. At this point in 2020, 23 people were victims of traffic violence in Denver. 2021 fatalities are increasing at an alarming rate.

On June 15, Hidat Ghebrab was hit by someone driving possibly a white minivan near Court Place and Park Ave. The driver fled toward I-25. On June 18, Roberto Zarate was killed by a person driving a truck while walking on the sidewalk on E Evans Avenue. The driver has not been located.

In 2020 in Denver, 57 people died from traffic violence.

In 2016, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock pledged to end all traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2030 with the Denver Vision Zero Action Plan.

Today’s Headlines 7/1/21 – Bicycling is more than a trend

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Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area

  • The best ways to explore metro Denver by bike “Cycling is second nature in Colorado” (Denver Post)
  • Gov. Polis signs bill creating Front Range Passenger Rail District — but new line is far from a sure thing (Denver Post)
  • $44K Grant To Create Night Markets Under Colfax Viaduct (Patch)
  • Letters: Longmont growth; RTD feedback (Times-Call)
  • Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m.: 43 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 115 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups)

Centennial State

  • CDOT’s new campaign shares ‘Reasons’ to wear a seat belt through street art across Colorado, including downtown Greeley (Greeley Tribune)
  • Cyclist dies after colliding with truck in north Fort Collins (Coloradoan)
  • Colorado takes its biggest step yet toward a Front Range passenger train system (The Colorado Sun)
  • New Micro-Mobility Program Coming in July (North Forty News)
  • Grand Junction awarded $137,000 Main Street grant (Colorado Politics)

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Wednesday’s Headlines 6/30/21: A bus is a terrible thing to waste

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Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area

  • Former RTD buses abandoned on city street (KDVR)
  • Heads Up Denver Shoppers, Bag Fee Takes Effect This Week (CBS Local)
  • Denver has cleared out more homeless camps in 6 months than all of 2020 (Denver Post)
  • RTD delays commuter line from Denver to Thornton (Colorado Politics)
  • John Laing : increases equity stake in Denver commuter rail project (Market Screener)
  • City Council to vote on rezoning Denver’s Sloan’s Lake neighborhood for granny flats (Denver Gazette)
  • Denver Uber driver out of work after hit-and-run crash with uninsured driver (The Denver Channel)
  • Denver airport CEO nominee brings rich experience in transportation — just not in running airports (The Denver Post)
  • Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m.: 31 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 46 (Good)

Centennial State

  • CDOT launches “Reasons to Buckle Up” campaign (KRDO)
  • CDOT Reaches Out To Neighboring States To Help Drivers Avoid I-70 As Threat Of Mudslides Continues (CBS Local)
  • Gas prices soar to seven-year high and are likely to continue rising as if you needed another reason not to drive (Denver Gazette)
  • Police man crashed stolen tow truck outside of Greeley police headquarters injured officer (Denver Gazette)
  • Colorado gas stations running out of fuel, but supply isn’t to blame (Fox 31)

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Tuesday’s Headlines 6/29/21: It’s expensive to own a car in Denver

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Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area

  • Report: Denver is one of the 5 most expensive cities to own a vehicle (Fox 31)
  • Deadline To Provide Feedback On Civic Center Next 100 Project Is July 5 (CBS Local)
  • Road closures for Play Ball Park in downtown Denver begin Wednesday (9 News)
  • We’re about to find out if La Alma Lincoln Park will be Denver’s second historic cultural district (Denverite)
  • Denver police promote an unnamed program to target crime hot spots… somehow (Denverite)
  • Denver knows visitors are returning to downtown because your cell phone tells them (9 News)
  • Advocates accuse Denver of hiding homeless ahead of All-Star Game, city denies (Fox 31)
  • Do you know where in Denver this mural is? (Denverite)
  • What’s Driving You Crazy?: Why isn’t there an acceleration lane for Central Park traffic from westbound I-70? (The Denver Channel)
  • Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m.: 31 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 46 (Good)

Centennial State

  • Gas prices rise again, no sign of letting up this summer the price to walk and bike remains unchanged (Sentinel Colorado)
  • Rudy Salazar Accused Of Stealing Tow Truck & Ramming Multiple Drivers (CBS Denver)

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Monday’s Headlines 6/28/21: Another hit-and-run in Denver

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Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area

  • Medina Alert issued after hit-and-run crash in Denver (9 News)
  • Pedestrian injured in car crash on E Virginia Ave near S Havana St (Burg Simpson)
  • Denver artist making alleyways great again one garage door at a time (Fox 31)
  • Transit-Commuting Workers in Steady Decline: Study (Governing)
  • Public transit is just as gross as you thought and that’s why microbiologists love it (Vail Daily)
  • ‘I just want someone to do something’: Commerce City woman seeks answers weeks after semitruck leaves behind mess in backyard following crash (Fox 31)
  • Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m.: 31 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 46 (Good)

Centennial State

  • 1 dead in 12th Street crash (The Daily Sentinel)
  • Influx of funding to ramp up north I-25 construction (Greeley Tribune)
  • Colorado Looks to Australia to Solve I-25 Traffic Congestion (U.S. News)
  • CDOT spent at least $3.2 billion through procurement practices in past decade that didn’t rely on traditional low-bid pricing (The Gazette)

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Friday’s Headlines 6/25/2021: Time to get back in the saddle

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Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area

  • 11-year-old has fifth surgery in two weeks after being hit, dragged by SUV while bike riding (The Denver Channel)
  • Denver Cruiser Riders, It’s Time to Get Back in the Saddle (Westword)
  • Bike thefts start to increase in Denver (9 News)
  • Infrastructure is far from done deal (Denver Gazette)
  • Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m.: 44 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 87 (Moderate)

