Denver officials OK pricey repairs and a facelift for wrinkly 16th Street Mall despite outcry over other priorities

A makeover of the 16th Street Mall took a major step forward Monday when the Denver City Council approved an agreement that funnels earmarked tax dollars into the project.

Did PPP Loans Really Save 900,000 Colorado Jobs During The Coronavirus Shutdown?

The U.S. government recently released data on how roughly $700 billion in taxpayer funds earmarked for small businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic is being spent. The numbers don’t necessarily show what they appear to at first gla…

To Fight Racism, Transit Has a Key Role

One hot day in my hometown of Riverside, California, 25 years ago, I finally discerned the source of the clicking sound I often heard as I walked down the city’s sidewalks — it turned out to be people in nearby cars locking their doors at…

Statewide Mask Order – What does this mean for transit?

Half of Americans Want Drivers Who Drive More to Pay More

Nearly half of Americans think it’s time to rethink how we fund our road infrastructure by switching from a federal gas tax — which theoretically rewards drivers for choosing greener cars, but doesn’t always deter excessive driving itself…

FCC Grants Two Conditional Certifications for IP Captioned Telephone Service Using Only Automatic Speech Recognition

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted two conditional certifications to MachineGenius and Clarity to provide Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS) using only automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology. ASR…

16th Street Mall Upgrade and a Petition to Stop It

Ambitious plans are in place to refurbish Denver's iconic 16th Street Mall. But a petition signed by nearly 3,000 people to date calls for Denver City Council to squelch the project and redirect the millions of dollars set aside for it to Denver…

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Governor, Legislators Announce Members of RTD Accountability Committee

DENVER - Governor Jared Polis, Senator Faith Winter, Chair of the Senate Transportation & Energy Committee, and Representative Matt Gray, Chair of the House Transportation & Local Government Committee today announced appointments to…

Berkeley To Become the First US City To De-Cop Traffic Enforcement

The California city of Berkeley will become the first in the United States to take police officers out of traffic enforcement and replace them with unarmed employees of a newly formed Department of Transportation.