No, Colorado DOT, Balloons Won’t Stop Drivers From Killing People on Dangerous Streets
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Another tone deaf PR campaign does nothing to solve a systemic problem.
Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about CDOT
Denver Post Regurgitates Colorado DOT’s Talking Points on I-70
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To have the Post tell it, widening an interstate through city neighborhoods is actually a community connector, a jobs program, an affordable housing solution, an investment in our children, and a boon for outdoor recreation. That must be why so many cities are solving their problems these days by spending billions of dollars on traffic-generating, sprawl-inducing highway expansion projects.
To Beat Congestion, Colorado Can’t Rely on the Same Bag of Road Expansion Tricks
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The report, which examined the turn-of-the-century expansion of I-25 known as T-REX, says that these managed lanes would expand the capacity of the corridor for everyone while providing a "congestion-free" option for drivers and better transit for people who don't drive — without a widening that would be financially and physically impossible.
Second Lawsuit This Week Opens Up Another Front in the Fight Against CDOT’s I-70 Widening
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The Sierra Club, Elyria and Swansea Neighborhood Association, Chaffee Park Neighborhood Association, and the Colorado Latino Forum claim that pollution from the traffic-inducing project will violate the Clean Air Act.
Opponents of CDOT’s I-70 Widening File Suit Against the Federal Highway Administration
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In February, Colorado Department of Transportation Director Shailen Bhatt told a group of people fighting the widening of I-70 through north Denver neighborhoods to "sue us." The advocates took his advice.
Look at All The Dirt Paths CDOT Won’t Turn Into Sidewalks While it Repaves Sheridan Blvd
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Scenes like these show the disparity between what CDOT Executive Director Shailen Bhatt says he cares about — moving people, not just cars, safely — and what his agency does.