The Public Health Case Against CDOT’s I-70 Expansion Reaches a Federal Judge Tomorrow
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North Denver community groups and the Sierra Club are challenging Governor Hickenlooper's bid to build a wider urban freeway.
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CDOT, City Tout Signal Tweaks on Federal Blvd as Denver Waits for a Real Redesign
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More changes should be on the way. "We need to look at everything — everything we can do to make the roadway safer," said Colorado DOT Executive Director Michael Lewis.
Colorado Traffic Deaths Rise Again, and Again Colorado DOT Tries to Deflect Blame
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CDOT boss Michael Lewis said traffic deaths are mostly a matter of individual responsibility and "education," not the design of transportation systems, but that runs counter to everything we know about places with safe streets.
Hickenlooper Insists That Widening I-70 Is Good for Denver’s Health and Air Quality
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Expanding I-70 requires digging up contaminated soil from a Superfund site in the country's most polluted ZIP code. But Hickenlooper stuck to his claims that adding more car lanes will be good for our air quality and our health.
Federal Judge Declines to Issue Injunction Against CDOT’s I-70 Widening
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A federal judge yesterday ruled against plaintiffs seeking to halt the Colorado Department of Transportation's project to widen I-70 through mostly low-income, Latino neighborhoods in north Denver.
DPW Says Pedestrian Bridge at 47th and York Coming in 2020
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At the same time, however, CDOT plans to make walking more dangerous by widening York Street.