Tag: War On Cars
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EDITORIAL: Next front in the war on cars? Colorado Blvd.
Colorado Boulevard is almost synonymous with traffic jams. If advocates succeed in putting the road on a diet, the major traffic artery will become curb-to-curb gridlock. The Colorado Department of Transportation is eyeing a bus rapid transit project along the thoroughfare. It’s a model Denver’s own transportation department is pursuing in other parts of the…
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EDITORIAL: Colorado’s war on cars is a war on progress
Vandals hacked several portable, electric traffic signs along the streets of Denver one day last week, changing the message to proclaim, “Cars Ruin Cities.” The same evening, a live recording of “The War on Cars” podcast was underway at the History Colorado Center near the State Capitol. If only that mindset were confined to pranksters…