Joe Biden Becomes the First Traffic Violence Widower to Hold the U.S. Presidency
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Joe Biden is president – the first one in U.S. history who's lost a child and a spouse to our national traffic violence epidemic.
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Tuesday’s Headlines 01/19/2021 and Denver’s New Shared Bike and Scooter System
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Two Denver hit-and-run crashes this weekend. Denver’s new shared bike and scooter system. New RTD pilot CollegePass program for Auraria students.
Headlines Will Return on Tuesday
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We recommend the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission’s virtual Marade and other events.
How to Stop Giving Parking Developers A Free Ride
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There are good reasons of efficiency and fairness for asking parking lot owners to pay more toward dealing with the costs they impose. A tax on parking could be one way to get it done.
Four Unanswered Questions about Biden’s Transportation Relief Plan
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Transit advocates are applauding President-elect Biden's COVID-19 relief plan, but wonder whether it will be enough to save the green modes that millions of Americans rely on.
Friday’s Headlines 01/15/2021 and Colorado’s New Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap
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Polis releases Colorado Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap. MLK, Jr. Holiday Marade goes virtual. Transit money rolls into Roaring Fork Valley. More headlines.
NHTSA Blames Everyone But Itself For Crash Spike
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The Trump administration's top roadway safety agency offered a final kiss-off to America by blaming drivers for killing each other so much last year – with zero acknowledgement of the administration's own failures to implement life-saving policies.
Talking Headways Podcast: ‘Intro to the City’
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How do Black and Hispanic kids feel when they go into a Whole Foods? Not welcome, that's for sure. And therein lies a major problem.
Thursday’s Headlines 01/14/2021 and the “State Highway Director”
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RTD GM questions Boulder train. Denver planning walk-up vaccinations. Colorado Politics "geeks out" on highways. More headlines.
Drivers Are Still Top Polluters, Even During Quarantine
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Not even months of quarantine orders that confined millions of Americans to their homes were enough to unseat passenger vehicle trips as the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, a new study finds.
Wednesday’s Headlines 01/13/2021 and Some Mobility-Minded Meetings
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A fascinating history of roundabouts. Legislators talk transportation funding. Some mobility-minded meetings. More headlines.
Tuesday’s Headlines 01/12/2021 and Colorado Pedestrian Deaths Increased 89% from 2008 to 2018
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Colorado pedestrian deaths increased by 89% from 2008 to 2018, and Black and Latino populations are over-represented. #coleg could let RTD lower fares. Concerns grow over transportation to get COVID-19 vaccine. More headlines.