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Bella Rivera holds the hand of her mother Esther on her their way to school. "My daughter knows you need to hold onto me. Drivers don't care." Photo: Andy Bosselman

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Eyes on the Street: Denver Must Do More to Protect Kids at Montbello Kindergarten

By Andy Bosselman | Oct 2, 2019 | No Comments

A city council member used the annual Walk to School Day photo op to demand that the city do more to protect kids when the best it could do was install a crosswalk 20 months after a child was hit in front of the Escalante-Biggs Academy in Montbello.

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Spin to Win: E-Scooter Company to Provide Data to Help Build Safer Streets

By Vince DiMiceli | Oct 1, 2019 | No Comments

The Ford-owned company wants to make streets safer for scooters, bicyclists and pedestrians.

One of Car2Go's Mercedes cars. Photo: David Sachs

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As Car2Go Pulls out of Denver, Revenue Plummets at Local Carshare Nonprofit

By Andy Bosselman | Oct 1, 2019 | 2 Comments

Car2Go may only be the beginning of the demise of car sharing in Denver. The local nonprofit eGo Carshare saw a 21 percent decline in revenue in 2017 compared to 2014.

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Uber & Lyft Spending Surges While Transit Stays Flat

By Aaron Short | Sep 27, 2019 | No Comments

Americans spent four times as much money on Uber and Lyft trips last year as they did in 2013. This is a crisis.

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Atlanta’s Transit Flaws Are State’s Fault

By Aaron Short | Sep 26, 2019 | No Comments

Atlanta is set to spend more than half a billion dollars to build a 22-mile light rail line — but the vital public infrastructure won't likely be done until 2050 because the city isn't getting state or federal funding. And that's the problem.

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EPA’s Catch-22: Bad Air = No Highway Money

By Melanie Curry | Sep 25, 2019 | No Comments

It's true that the state's planning for meeting Clean Air Act targets needs to improve, but does this EPA care about that?

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Manifesto Promotes ‘Ethics, Equity, and Empathy’

By Aaron Short | Sep 24, 2019 | No Comments

A design firm publishes a new 'credo' for engineers, policymakers, and planners.

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The Small-City Vision Zero Challenge

By Don Kostelec | Sep 24, 2019 | No Comments

Smaller cities with limited budgets present particular traffic-safety problems. Here's how some transportation planners managed the issues.

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Help Wanted: StreetsblogUSA is Hiring!

By Streetsblog | Sep 24, 2019 | No Comments

Do you have what it takes to be a national leader on the debate over sustainable transportation, livable streets, transit equity and the future of our cities? If so, please apply.

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Media Watch: Local Papers Love Drivers

By Vince DiMiceli | Sep 23, 2019 | No Comments

An editorial board in a Missouri town warns that “impatient teens” are going to get themselves killed — by drivers who apparently have the right of way — if something isn’t done to solve the drop-off and pick-up problem at a local high school. Another in Oregon questions whether city buses should be allowed to control […]

I-25 viewed from the 16th Street pedestrian bridge. Photo: Andy Bosselman

SBD in the Colorado Sun: Want to Solve the Climate Crisis? Stop Widening Roads

By Andy Bosselman | Sep 20, 2019 | 1 Comment

To honor this second Global Climate Strike today, Gov. Jared Polis and Mayor Michael Hancock must commit to stop building new roads and expanding the ones we have.

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ANGIE SCHMITT: Goodbye, Streetsblog, I Love You

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 19, 2019 | No Comments

After nine years at Streetsblog, writer Angie Schmitt is moving on.

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