Posts about Colorado

FTC is pro-Uber: The Federal Trade Commission opposes Colorado regulations that would have stopped services like Uber from helping people get rides in many areas. (Transportation Nation) ... Does this bode poorly for efforts to stop Uber in DC? (Comment)

Bike sharing for all, but not in Denver: Denver's B-cycle bike sharing only serves dense neighborhoods, stirring criticism that it doesn't serve poor or minority areas. (Denver Post) ... DC made the opposite choice, factoring equity into location decisions. (Comment)

DC would not be alone: Contracting or "privatizing" the streetcar wouldn't be unusual: Denver is doing the same. (BeyondDC) ... But what would be the incentive for a company to finance a streetcar if it can't make extra money? (RPUS) (Comment)

Slow down to speed up: On a mountain stretch of I-70, Colorado discovered they can move cars faster if, paradoxically, they force them to move slower. (Slate) (Comment)

And...: The ban on bikes in Black Hawk, CO, goes to the state supreme court. (Streetsblog) ... Montréal, which experienced an infrastructure boom 40 years ago, finds its highways crumbling fast. (Globe & Mail) ... Curbside parking looks much better when compared to the alternatives. (NUN) (Comment)

A pedestrian bridge across the Anacostia?: David Garber used a nice pedestrian bridge in Denver and wants to bring one to the Anacostia. (TBD) ... A pedestrian bridge is actually part of two of the Poplar Point options considered 2 years ago. (Comment)

Denver kills diagonal crossings: The home of the first Barnes Dance, Denver will dismantle all of the city's 45 diagonal crossings. The traffic light timing is being lengthened to accommodate longer light rail trains. (Denver Post) (Comment)

And...: WTU president George Parker lost his reelection bid to a more militantly anti-reform candidate. (Post) ... Vince Gray will have lunch with President Obama today. (TBD) ... Dan Malouff of BeyondDC is now participating in a new group blog like GGW, but in Denver. (Comment)

Hit-and-run driver avoids felony charge: A Colorado DA has decided not to bring felony charges against accused hit-and-run driver Martin Erzinger, a wealth manager for "ultra high net worth" clients, because a felony indictment could damage his career. Erzinger is accused of rear-ending a bicyclist Steven Milo and then fleeing the scene. (Vail Daily, cminus) Update: The DA says the press reports are incorrect. (Comment)

Bike-Share Your Way to Global Tyranny: Colorado gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes says that Denver's membership in the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives is "converting Denver into a United Nations community." Bike-sharing programs are apparently typical of this one-world philosophy and just the tip of the iceberg to shredding the Constitution. There's no mention of the geopolitical consequences of importing oil, though. (Denver Post) (Comment)

Crash tax?: Denver is considering charging a "crash tax" for people who get in at-fault crashes to pay for emergency response costs. It would just apply to non-residents. (Denver Daily, Michael P.) (Comment)

Gambling yes, bikes no: Black Hawk, Colorado allows gambling, but has prohibited bicycling. Why? Because with all the cars, "there's really not a lot of room for bikes," and city officials think it's better for the casinos to keep bikes out. (Nelson Garcia/9NEWS Denver, Jaime Fearer) (Comment)

And...: WABA is giving out free bike lights in DC and Alexandria (Gavin Baker) ... Downtown Boulder is running out of bike parking (Daily Camera, Michael P) ... That "cash for carpooling" program is now up and running for commuters from Bethesda to Tysons, MD-295 to I-270, or DC to NoVA on I-395. (ReadySetDC) (Comment)

Entitled Driver Syndrome alive and well: BeyondDC finds this PostSecret postcard which reads, "When I see cyclists in the middle of the road on my way to CHURCH, I'm tempted to knock them down!" Meanwhile, some drivers in Boulder, Colorado plan to drive really slowly on the wrong side of the road to interfere with an organized bicycle ride. (BeyondDC, WashCycle) (Comment)

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