Known as SB 1, the bill would also make toll lanes harder to build and threatens to undermine a more transit-oriented funding measure on the November ballot.
HB 1191 frees cities and towns from the archaic 85th percentile rule. Instead, they can change speed limits because they believe it would reduce crashes or make walking and biking safer.
Imagine you own a shoe store and every time you want to bring in more customers by having a sale, you had to ask the National Shoe Retailers Association for permission, which could take months or years to give you an answer. That's how Senator Tim Neville and his Republican colleagues want RTD to do things.
As the Denver grows, will city decision-makers enact policies that prioritize sustainable transport and less traffic, or double down on car-first policies that have resulted in more traffic, less housing, and deserted places that undermine street life?
Elected officials and RTD staffers hope pay raises, a heftier benefit package, and more breaks for transit employees will shore up service gaps caused by a severe driver shortage.