'This is real. It's not just another tweet from the police department.'
, Toftness called the incident a"reminder of the deadly system we continue to uphold."
Traffic fatalities in Denver have increased every year since 2017 — when Denver committed to an initiative called Vision Zero, which seeks to eliminate traffic fatalities entirely. Most fatalities or serious injuries from traffic incidents have involved people in cars; since 2013, 32 people have died on bikes compared to 301 people in cars; eighteen have died on a low-power or stand-up electric scooter.
"White posts and rubber curbs will separate people in cars from people on bikes and scooters along Market and Blake streets," Kuhn notes."The bike infrastructure is very visible, and it will be obvious to drivers that we have carved out space on the roadway for people on bikes and scooters to use, with the goal of improving safety for these more vulnerable road users.
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