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Friday’s Headlines 9/3/21: Fatal car crash at 6th and Downing
Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area 1 dead in Denver crash at 6th Ave. and Downing (Fox 31) RTD service changes take effect Sept. 5 (Fox 31) Cyclists Celebrate New Underpasses Along High Line Canal Trail (CBS Denver) Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m.: 70 (Moderate) Yesterday’s max: 108 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) Centennial State … Continued
September 3, 2021
Monday’s Headlines 8/30/21: 3 dead, 3 injured after weekend motorcycle crashes
Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area 3 dead, 3 injured after series of motorcycle crashes in Denver (The Denver Gazette) Denver police crack down on illegal street racing (Fox 31) Metro Denver’s RTD to get more than $304 million from federal stimulus (Colorado Politics) The Colorado cycling challenge building muscle and bonds (The Gazette) Denver … Continued
August 30, 2021
Friday’s Headlines 8/27/21: Pedestrian fatally struck by driver in Aurora
Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area Pedestrian fatally struck by vehicle in Aurora (9 News) Woman dies after assault on RTD bus in Aurora (Sentinel Colorado) U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg awards $304.2 million grant to Denver the grant will fund RTD (Fox 21) Man dies in head-on crash involving garbage truck on Tower Road (Fox … Continued
August 27, 2021
Tuesday’s Headlines 8/17/21: Seven shared streets opening to cars
Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area Seven of Denver’s closed streets will return to pre-COVID-19 configurations (Fox 31) Urban tree canopy is a placemaking all-star (The Denver Post) Looking for a job? RTD hiring bus, train operators, mechanics (Fox 31) Ride Sharing prices are surging around metro-Denver (Fox 31) RTD Suspends BroncosRide Bus Service To … Continued
August 17, 2021
Monday’s Headlines 8/16/21: Mapping Denver’s growth
Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area Denver maps show neighborhood changes, new (and sometimes empty) homes, and more from Census data (Denverite) Colorado’s Front Range rail is still just an idea, but a Midwestern train shows what it could be (The Denver Post) Man dies in motorcycle crash Saturday evening (9 News) Many calling for … Continued
August 16, 2021
Monday’s Headlines 8/9/21: Forget 7th, we’re number 1.
Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area Denver ranks No. 1 in list of international cities for air pollution Saturday but by all means, drive your car as much as you’d like (The Denver Post) Denver Records Worst Air Quality of Any Major City in World as Wildfires Burn (Slate) Poor Air Quality Persists Across Colorado, … Continued
August 9, 2021
Friday’s Headlines 8/6/21: The next phase of shared streets is to get rid of some shared streets
Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area The next phase of shared streets is to get rid of some shared streets — and plan for permanent ones (Denverite) Denver ranked among the top-5 most-polluted cities in the world Thursday (9 News) Boston transit employee paid $220,000-plus working for Boston and RTD in Denver (The Denver Post) … Continued
August 6, 2021
Wednesday’s Headlines 8/4/21: How can we clean the air, reduce traffic, and expand job opportunity?
Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area Opinion: We already have a tool that can clean the air, reduce traffic, and expand job opportunity: the bus (The Colorado Sun) Authorities have recovered a body at City Park lake after getting call of cyclist who went in and did not resurface (Denverite) Auraria Bike Pavilions by Colorado … Continued
August 4, 2021
Tuesday’s Headlines 8/3/21: RTD bus driver attacked on duty
Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area RTD driver attacked on duty, woman gets caught on bus (Fox 31) Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run in east Denver; driver at-large (Denver Gazette) Denver’s air quality got even worse than the last time we wrote this headline (Denverite) The woman who hit a protester with her car in Denver … Continued
August 3, 2021
Today’s Headlines 7/9/21: Uber driver clocked at 102 mph
Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area Uber driver clocked at 102 mph in Lakewood — with passenger in the car our infrastructure makes excessive speeds possible (Fox 31) Study provides insights into achieving equitable bicycling infrastructure (Bicycle Retailer) Denver Moves Everyone: Answer Survey About Planning For More Cars, Buses And Bikes (CBS Denver) Suspended light rail service … Continued
July 9, 2021