Centennial State

  • 20th Anniversary Bicycle Film Festival Hosted by Bike Fort Collins (North Forty News)
  • Biking — Before You Head Out (North Forty News)
  • Main Street in Longmont reopens after week and a half of construction (TimesCall)
  • Bustang Service Resumes To Estes Park On July 3 (CBS Denver)

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  • Friday’s Headlines Will Meet You in the Middle (Streetsblog USA)
  • As Feds Debate Transportation Pay-Fors, Don’t Forget What We’re Buying (Streetsblog USA)
  • Talking Headways Podcast: A Compass for Sustainability (Streetsblog USA)

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Thursday’s Headlines 6/24/2021: Traffic deaths involving Black Americans spiked during COVID

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Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area

  • Traffic Deaths Involving Black Americans Spiked During COVID (BET)
  • RTD facilitating conversations about safety with riders and RTD leaders (Fox 31)
  • Man dies after crashing into Aurora gas station (9 News)
  • One person killed in rollover crash on Evans Avenue Thursday morning (Fox 31)
  • Work On The Highline Canal Trail Underpass Closes Parker Road In Denver (Daily Colorado News)
  • Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m.: 56 (Moderate). Yesterday’s max: 84 (Moderate)

Centennial State

  • Crossing Main Street is all about the timing (Aspen Times)
  • CDOT begins work on interchange reconstruction at Powers and Research (KRDO)
  • City takes back control of several streets from CDOT (Journal Advocate)
  • A Study Finds That Crash Injuries in 5 States Rose After They Legalized Marijuana Use but Not After They Allowed Marijuana Sales (Reason)

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Wednesday’s Headlines 6/23/2021: Is the hybrid workforce here to stay?

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Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area

  • Motorcyclist killed in crash with truck near Ruby Hill Park (The Denver Gazette)
  • How Downtown Denver is Embracing A Hybrid Workforce (303 Magazine)
  • 1,000 new housing units, 2 office buildings proposed on site near downtown Denver (Denver Business Journal)
  • 7-Story Apartment Project to Replace Ramada Hotel (Mile High CRE)
  • Deadly single-vehicle crash in Aurora, police say driver had medical episode (Fox 31)
  • Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m.: 46 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 54 (Moderate)

Centennial State

  • Colorado Springs to allow e-scooter rentals later this summer (The Gazette)
  • Gov. Jared Polis Signs Alcohol To-Go Bill (CBS Denver)
  • Car accidents [crashes] on the rise during the pandemic (The Saxon)
  • Study: Crossings on Highway 9 reduced wildlife collisions by 90% (Sky-Hi News)

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  • Wednesday’s Headlines Are In It for the Long Haul (Streetsblog USA)
  • Stats Show Blacks and Indigenous People Suffer Disproportionate Road Deaths (Streetsblog USA)

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Tuesday’s Headlines 6/22/2021: Colorado is still focused on highways

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Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area

Centennial State

  • Missing Cyclist Greg Smith Found Dead In Snowmass Creek (CBS Local)
  • CDOT still reviewing I-25 toll management bid (BizWest)
  • I-25 improvements remain on track despite COVID-19, supply-chain crunch (BizWest)
  • Gov. Jared Polis signs parks bills into law (The Denver Gazette)
  • Third DUI-related crash in Pueblo in the past month claims life of Rocky Ford biker (The Pueblo Chieftain)

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  • Tuesday’s Headlines Will Never Stop Stopping (Streetsblog USA)
  • STUDY: New Bike Lanes Aren’t Associated With Displacement of BIPOC, Low-Income People (Streetsblog USA)

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Monday’s Headlines 6/21/2021: Denver’s high comfort bike lane network

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Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area

  • Fatal Crash: Denver Police Searching For Driver Who Hit Pedestrian Walking On Sidewalk On Evans Early Friday (CBS Local)
  • Pedestrian dies after hit-and-run collision in Denver (The Denver Post)
  • Bicyclist injured in car crash on 21st St. near Welton St. (Burg Simpson)
  • Aurora boy hit by drunk driver has long road to recovery (Fox 31)
  • Aurora motorcyclist, 25, dies in crash on South Parker Road (Fox 31)
  • Car was going 120 mph on I-225 before fatal crash, police say (The Denver Channel)
  • Driver dies after being ejected from motorcycle in Lakewood (Fox 31)
  • Volunteers Plant Trees In Neighborhoods Near Central 70 Project (CBS Local)
  • Bike thefts start to increase in Denver (9 News)
  • Car thefts climb to highest in a decade as prices surge (CBS Local)
  • Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m.: 35 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 87 (Moderate)

Centennial State

  • Colorado’s $5.4 billion transportation funding plan signed into law (The Denver Post)
  • Here come the gas and delivery fees as Colorado’s governor signs $5 billion-plus transportation bill into law (The Colorado Sun)
  • Fraser chosen for Revitalizing Main Street funding (Sky-Hi News)
  • New “parklets” installed along Mountain Avenue (Berthoud Weekly Surveyor)
  • Why Colorado Roads Buckle Under Extreme Heat (CBS Local)
  • ‘Finally Fix The Damn Roads In Colorado’: Gov. Jared Polis Targets Interstate 70 Stretch Between Floyd Hill And Idaho Springs At Bill Signing (CBS Denver)
  • ‘I’ve never been so close to being killed’: Man gets 20 years for crashing car into deputy (9 News)
  • Suspected car thief caught after mountain pass crash, trail escape in Colorado (OutThere Colorad0)

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