From Streetsblog

• Transportation election guide: What you need to know about Propositions CC and 2A for Tuesday’s election. (Streetsblog Denver)

Other news

• RTD’s Route NB takes skiers from Boulder to Eldora. (RTD)
• Now you can put your driver’s license on the new myColorado mobile app, but you’ll still need the old-school “hunk of plastic” at bars and airports. (Denver Post, Colorado Sun)
• Millions of dollars worth of political ads are trying to persuade voters on Proposition CC, the TABOR reform initiative, including a conservative group’s campaign to knock on doors. (CPR)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 7 a.m.: 64 Moderate. Yesterday’s max: 53 Moderate.
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA.

From Streetsblog

• Traffic Violence Report: One person died among 280 Denver traffic crashes last week. (Streetsblog Denver)

Snow storm

• Snowfall and the driver shortage led RTD to cancel trips on the C, D, E and F lines, transit delays also occurred elsewhere. (CBS4, Fox 31)
• As snow delayed buses and trains, transit riders were left waiting in the cold when RTD’s Next Ride real-time arrival information system went down. (CPR)
• This morning, RTD directs riders to Next Ride as delays continue. (Twitter)
• Transit or driving: What’s faster on a snowy day? Journalists race to work — and the driver won. (9 News)
• Bicycle commuters use fat tires to bike in the snow. (CBS4)
• A bicyclist appreciates plowed bike lanes, other commuters ditch cars for transit. (9 News)
• Postal Service: Shovel your sidewalks. (Fox 31)

Other news

• Disability Advocates: Don’t let RTD’s driver shortage cut transit service. (CPR)
• Group wants to bring high-speed rail to some of Colorado’s oldest train corridors. (CBS4)
• VeloSwap coming to Denver Saturday. (Bicycle Retailer)
• As more people move to Denver, the East Area Plan tries to figure out how to make room for them without pushing out longtime residents, and nobody agrees on the answer. (Denverite)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 42 Good. Yesterday’s max: 56 Moderate.
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA.

From Streetsblog

• Commentary: Sen. Chuck Shumer is pushing to electrify the nation’s cars. But the move is wrong-headed because it will keep Americans car dependent for another century, writes Streetsblog’s Aaron Short. (Streetsblog USA)

Other news

• Instead of cutting service, RTD proposed a short-term solution to its driver shortage: hire temps. (9 News)
• RTD’s driver shortage made yesterday’s snow day service a challenge. (Denver7)
• A new electricity rate will lower the Free MallRide’s cost per mile from 73 cents to around 50 cents, close to the 46 cents a mile it takes to fuel a 40-foot RTD diesel bus. (Denver Post)
• The man who stole an RTD bus for a crime spree pleaded guilty. (Denver Post, 9 News)
• Denver will send out 14 inspectors to ensure residents clear most of the city’s 3,000 miles of sidewalks within 24-hours after the snow stops falling. (9 News)
• Denver plows the city’s bike routes. (CBS4)
• After a statewide transportation listening tour, the governor’s office released its initial findings. Front-range passenger rail and increased money for roads are discussed, but Polis remains reluctant to suggest new funding. (Colorado Politics)
• But Polis writes in the Denver Post that if people want more transportation funding, they should vote for Proposition CC, which would  give the state more money “without raising taxes.” (Denver Post)
• Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 83 Moderate. Yesterday’s max: 70 Moderate.
• National headlines at Streetsblog USA.