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Friday’s Headlines and Traffic Violence Report 9/11/20
- Weekly Traffic Violence Report - one more killed on Denver streets
- Quarantine Saved US Drivers $22B — And Saved Society Far More
- Downtown Denver’s hotel industry is struggling. Is it because people don’t want to be in the city center?
September 11, 2020
Wednesday’s Headlines 9/9/20
- RTD Plans Big Staffing Cuts As Coronavirus Decimates Budget, Union Says
- ‘We Bike Too’: A New NYC Club of Black and Brown Cyclists Takes the Streets
- Uber Promises 100% Electric Vehicles by 2040, Commits $800 Million to Help Drivers Switch
September 9, 2020
Denver’s Shared Streets Are a Change Worth Preserving
Long time residents have noted that Denver's shared streets have restored the feel of the neighborhood they experienced in their youth, long since sacrificed to congestion and speeding traffic. Denver resident and physician David Mintzer argues that recent reconfigurations of the barricades have robbed the neighborhood of an asset, a bright spot in an otherwise bleak time.
September 8, 2020
Thursday’s Headlines 9/3/20
- RTD Board Signals Intention To Crack Into Boulder Train Savings Account
- A Bike Violation Brings on a Police Shooting of a Black Man
- Colorado’s Roads Are Emptier, But Deadlier So Far This Year
September 3, 2020
Wednesday’s Headlines 9/2/20
- Inform the movement to improve walking, biking, and transit by becoming a Streetsblog Denver Intern.
- How To Get More People on E-Bikes
- Drivers seem to be driving faster on a street meant to slow them down and promote walking and biking
September 2, 2020
Tuesday’s Headlines 9/1/20
- Inform the movement to improve walking, biking, and transit by becoming a Streetsblog Denver Intern.
- Public Transit and the Postal Service Have the Same Problem
- Front Range passenger rail could attract up to 3 million riders annually, model suggests
September 1, 2020
Monday’s Headlines 8/31/20
- Traffic Violence
- RTD’s new chief faces big challenges at cash-strapped transit agency
- How to keep tabs on Denver air quality and figure out when to maybe stay inside
- Humans Take a Step Closer to ‘Flying Cars.’ Yikes.
August 31, 2020
Friday’s Headlines and Traffic Violence Report 8/28/20
- Traffic Violence
- The Real Reason Buses Were Losing Riders Even Before COVID-19
- Inform the movement to improve walking, biking, and transit by becoming a Streetsblog Denver Intern
August 28, 2020
Thursday’s Headlines 8/27/20
- Shared streets and car-free parks will remain at least through the fall
- Bicyclists, restaurants want to see street closures last longer
- ‘Certain streets are designed to kill’: How U.S. roadways target minorities and the poor
August 27, 2020
Wednesday’s Headlines 8/26/20
- Denver Residents Push To Make Shared Streets Permanent
- RTD Board Picks Transit Exec Debra Johnson As New CEO
- Denver eyes a zoning incentive program that could make housing more affordable
August 26, 2020