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Just for fun, today we're taking a look at two waiting areas where riders are forced to contend with some truly laughable dangers, including golf balls in Denver. We're willing to bet there are even weirder safety concerns at bus stops across America. 

If you draw a massive venn diagram of all the characteristics we want out of our transportation system – safety, affordability, less congestion, less pollution, and more access that’s more equitable – you’ll find transit sitting right at the sweet spot in the center. This year, 2021, is the year to build a more robust and sophisticated transit system in Denver, and we may finally have the funding to do it, writes Matt Frommer, a Senior Transportation Associate with the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP).

City Council Questions No-Fee Deal with Lyft and Lime. How to Live More Sustainably in Denver: #1 is Get Around Without a Car. Trouble boarding RTD trains? Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition Civil Rights Legal Program wants to hear from you. More headlines.

A coalition of leading transportation professionals is pushing for an overhaul of the manual that sets many of the most dangerous design guidelines for our car-focused roads — and rejecting a piecemeal public comment process that they say will only put a band-aids over the gaping wounds in our unsafe national transportation standards. 

RTD's funding model could change. Carroll Watkins Ali: Beware false choices on Park Hill Golf Course. How to Spend American Rescue Plan Funds in Colorado? More headlines.

The nation's battle with COVID-19 had a terrible side-effect for America's pedestrians: more death.

Standing in solidarity with Denver’s AAPI community. City Council committee reviews scooter/bike share on Tuesday. How will Denver suburbs spend federal money? More headlines.

Driver hits and injures pedestrian Federal Boulevard and Evans Avenue. Details on proposed Lyft/Limebike Licenses. It's transportation time at the State Legislature! More headlines.

Denver has chosen Lyft and Limebike for exclusive bike share and scooter share licenses, and the City is investing $0, and the City is receiving $0. Those Who Relay On Wheelchairs To Get Around Say Shoveling & Plowing After Snowstorms Sometimes Leaves Them Trapped. Denver Police add extra patrols to Asian-American communities after rise in hate-related crimes. More headlines.