Tag: Vision Zero
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Denver police writing speeding tickets again as traffic deaths climb under Vision Zero
There’s a memo out to anyone grown accustomed to running red lights or cruising the freeway at 20 miles per hour over the posted limit. They’re back. Denver police officers are writing traffic tickets again, and for some road stretches, the city is prepping fixed cameras to capture speeders in the act. Court records provided…
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EDITORIAL: Denver’s ‘Vision Zero’ jumps the curb
Whatever the intended “vision” of Denver’s vaunted “Vision Zero” agenda for reducing traffic-related deaths and injuries, the policy hasn’t worked. It may even be contributing to the problem. That’s the most telling takeaway from an eye-opening, in-depth news report last week in The Denver Gazette. As The Gazette’s report noted, Denver streets and intersections have…
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Vision Zero: As Denver doubles down, fatalities keep climbing
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A decade ago, Denver became one of many U.S. cities to adopt a bold, new model of traffic safety — one that envisioned an end to the hundreds of serious injuries and dozens of fatalities that plague the streets each year. Fast forward to today, and Denver streets and intersections show a widening array of…
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Denver streets official pressed by councilmembers on change of plans along Alameda Avenue
Denver City Councilmembers pressed Amy Ford, executive director of Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, for details following a public outcry over changes to its “lane repurposing project” on East Alameda Avenue. Councilmembers wrote Mayor Mike Johnston last week after a television news story was aired, alleging that the city had succumbed to lobbying pressure…
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Former chief traffic engineer says DOTI was right to scale back Alameda ‘road diet’ plan
Was the city right to back off on its plan to narrow Denver’s busy East Alameda Avenue from four lanes of traffic to just two lanes — settling instead on a plan that eliminates a single lane and leaves two eastbound traffic lanes intact? Absolutely, said former Denver Chief Traffic Engineer Dennis Royer. Royer, who…
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Impaired driving deaths drop in Colorado, but pedestrian fatalities increase
CDOT claims blank blank are helping reduce fatalities
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Multiple pedestrian versus car crashes kills one, injures four others across Denver
One woman was killed after she was hit by a vehicle at Third Avenue and Federal Boulevard. This is the third traffic related death of 2023 and one of two pedestrian versus car crashes Denver Police responded to early Sunday morning. Denver Police first reported the incident at 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Federal Boulevard was closed between…
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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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Denver parking meter rates double to $2 an hour
For the first time in 20 years, parking meter rates increased in the city of Denver on Monday, doubling from $1 to $2 an hour. This change was part of Mayor Michael Hancock’s 2022 budget plan, expected to generate an additional $9.5 million annually for safety and mobility improvements in the city, according to the…