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Opinion: No question: Colorado’s population growth is unsustainable
As we head into 2022, you cannot help but witness massive construction cranes towering over the Denver skyline. Each one equates to another 40-story apartment building or skyscraper pushing into the Brown Cloud over the city. When you drive along Sheridan, Wadsworth or many other streets, you see endless construction of condos crammed into every […]
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Opinion: 20 may be plenty, but it’s not much help, either
An ordinance reducing the speed limit from 25 mph to 20 mph on unstriped residential streets in Denver recently was approved by City Council under the rubric “20 is plenty”—a pretty catchy slogan, but much ado about very little. Yet, it’s going to cost $1.3 to $1.5 million to implement. It’s true, speed kills. But […]
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Opinion: On the edge of the Marshall inferno, drivers worked in concert to avert trouble
The first sparks of the Marshall fire started about a mile and a half from where I live. My older sister and I live in South Boulder. Molly lives in an assisted living facility and I live in an apartment half a mile from her. The night before, I’d made a plan to visit my […]
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Opinion: We already have a tool that can clean the air, reduce traffic, and expand job opportunity: the bus
Last year was one for the record books, as evidenced by historic wildfires burning throughout the state as late as October. The harsh consequences of our car-oriented transportation system become more evident each day as communities both locally and across the country face devastating wildfires, flooding, unprecedented heat, and more poor-air-quality days than good ones. […]
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Woman who hit deer killed after being hit by another vehicle
A woman who hit a deer while driving south of Denver was hit and killed by another vehicle after getting out of her vehicle and at least nine people were injured on Monday, authorities said. The crashes happened on southbound Interstate 25 near Castle Rock at around 1 a.m. The woman was thrown into the […]
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Denver man in anti-Semitic group arrested in Florida after refusing to follow police commands during a traffic stop
MIAMI — A member of an anti-Semitic group was arrested in Miami after he refused to follow police commands during a traffic stop, authorities said. The group calls itself the Goyim Defense League and regularly engages in stunts to harass Jewish people, the Miami Herald reported. Last week, they were in central Florida protesting at a […]
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Opinion: Colorado is growing fast, and our roads must keep pace
Anyone who has lived in the Denver metro region, even just for a few years, acutely feels the rapid population growth, and the corresponding strain on roads and highways. Colorado’s highways were designed for a population of 3.5 million people. The state now has 5.8 million residents with that number projected to hit 7.9 million […]
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Here are the new gas and road-usage fees behind Colorado Democrats’ $4 billion transportation plan
Colorado drivers would begin paying a new fee of 2 cents on every gallon of gas they purchase starting in July 2022 under legislation Democratic state lawmakers are expected to introduce in the coming weeks. That fee, which would not require voter approval, would increase to 8 cents per gallon starting in July 2028 under […]
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Shoshana Lew and Karen Stuart: Transparency in Colorado transportation starts with talking to our neighbors
No one needs to explain our state’s growing transportation needs to Coloradans. They live it every day, whether sitting in traffic during rush hour or on Interstate 70 on a weekend, driving harrowing mountain passes or rural narrow shoulders when passing a slow moving trailer, dodging potholes or awaiting a late bus to work or […]