Traffic violence

• Hit and run: A driver fled after hitting a man walking at southbound Peoria Street and 45th Avenue last night. The man has serious injuries. (Denver Police)

Farewell, Denver B-cycle

• Denver bike-share company B-cycle wheels out of town, as others prepare to fill the gap (Denverite)
• As B-cycle closes, advocates want Denver to be bold on “micromobility” (Westword)
• B-cycle ends operations in Denver as city looks for replacement (Denver 7)

RTD

• RTD to begin public meetings, outreach events on upcoming service changes that could start in May (Colorado Politics and RTD news release)
• RTD bus driver Thomas Kremer faces misdemeanor charge after hitting and killing person walking in Boulder crosswalk (CBS4)
• GPS problems bedevil Denver light rail (GPS World)
• Former RTD board member Kevin Sampson says existing tracks are the hope for Longmont rail (Times-Call)

Other news

• Show your love for transit with the Denver Streets Partnership at Bus Driver and Rider Appreciation event on Feb. 4 and Vision Zero Valentine’s Day Love In on Feb. 14 (WalkDenver)
• How will Colorado pay for better roads if taxpayers don’t want to pay for better roads? Indeed. (9News)
• Here’s your chance to tell Colorado lawmakers how spend billions of dollars in the state budget when the Joint Budget Committee hears public testimony Monday (The Colorado Sun)
• American Society of Civil Engineers report card grades Colorado infrastructure: C- overall, C- for transit, B- for rail, C- for roads, and more (The Pueblo Chieftain)
• After an SUV driver killed a six-year-old crossing the street, Poudre School District will hire crossing guards and a traffic consultant to review bicycle, pedestrian, and vehicle traffic (Denver 7)
• “8 surprising things I learned after testing an electric bike for a year” including some time in Denver (Mashable)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 52 Moderate. Yesterday’s max: 63 Moderate.
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News

• Boulder city council saves Boulder B-Cycle and declines e-scooter pilot (Daily Camera)
• Zero: Number of terrorist incidents involving a school bus in the United States — and a state legislator has introduced The Smart School Bus Safety Pilot Program bill to prevent them (CBS4 and bill text)
  • More than zero: Number of school bus crash deaths (National Safety Council and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
• More on the bipartisan group of state legislators’ proposal for RTD reform (CBS4)
• State Rep. Meg Froelich’s (D-Arapahoe County) 17th town hall is all about transportation (The Villager)
• Transportation Solutions to host The Road Ahead 2020: The Slow Death of Urban Parking seminar on March 12 (event page)
• Colorado tries to get skiers out of cars and onto buses to tamp down traffic… and, you know, to reduce crashes and emissions (CPR)
• Telluride is so excited about those buses, there’s an exclamation point: Bustang! Growth along CDOT’s ‘tough route’ through the San Juans (Telluride Daily Planet)
• Colorado State Patrol: Crashes up 60% along I-25 ‘Gap’ obstacle course from Monument to Castle Rock (Gazette)
• Colorado marijuana and beer industries partner to recycle carbon dioxide and reduce carbon footprint including transportation emissions (Westword)
• Two new studies say Denver is among the top 10 worst U.S. cities for hazardous air pollution (The Denver Post)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 53 Moderate. Yesterday’s max: 45 Good.
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RTD

• RTD board chooses Paul Ballard as interim general manager/CEO. He formerly led Trinity Metro in Fort Worth, Nashville MTA, and Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee. He’s not interested in the permanent position, and the board budgeted up to $200,000 to fund an executive search. (The Denver Post, CPR, Westword, 9News, CBS4, RTD news release)
•  A detailed look at a proposal by a bipartisan group of state legislators to change RTD’s board, transparency, and funding with an emphasis on equity and helping riders with disabilities — AKA Senate Bill 20-151 (CPR)
• RTD has concerns about the impacts Senate Bill 20-151 (RTD news release)

Other news 

• Senate Bill 20-044 by Sen. Paul Lundeen (R-Monument), which would designate 10% of existing state sales and use tax for transportation, has a committee hearing today… at the “kill committee” (Colorado Politics)
• Why the state legislature might pass the hands-free cell phone ban for Colorado drivers this year (Westword)
• Aurora police are searching for the driver of a maroon older model Chevrolet Malibu who struck and killed a woman walking at the intersection of Peoria Street and 17th Avenue early Monday morning (The Denver Post)
• Teller Senior Coalition and Cripple Creek Transit increase transit ridership, accept Colorado Association of Transit Agencies honors for 2019 Marketing Program of the Year, and receive grants to design a transit facility and study street cars (Pikes Peak Courier)
• Letter to the editor: Help manage Breckenridge traffic congestion by keeping gondola open later (Summit Daily)
• CDOT is nerding out with data for better road design (iTS International)
• Colorado has the 3rd fastest-growing aging population in the country, and the Denver Regional Council of Governments has transportation help for older adults (CBS4)
• At the W. 10th Avenue and Osage Street light rail station, Environment Colorado says Denver’s progress on air pollution has stalled and faults Republicans like Colorado Senator Cory Gardner for rolling back federal rules on vehicle emissions standards and more (Aurora Sentinel and Westword)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 45 Good. Yesterday’s max: 51 Moderate.
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News

• Celebrating the nation’s first bike sharing experiment and mourning its passing: A send off celebration for Denver B-Cycle at 9 a.m. on Friday (Denver Bicycle Lobby event)
• The Denver Post Editorial Board writes, “[W]e support the addition of bicycle lanes. Just don’t make things worse” [for drivers of cars] (The Denver Post)
• RTD receives WTS Innovative Transportation Solution of the Year award for Uber-Masabi ticketing collaboration thanks to a strong women-led team… then awkwardly references its “female count” (RTD news release)
• More on the 55-acre mixed-use development in the works near the Decatur-Federal RTD Light Rail Station and the football stadium not currently being used for football (Denver Business Journal)
• Republican State Sen. Kevin Priola wants to raise the gas tax and tax electric vehicles and Democrat State Sen. Faith Winter wants Regional Transportation Authorities to help solve transportation troubles (Denver 7)
• Feb. 10: Sen. Faith Winter will speak about regional solutions along with Lone Tree Mayor/Metro Mayor’s Caucus Vice Chair Jackie Millet, Denver Regional Council of Governments Executive Director Doug Rex, and RTD District O Director Lynn Guissinger at the Moving People Forward policy conference (Bicycle Colorado event)
• State Sen. Paul Lundeen (R-Monument) and State Rep. Terri Carver (R-Colorado Springs) make their case for legislation to “force the state to spend the revenue from the sale of vehicles and related items to actually go towards fixing and expanding our roads and bridges” (Colorado Springs Gazette)
• Letter writers have lots to say about climate, transportation, and RTD (The Denver Post)
• Michael Bloomberg’s “deep financial ties to Colorado” include American Cities Climate Challenge grants to reduce pollution from transportation and buildings (The Colorado Sun)
• Aspen designates bikeways and will take over traffic signal timing from CDOT to benefit people walking over people driving on Main Street (The Aspen Times)
• Baltimore City Councilman points to Denver as a model for quick-build projects like bike lanes (Greater Greater Washington)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 8 a.m.: 50 Good. Yesterday’s max: 53 Moderate.
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