Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)

Fatal traffic accidents involving pedestrians are increasing statewide – and they’ve more than doubled over the past decade. But it hasn't happened everywhere. The city of Boulder saw zero fatal crashes involving a pedestrian in seven of the past 11 years. Today on In The NoCo, we look at what’s working in Boulder, and how leaders in other cities might get similar results.

Equipped with hundreds of screens and cameras that can zoom in on the roadway up to 2 miles away, the Colorado Department of Transportation's new facility on I-70 aims to increase response times and shorten closures.

Every day in Colorado, we bike, drive or walk on streets that were designed using outdated research and bad assumptions. That’s the premise of the provocative book “Killed by a Traffic Engineer.” Author Wesley Marshall, who teaches at CU Denver, discusses how we should think differently about traffic safety in the third installment of In The NoCo’s Holiday Book Club.

The Colorado Department of Transportation and Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office will be closing I-70 eastbound at the base of Floyd Hill during the morning hours when the intense sunshine can blind drivers.

There’s been a drop in the number of pedestrian and cyclist deaths on Colorado’s roadways. Colorado Sun reporter Olivia Prentzel said preliminary data from the state Department of Transportation showed fewer deaths in the first six months of this year compared to last year, which ended up being an all-time high.

Every day in Colorado, we bike, drive or walk on streets that were designed using outdated research and bad assumptions. That’s the premise of the new book, “Killed by a Traffic Engineer.” We talk with the author about how we should be thinking about traffic safety.

Transportation officials in Colorado and Wyoming are collaborating on a mass transit feasibility study as they consider adding a new bus route between Cheyenne, Wyo., and the northern Front Range in Colorado.

2021 was among the deadliest years on record for Colorado drivers. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, 672 people were killed on state roadways last year, the most since 2002.

Whether you are driving or flying this holiday season, here's what you can expect.

A CDOT study examined different categories of 119,842 vehicles in the top 31 Colorado counties — where 85% of traffic fatalities have occurred in the past — and determined that about 87% of drivers and front seat passengers wear their seatbelt, putting our state below the national average of 90%.