 Pedestrians Using a Street as a Sidewalk.Seriously? A $700 Million Dollar Public Transit System With no Adjacent Sidewalks? "Promote Transportation Alternatives to the Automobile" & "Promote a Safe Multi-Modal Transportation System." Both quotes from the 2003 Lakewood Colorado Comprehensive Plan, pg.30 13th Avenue and Carr Street, Lakewood, Colorado, 80214, Looking East. June 9, 2012
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THE BACK FENCE NEWSLETTER
The Newsletter Featuring Livable Community Items That Readers Value and Highlights of Happenings Along the West Corridor on the RTD West Rail Line Serving Golden, Lakewood & Denver. |
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Hi Everyone! This is Bill Spriggs and I have found several news articles, links and blogs that I wanted to share along THE BACK FENCE & beyond in this Sunday Edition, June 17, 2012. |
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West Corridor, Denver & Region
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>Lakewood, Tuesday, June 19, 6:30am-8pm
Cops, Council & Community Forum
Lakewood City Councilors from Ward 1, Karen Kellen, Ramey Johnson & Ward 2 Councilors, Cindy Baroway & Scott Koop and the Lakewood Police Dept will host a public forum on Family Safety. Presentations will include what to do in an emergency; Family Emergency Plans; How to Protect Teens Using the Internet.
Clements Community Center, 1580 Yarrow St, Lakewood, CO 80214. The community center is located 0.4 miles from the future Lakewood-Wadsworth Light Rail Station - 9 minute walk, 2 minute bike ride.
[Comment to below: Thanks Denver Post for Providing our lead citation to our upcoming advocacy in the West Corridor to get people out of their cars]
The Denver Post.com
Editorial: A Bike-Friendly Colorado is a Healthy Colorado
June 17, 2012
Making Colorado's cities and towns more bike-friendly promotes better lifestyles - and more fit Coloradans.
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DC.StreetsBlog.org
Boxer Changes Her Tone, Adopts a Fighting Stance
By Tanya Snyder, Jun 14, 2012
The transportation bill conference committee negotiations have been difficult and contentious, by all accounts - all except Senator Barbara Boxer's account. The EPW chair has been optimistic when others have been bitter, consistently focusing on how much the two sides agree rather than the places where they're still far apart.
WashingtonPost.com
Baby Boomers Had Better Embrace Change By William H. Frey, Jun 08, 2012 Recent census numbers show that white babies are, for the first time, a minority of all births, putting an exclamation point on a trend that has been building for decades. A glance around schoolyards and community centers shows that children are becoming more racially and ethnically diverse than ever.
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Blogs.WallStreetJournal.com
What's Next For Housing? More Sprawl By Robbie Whelan, Jun 14, 2012 As legend has it, Mark Twain once gave this famous investment advice: "Buy land; they're not making it anymore."
READ MORE...TheAtlanticCities.com
What if Mayors Ruled the World? By Richard Florida, Jun 13, 2012 "We're the level of government closest to the majority of the world's people. While nations talk, but too often drag their heels-cities act."
READ MORE...TheAtlanticCities.com
Strip Malls and Big Box Stores Linked to Increased Traffic Deaths Among Seniors By Nate Berg, Jun 12, 2012
Strip malls, big-box shopping centers and arterial roads are some of the most common elements of North American communities. They're in cities and suburbs all over the continent. They may also be causing senior citizens to crash their cars or get hit by cars at significantly higher rates than other parts of town.
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International (when available)
| ThePolisBlog.org
Brussel Residents Picnic to Reclaim the Streets June 13, 2012
At least 2,000 residents of Brussels took to the streets last Sunday to demand more room for pedestrians and cyclists in the city center. With a picnic on one of the central avenues, they blocked car traffic for a couple of hours.
