Allen Cowgill

Speed safety cameras are astonishingly successful. We know the tools that reduce traffic violence. Legalize them.
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Edison Bike Bus - Volunteer It takes a village. Volunteers can ride with the bus, cork intersections, help with equipment and supplies, or just cheer on the kids. Parents, neighbors, or anyone else from the community is welcome ...

New #bikebus in Denver starts on Wed at Edison Elementary! Sign up to volunteer to help them out here:

www.edisonbikebus.org/volunteer

E-Bike Rebates Learn how to qualify for a rebate for an electric bike (e-bike) from a participating bike shop. A limited number of e-bike rebate vouchers are available every other month. Plus, learn how to use your ...

Denver’s e-bike rebate program is a massive success story with 10,000+ new e-bikes riding around Denver and over 1,000,000 ebike trips that replaced car trips. That’s 1,400+ tons of greenhouse gas emissions saved every year!
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Will let you know in about an hour if it was

Help me out folks…
Mold or flour?

Are you in the Bike Bus World slack group yet? lots of good collaboration and best practices and the ability to ask advice of others that have been in your shoes.

Third fatal bike crash this part of Denver this year.

"I have lost count of meetings...where I share these experiences [of inequitable treatment in transportation for people with disabilities]...But when it comes to actually implementing ideas or changing how we approach transportation, nothing actually changes. FOR YEARS."

We are so excited to have a very special guest at our DBL Sep social meetup. @activetowns.bsky.social own John Simmerman will be joining us. See you Tuesday on the patio at Schoolyard Beer garden.

Distracted drivers, defiant parents: Denver’s crossing guards get de-escalation training Angry or inattentive drivers pose big risks around schools, but this DPS fleet juggles busy intersections and gaggles of kids twice a day.

I had no idea school a crossing guard's jobs is so intense.

“They blow through that red light. She's blowing her whistle. They are flippin' her off. ” Distracted drivers, defiant parents: Denver’s crossing guards get de-escalation training

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@cprnews.bsky.social #EDUSky

Donate to Fund Research for School Street Permitting reform in Denver, organized by Allen Cowgill We want to bring school streets to Denver. A school street is… Allen Cowgill needs your support for Fund Research for School Street Permitting reform in Denver

Through a GoFundMe community members in Denver hired a public policy researcher to write a white paper on best practices in other cities and compare them to Denver. Follow along here:
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DPS parent pushes for more 'school streets' to keep students who bike, walk to school safe Denver7's Maggie Bryan is looking into a potential solution to increase safety for children, as well as some of the roadblocks parents are facing.

School streets are wildly popular in cities that have started them. We are starting the conversation about what it takes to bring them to Denver
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Check out the cargo bikes and kids bikes in front of Brown Elementary tonight for the school curriculum open house. You love to see it.

Right-wing Sinclair Broadcasting owns all these local media stations and many others all across America. This is not journalism, it is scripted propaganda.

2026 DOTI Budget proposal announced today…

Full details here:
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Before only for us. Others do after school.

Because we could all use something to smile at right now. Please enjoy the Brown #bikebus. Kids love the freedom to ride their bikes on their own if we give them the chance. Thank you to our amazing volunteers @bikebusworld.bsky.social

Signup to volunteer here:
www.brownbikebus.com/volunteer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Governor Polis Orders Flags to Half-Staff to Honor the Anniversary of September 11th and the Passing of Charlie Kirk

Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.

Jared Polis has failed Colorado.

This morning, I could hear my kids having to go through a lockdown drill at their elementary school as I was leaving. This afternoon there was a school shooting in the nearby community of Evergreen. The threat of gun violence is all too real for Americans.
@momsdemand.bsky.social

Another shooting at a Colorado High School. We don’t have to live like this. #EnoughIsEnough

Agenda for today’s DOTI Advisory Board meeting. We are talking about the layoffs, Waymo, Budget and more.

Join online here: www.denvergov.org/Government/A...

A US President threatening to use the military against civilians in an American city is not normal and journalists who choose to ignore or normalize this should explain their choice to the communities they serve.

Update: how embarrassing…

When immigrant rights are under attack, everyone’s rights are under attack. If it can happen to your neighbor, it can happen to you.

Cuando se atacan los derechos de los inmigrantes, se atacan los derechos de todos. Si le puede pasar a tu vecino, te puede pasar a ti.

Wildfires and Climate Change - NASA Science Fire is a natural part of many landscapes, and sometimes it is beneficial to forests and grassland ecosystems that have evolved with fire. Many different

And here is some background research on how forest fires are getting worse with climate change from NASA
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Real-Time Interactive Map by PurpleAir Watch: With two minute updates, PurpleAir sensors are small, easy to install and require only power and WiFi.

For those curious, this is the current air quality map from purple air. You can view it here:
map.purpleair.com

Average person:
Climate change won’t effect me.

Climate change:

CDOT is expanding the use of cameras to issue automated speeding tickets The effort comes as speed-related crashes and deaths increase across the state.

“In fact, the average driver saves just 26 seconds per day by speeding.”

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If you are running for office at any level right now and you aren’t speaking up about Trump’s mass deportation efforts and obvious human rights violations but you claim you will “stand up to Trump” or “Fight Trump” when you win I don’t believe you at all.

"This could be the difference whether your child gets cancer. Are you willing for them to die because the therapy for them is delayed?"

Powerful video with voices from top US scientists on the very real and devastating impacts of the funding cuts.