YIMBY News for 12/29

[Eric Budd]

Colorado Springs residents seek to curb speeding and save lives through advocacy, activism. They’re not alone.

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 26.30. bike lane, development, downtown, house, project, rent, single-family, transportation, urban, vision zero, walk, zone

[image: A yellow roadside sign reads "Someone Died Here" with "Slow Down" in red below, positioned near a sidewalk with trees and houses in the background.] At around 2 a.m. Dec. 28, 2022, Peter Frantz awoke to the recognizable sound of a “sudden bursting” from outside his Colorado Springs home. He jumped out of bed, dressed and rushed toward North Nevada Avenue, the four-lane road that bisects the Old North End neighborhood where he has lived for 20 years. A southbound Mercedes-Benz carrying two people had crossed the raised median, struck a tree and spun into the oncoming lanes. The vehicle

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