From Streetsblog

• Denver’s air was thick with fossil fuel pollution as 11,000 scientists, including more than 30 from Colorado, declared a “climate emergency.” (Streetsblog Denver)

Election results (not final)

• “Once again, the people of Colorado have confirmed that they are the boss, not our part-time state legislature,” said Senate Minority Leader Chris Holbert, a Parker Republican. (Denver Post)
• “The Trump years may have cemented Colorado’s blue-state status — time will tell — but voters in the Centennial State continue to hold a hard line on anything that has even a whiff of a new tax.” (Denver Post)
• “I hope they bring on full repeal (of TABOR) so we can smack that into the ground and end that talk right now,” said Amy Oliver Cooke, executive vice president of the Koch-funded Independence Institute. (CPR)

• “The vote is not close. The charter change measure had earned 73 percent of the vote Tuesday night.” (Denverite)
• “Starting Jan. 1, streets will be a cabinet-level concern like the airport and city planning, with an executive director who reports directly to the mayor.” (Denverite)

Other news

• A 23-year-old driver hit and killed a child outside Lopez Elementary School in Fort Collins. (Coloradan)
• Denver is reducing speed limits on more city streets. (CBS4)
• Watch crews demolish the Foothills Parkway pedestrian bridge in Boulder. (9 News)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 86 Moderate. Yesterday’s max: 90 Moderate.
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA.

Event

• Tomorrow 12 – 1:15: Denver City Councillors Amanda Sandoval, Jolon Clark and Candi CdeBaca will discuss their transportation priorities at an event hosted by the U.C. Denver student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. Tivoli Student Union room 329. RSVP to Molly.North@ucdenver.edu.

From Streetsblog

• Congestion pricing: Americans must be sold on reducing traffic and cleaning the air before they will accept tolls to enter cities. Here are lessons from Europe. (Streetsblog NYC)
• Today is election day. In case you missed it: Transportation election guide: Props CC and 2A. (Streetsblog Denver)

Other news

• RTD asks riders to take a survey: Should the agency cut service and make it more reliable, or continue surprising riders with cancelled trips when it doesn’t have the drivers to fill seats? (Denver 7, CBS4, 9 News)
• Kyle Clark hot take: “Interesting. RTD is asking riders to choose between the status quo of unreliable service or a temporary scale back with more infrequent service. This gives RTD the ability to tell the public, “this is what YOU chose.” (Twitter)
• RTD envisions a future with more transit ridership, but it needs riders, and more money, or it could be headed for serious trouble. (Westword)
• Third-generation Lime e-scooters rolled out in Denver. They sport fat tires for winter weather and better tech to limit sidewalk riding. (Denver Post, Denverite)
• Car2Go is gone but eGo CarShare is here to stay. (eGo CarShare)
• Amtrak: Colorado is looking into a spur that would connect Pueblo and Colorado Springs to the Southwest Chief line. (KRDO)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 59 Moderate. Yesterday’s max: 60 Moderate.
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA.

Events

• Wednesday: Check out a workshop on the East Central Area Plan (Capitol Hill, North Capitol Hill, Cheesman Park, Congress Park, City Park and City Park West).
• Thursday: Comment on the South Marion Street Parkway protected bike lane at a community meeting. (WalkDenver)

From Streetsblog

•  This is what Dutch-style protected intersections look like — Bay Area edition. (Streetsblog SF)

Other news

• Denver’s 28 rail stations ranked by how much density surrounds each, a measure the city is not good at. (Denverite)
• Scooter companies pulled their micro-mobility devices from Denver streets after the recent snow. (Fox 31)
• After a statewide listening tour, CDOT’s director dishes on what drivers want, and what makes them mad. (Westword)
• Gov. Polis proposed “550 million new dollars for transportation … for roads, bridges, maintenance and the backlog” in his 2020 budget. (CPR)
• A foreign company wants to operate E-470, and collect billions in tolls from drivers. (Denver Post)
• Commentary: The NIMBY politics of “progressivism, Boulder-style” drives up housing costs and increases driving as left-wing residents stubbornly oppose denser housing and walkable neighborhoods. (Colorado Sun)
• The Urban Land Conservancy bought 58-acres of land for an affordable, transit-oriented development near Westminster Station on RTD’s B Line. (Denverite)
• “For views of the Rockies you can’t see any other way, ride Amtrak’s Zephyr.” (Los Angeles Times)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 7 a.m.: 46 Good. Yesterday’s max: 89 Moderate.
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA.