Transportation reads: Guy who started The Race to the Clouds, sad bike scenes and 100 sketches for a train logo
My three favorite transportation reads of the day: a “bottom-of-his-class” Harvard grad who invented a gnarly-sounding race, the things we put in bikes lanes that aren’t bikes and more.
The second-oldest auto race in the United States is back this weekend. If speeding up over 4,700 feet of hill and 156 turns sounds awesome, just imagine doing it on a dirt. Westword tells the story of Spencer Penrose, the man who made Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, also known as The Race to the Clouds. (We’ve recently written about electric vehicles competing in the race.)
As a bike commuter, Streetsblog Denver’s Sad Scenes From Denver’s Bike to Work Day should make me want to cry. But seeing a crowd of tourists standing in Arapahoe’s protected bike lane just makes me laugh for some reason. Maybe Bike to Work Day 2017 will be the year that everyone stays out of the bike lane.
The New Haven Railroad logo outlasted its company by almost 50 years. The secret, reports CityLab, was Herbert Matter, who tried out 100 different sketches before settling on one.

This year’s XicanIndie FilmFest at Su Teatro is now accepting submissions

No, you can’t openly carry a firearm in Denver, and other things you should know about the city’s gun laws

Denver’s new shared bike and scooter system is picking up steam. Here’s what we know.

Senator John Hickenlooper was gifted a “Cardboard Cory” Gardner

How local, state and federal authorities are planning for Inauguration Day in Denver

Some Cap Hill residents are bracing for right-wing riots, while others say next week won’t be worse than what they’ve seen on Colfax

Things to do in Denver this weekend without spreading the coronavirus, Jan. 15-17

Less than 4 percent of Denverites have received an initial COVID-19 vaccine dose

Denver has given businesses and nonprofits $14 million in COVID-19 relief money

Denver Police Department is still learning, Chief Pazen says as city council presses him on protest response

Everyone dies, so why not go out as a tree?


Denver can now spend up to $50 million on gas a year. And premium only, please, for DPD’s Harleys.

Would you like to paint a huge, inclusive mural for the Denver Art Museum?

Denver is in the middle of a post-Christmas COVID spike


Colorado Attorney General opens a grand jury investigation into the Elijah McClain case

Denver’s cataloguing its Latino and Chicano history through places and buildings

Things to do in Denver this weekend without spreading the coronavirus, Jan. 8-10
