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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

Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area Former RTD buses abandoned on city street (KDVR) Heads Up Denver Shoppers, Bag Fee Takes Effect This Week (CBS Local) Denver has cleared out more homeless camps in 6 months than all of 2020 (Denver Post) RTD delays commuter line from Denver to Thornton (Colorado Politics) John Laing : … Continued

Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m.: 46 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 54 (Moderate) Centennial State Missing Cyclist Greg Smith Found Dead In Snowmass Creek (CBS Local) CDOT still reviewing I-25 toll management bid (BizWest) I-25 improvements remain on track despite COVID-19, supply-chain crunch (BizWest) Gov. Jared Polis signs parks bills … Continued

Sure, amending the MUTCD is long overdue. But it's also time to set strong standards that go beyond actual street signage and into the digital realm, advocates say.

So far in 2021, 18 people have died from traffic violence on Denver streets. Three of the victims were on foot, one was on a scooter, and 14 were in vehicles. At this point in 2020, 15 people were victims of traffic violence in Denver, putting us on track for a year even more deadly than 2020.

Travel times will rise dramatically — and by as much as 42 minutes each way in San Francisco! — if cities don't encourage residents to return public buses and trains and stay out of their cars when the coronavirus pandemic is over.

As the COVID-19 outbreak ebbs overseas, cars are returning to the road en masse — and if America wants to avoid a similar surge in violent and toxic motor-vehicle travel, we should start preparing now, advocates say. China, one of the first countries to lift its lockdowns, is already experiencing a surge in motor-vehicle traffic […]

Americans are indeed driving less — up to 94 percent less in some places — as the global COVID-19 pandemic keeps people at home, but rural segments of the country are not doing their share to flatten the curve.

New data reveals that nationwide car traffic dropped 30 percent at the end of last week compared to the same day one month earlier.