Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about traffic

Auto Right-of-Way Laws Are Where America Went Wrong

By Kea Wilson | Mar 3, 2020 | No Comments

Before the widespread adoption of the automobile, every road user had to think critically about whose turn it was to go — and a pedestrian in a car's path *always* meant the driver had to stand down.

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Op-Ed: Portland’s Costly Highway Mistake

By Eve Kessler | Dec 26, 2019 | No Comments

The city should reverse course and cancel the expansion of Interstate 5.

Elaine L. Chao (Secretary of Transportation, United States of America) at the plenary session on "Connecting regions for sustainable growth" at the International Transport Forums 2019 Summit on Transport Connectivity for Regional Integration in Leipzig, Germany, on 22 May 2019.

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Urban Transportation Funding To Fall as Rural America Cashes In Under Trump

By Aaron Short | Dec 4, 2019 | No Comments

It's a great time to be living in the middle of nowhere as President Trump directs more transportation funds to his rural base.

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Former Mass Gov. Mike Dukakis: Driving Is For Turkeys

By Aaron Short | Dec 1, 2019 | No Comments

"Don’t spend any more money on highways," says Mike Dukakis, the former Massachusetts governor and onetime Democratic presidential nominee.

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Connecticut’s Transportation Plan Stymies Its Future

By Aaron Short | Nov 19, 2019 | No Comments

What is Gov. Ned Lamont doing building all these new roads to compete with transit?

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Robot Cars of the Future Can’t Fix Traffic, Pollution, Sprawl

By Aaron Short | Nov 1, 2019 | No Comments

A new study shows traffic congestion in cities will become significantly worse if autonomous vehicles proliferate.

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NYC Banished Cars for Buses — Your City Can, Too!

By Aaron Short | Oct 21, 2019 | No Comments

Some great advice and lessons from TransitCenter Director of Research Steven Higashide, author of "Better Buses, Better Cities: How to Plan, Run, and Win the Fight for Effective Transit."

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House Transportation Comm. Chairman Rips Uber, Lyft

By Aaron Short | Oct 21, 2019 | No Comments

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio had invited representatives from Uber and Lyft to sit on a panel discussing the future of transportation network companies. On Monday, he learned ride hail officials declined to participate, so DeFazio used his opening remarks to lambast both companies for contributing to longer traffic delays and higher […]

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Report: Drivers Inhale More Pollution than Cyclists

By Aaron Short | Oct 8, 2019 | No Comments

Poetic justice: People who drive end up being exposed to more pollution from their cars than people who ride bikes or walk, a new report found.

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Report: Federal Highway Aid Is Rigged

By Aaron Short | Oct 3, 2019 | No Comments

The Eno Center argues that the federal government should value safety and the environment when doling out billions in highway funds to states.

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The Small-City Vision Zero Challenge

By Don Kostelec | Sep 24, 2019 | No Comments

Smaller cities with limited budgets present particular traffic-safety problems. Here's how some transportation planners managed the issues.

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