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I'm On A Bike! [Safety film for kids]
By Melanie Colavito, Jun 14, 2012
This is, without a doubt, the best bike safety video I have ever seen. Set to a fun hip-hop beat, with great appearances from students and staff at Hawthorne Elementary School in Missoula, Montana, this song is sure to stick in your head. I especially like the teachers riding through the hallways. Very fun!
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Things you need to know along the West Corridor
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>Denver Union Station Historic Summer Tours, June 28, July 12, & July 26, 2012 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
The Denver Union Station Project Authority (DUSPA) will be conducting free guided tours of the Denver Union Station redevelopment site this summer. This guided tour will emphasis the early station history and famous travelers who visited Denver by Train. The tour will also tell visitors about all the exciting new features that will soon be part of, and surround, the historic station. The one-hour tour will start inside the Great Train Hall at the historic station, 1701 Wynkoop Street. Participation is limited to 35 people per tour. To reserve your spot, visit. RSVP here [Scroll down on left]
[Note: in just 11 short months West Corridor residents will be able bike to a West Rail Line station, jump on board with their bikes, get off at Union Station & cycle just six blocks to Coors Field and LEAVE THE CAR BEHIND. But until then, those of you adventurous souls who can commute to downtown, check out the facilities in place this year.] 
2012 schedule of Ride to the Rockies Games July 01, Aug 05, & Sept 02. All games are Sunday Day games. Over the course of 20 games this season the Rockies along with media partners ROOT SPORTS, 850 KOA and The Denver Post will once again be enlisting players and fans toward making a positive impact on the environment through the 2012 Games of Green initiative. NEXT BIKE TO THE GAME! WHEN: Sunday, July 01, for the game against the San Diego Padres. Bike lot opens at 11:30 a.m. and closes 10 minutes after the game ends.
WHERE: Coors Field, the special Bike to the Game secure parking lot at 21st and Blake St., across from Gate C.
WHAT: Check in at the Bike to the Game Tent at the entrance to the bike lot at 21st and Blake to enter a drawing for great prizes, like a Rockies Batting Practice experience, Rockies tickets, autographed items and more. >Lakewood/Denver, Friday, June 29, 2012 9:30am Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Sheridan Parking Structure! 9:30am on the NW corner of 10th Avenue and Sheridan Blvd. Speakers at the event include Mayor Michael B. Hancock; RTD General Manager Phil Washington; ULC Real Estate Manager Debra Bustos; RTD Board Member, Angie Malpiede; and Scott Conrad. The very popular RTD West Corridor bus tours are back!! All tours will be from 9am to 11am on the 3rd Friday of the month (July thru Sept). Each reservation that is made is for one seat only; please sign-up all attendees individually. You will receive e-mail confirmation within one week of your registration. Click here to register
AUGUST 20-26th, 2012
SEPTEMBER 21-23RD, 2012
Denver Union Station
Construction Cam
Golden Jeffco Station
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Wish You Could Find an Apartment/Condo near a Light Rail Station? As part of TBF's continuing efforts to bring TOD's to the West Corridor & elsewhere, this link from Walk Score.com will now be a permanent feature. Thanks. |
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Residential Real Estate Agents
Who Get the "Big Picture" of Transit Oriented Living
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Things You Need to Know Around the Region
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>What is the Better Block?
The "Better Block" project is a community revitalization effort that temporarily demonstrates how to improve a street with pedestrian and public infrastructure mixed with art, culture, pop-up businesses and street life. For one day, the project will fill vacant storefronts, create pedestrian seating areas, provide landscaping and street furniture, redraw the street, provide live music, and more. Better Block aims to create quick, inexpensive, high-impact changes that lead to permanent solutions for areas in Denver.
>Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Bike to Work Day in the Denver Region Get set to win prizes for individual and business challenge categories.
Pedal to Work instead of driving the old burdenmobile.
Remember: A bicycle burn fat and saves you money
A Car burns money and makes you fat. Click here to learn more. |
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| The opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of William A. Spriggs and no one else. |
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