Remembering the People Killed While Walking and Biking on Denver Streets in 2017
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Last year, 51 people lost their lives in traffic crashes, including 14 people walking and one person biking.
Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about traffic violence
Cars Are Not Sentient Beings With Free Will
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We've been through this a million times before — it's a matter of accuracy, not semantics.
In Memory of Those Who Lost Their Lives to Dangerous Denver Streets
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The names and faces of the people walking and biking who needlessly lost their lives just trying to get around Denver this year (so far).
CDOT Seeks High-Tech Safety Fix While Its Streets Remain Stuck in the 1950s
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So far this year, drivers have killed seven people walking and biking on Denver’s wide and fast urban highways, overseen in part by the Colorado Department of Transportation. Now CDOT is asking for help fix the problem with tech. The agency launched a contest Friday that “calls on citizens to concept innovative solutions” to keep pedestrians and […]
Denver Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths Have Already Surpassed 2015’s Total
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It’s been a deadly week on Denver streets. Drivers have killed three people simply trying to cross the street. One victim, whom Denver PD has not named, was struck while crossing in a wheelchair at 29th and Colorado. Another, Karina Pulec, was trying to cross 13th at Broadway when Norlan Estrada-Reyes allegedly hit her with […]
A Driver, Not a Car, Killed Colleen O’Connor. It Was a Crash, Not an Accident.
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Colleen O’Connor’s family, friends, and Denver Post colleagues are remembering her 60-year-long life after a driver named Jesus Carreno, 23, ended it Wednesday night on 1st Avenue near Downing Street. Her death marks the ninth pedestrian killed this year by a driver in Denver. O’Connor recently wrote about street improvements on Broadway meant to make […]