Colorado

One of our Colorado's most popular summer spots turned into a memorial on Monday. Crews from the Colorado Department of Transportation placed hundreds of signs that pay tribute to victims of speed-related crashes on some of the rows at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

Hundreds of Signs Go Up on Rows of Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Tribute to Victims of Speed-related Crashes in Colorado

Story by Jesse Sarles
August 20, 2024

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May 22, 2024

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As summer driving season kicks off, three states receive funding to help law enforcement identify and remove impaired drivers from the road

GHSA, Responsibility.org and the National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving (NASID) have awarded more than $86,000 to three states for initiatives to combat alcohol, cannabis and multiple-substance impaired driving. Now in its tenth year, this long-running grant program has provided more than $1.1 million to State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs) across the country to help address this growing roadway safety threat.

The Colorado Office of Transportation Safety partnered with Adelante Community Development, a non-profit organization focused on serving Latino families and entrepreneurs, to recruit and train teens as part of the Traffic Safety Youth Advisory Board. These teens were trained to be ambassadors and educated their peers in Commerce City about pedestrian, bicycle and other safe mobility practices. 

Atlanta, Denver, Indianapolis, Washington, DC, Raleigh, North Carolina, and other major cities have recently proposed or passed laws banning it in parts of their busy downtowns or citywide. They believe it will protect people walking and biking amid the highest number of pedestrian fatalities in more than 40 years. Right turns on red “introduce extra movements into the intersection,” said Eric Dumbaugh, a professor in the department of urban and regional planning at Florida Atlantic University who studies traffic safety.

Through a grant from GHSA and General Motors, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) expanded its anti-distracted driving effort by sponsoring a video contest in partnership with high schools across the state.

CDOT received a grant from GHSA, ride-hailing company Lyft and Responsibility.org to prevent impaired driving during the 2022 Holiday season. With the funding, CDOT launched their first “Nothing Uglier than a DUI” ugly holiday sweater campaign.

GHSA has awarded grants totaling $75,000 from the National Road Safety Foundation to State Highway Safety Offices in CO, KY and MN to work with community-based groups representing underserved populations to provide safe youth mobility options like walking, biking or riding a scooter.

GHSA has awarded grants totaling $75,000 from the National Road Safety Foundation to State Highway Safety Offices in CO, KY and MN to work with community-based groups representing underserved populations to provide safe youth mobility options like walking, biking or riding a scooter.

"Fans don't let fans drive impaired." That's the message from the Colorado Department of Transportation, as the country prepares for the upcoming Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles in Glendale, Arizona.