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Solo Car Commuters Now Outnumber Transit Commuters Downtown
It's the first time car commuting downtown outnumbered transit commuting since reliable measurement began, despite two new commuter rail lines and a better regional bus service.
January 23, 2017
Subways and Pods: A History of Denver Transit and Why We Shouldn’t Obsess Over Tech
What if, instead of light rail cars clanging alongside downtown traffic, Denver's trains burrowed underground? Or if Denver had a network of tracks elevated on stilts throughout the city that flung personal pods from neighborhood to neighborhood?
January 20, 2017
Feds Approve CDOT Plan to Shove Wider I-70 Through Mostly Latino Neighborhoods
The FHWA approved the project even as it simultaneously investigates possible civil rights violations.
January 19, 2017
Retrofitting University and Colorado Light Rail Stations for People
The two RTD stations are along the E, F, and H lines and combine for more than 9,000 trips per day. But ridership could be much higher if the stations were accessible.
January 18, 2017
Making Colorado’s Transportation System Work for People, Not Cars
At the Moving People conference, Bicycle Colorado will put walking, biking, and transit "at the center of the current rapid evolution of transportation-related technologies."
January 17, 2017
DPW Will Build a Low-Cost “Sidewalk” on Walnut Street in RiNo
Pedestrians will be separated from traffic by "curb stops" -- low-lying, prefabricated barriers -- as well as parked cars and plastic posts.
January 13, 2017
The Latest on the “RiNo Promenade” and Arkins Court
The project would give people a safe path to walk above the banks of the South Platte River, dotted along the way with places to sit, gather, and play. It would also slim Arkins Court down to a 22-foot-wide street designed for calmer traffic and safer pedestrian crossings.
January 12, 2017
The High Cost of Keeping Pretty, Pricey “Pavers” on the 16th Street Mall
Should RTD continue spending big bucks to maintain the aesthetically pleasing but functionally flawed surface of the transitway on the 16th Street Mall? Nostalgia says yes, but common sense says no.
January 11, 2017
Traffic Deaths Are on the Rise, and Denver’s Still Waiting for a Safety Plan From Mayor Hancock
Back in February 2016, Mayor Hancock said he was committed to Vision Zero, the goal of ending traffic deaths in the city. But Denverites are still waiting for a concrete street safety plan from the Hancock administration, and the human toll keeps rising.
January 10, 2017
Tell CDOT to Show Its Math on How Widening I-70 Affects Air Quality
Somehow, when the Colorado Department of Transportation redid its air quality analysis to justify ramming a wider I-70 through north Denver neighborhoods, it came out much less damning than before. Community advocates want to know how that can be. Emissions of particulate matter — microscopic shards of pollution that get into people’s lungs and can … Continued
January 9, 2017
