Tag: Traffic Fatalities
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EDITORIAL: Politicians tell big lies to celebrate pot
Our state’s highest-ranking politicians must think misery loves company. Gov. Jared Polis and Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper rank among the country’s most enthused advocates of marijuana legalization. Sunday marks the 10-year anniversary of Colorado becoming the first state to legalize recreational pot. State leaders are celebrating like children. They want pot legalization from…
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Denver lowers speed limit on section of Santa Fe Drive
Drivers traveling along a nearly half mile section of Santa Fe Drive will need to slow down from 30 miles per hour to 25 after the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure lowered the speed limit. The new speed limit went into effect on Friday and applies to the roadway on Santa Fe Drive from…
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Traffic deaths ‘a crisis’ in Colorado, officials say
Officials said Tuesday that traffic deaths in Colorado have become “a crisis” after the state had “an unfortunate milestone” last year with the most road fatalities in nearly two decades. Traffic deaths are 50% higher than they were 10 years ago, officials said during a virtual news conference with Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado State…
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Speed changes could be coming to your neighborhood
Speed limits on about 60% of Denver’s streets would drop under one city council member’s yet-to-be-introduced proposal. The proposal will be introduced by Councilman Paul Kashmann on Dec. 1, and if passed, would decrease residential speeds from 25 to 20 mph in all the city’s residential areas. “We’ve gotten a non-stop stream of complaints about…
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Colorado roads are emptier, but deadlier this year
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s stay-at-home order kept many people off the roads for much of the first half of this year. But it didn’t slow traffic deaths. Drivers traveled a total of 22.1 billion miles between Jan. 1…