Denver voters overwhelmingly support the City’s plans to increase safety and mobility options

You may have heard that our city has reached a “tipping point” in its non-car transportation patterns, that we’re nearing the glorious intersection of safe, accessible bike infrastructure and a lot of two-wheeled vehicles carrying folks…

2020 Census & Group Quarters

2020 Census & Group Quarters Beyond counting traditional households, the Census Bureau also counts those living or staying in group quarters. Group Quarters include: Group Homes Nursing…

How Safe Is Public Transit As The Coronavirus Spreads In Colorado?

Some of our listeners have asked how thoroughly public transportation in Colorado is being cleaned, and what to do if they notice a sick passenger on their ride.

Colorado Department of Human Services March 6th, 2020

Adams’ County Diversity and Inclusion Division Diversity: The condition of having or being composed of differing elements, values, experiences, knowledge, and strengths, acknowledging each individual, and recognizing their individuality. AND Inclusivity: The…

RTD Board Meeting March 10th

There was committee meetings last night. First, communications committee, and customer service committee: Under communications committee there was robust discussion on reduction of services and canceling service. The light rail service…

Jeffco LCC meeting March 6th

Karin Jeffco HS: Karin from Jefferson County Human Services spoke about the plan with Age Friendly Community development and how the focus is on the 8 domains of livability. They are: Transportation, Housing, Health Services, Sociable Communities,…

America is Spending Billions Just to Make Traffic Worse

The phenomenon of induced demand isn’t news to Streetsblog readers. But a new report from Transportation for America illustrates exactly how stupid lane widenings really are.
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Caring for the Lyft community

The health and safety of Lyft's community is our priority. With recent news around coronavirus (COVID-19), we know you may have questions about how we can all do our part to keep the community healthy. We want to share the actions we're taking…

Expanding highways and building more roads actually makes traffic worse

More roads, more expenses, more congestion: a new report argues America’s transit policy gridlock is costing us billions of dollars

Why the US Sucks at Building Public Transit

America is worse at building and operating public transit than nearly all of its peers. Why is that? And what can we do to fix it?