David Mintzer ✡️

Member of the all-powerful bicycle lobby. Mass transit zealot.

[David Mintzer ✡️ @iBikeCommute]

@B_DiNucci6 @PortiaColorado Highways are expensive. Colorado can’t raise taxes to pay for roads because of TABOR so they use fees like car registration.

[David Mintzer ✡️ @iBikeCommute]

@humantransit @RideRTD At one point RTD was developing an “ambitious” plan but I don’t think it was ever finalized. They really need to come up with a vision that is worth investing in.

[David Mintzer ✡️ @iBikeCommute]

@BuildUpDenver Developing a mini downtown in this neighborhood without any transit access seems like a not great idea. Last time I was there the streets were so congested with cars and I biked past a fender bender that was blocking traffic in all directions.

[David Mintzer ✡️ @iBikeCommute]

@boulderpolice Why does he still have a car and a license?

[David Mintzer ✡️ @iBikeCommute]

A couple years ago I asked for dedicated bike signal here to protected against left turning drivers and was told the intersection didn’t “meet warrants”. I wonder if we’ve now paid enough blood sacrifice to meet warrants.

[Denver Police Dept. @DenverPolice]

HEADS UP: #DPD is investigating a hit and run crash involving a motorist and a stand up scooter in the area of W 17th Ave / Welton St. Two people riding the scooter were transported to the hospital with serious injuries. Expect delays in the area. #Denver

[Ean Thomas Tafoya @EanThomasTafoya]

DIA has so much money to spend on frivolous things ie those light up signs, cost overruns & this nuclear exploration. Nukes are hella expensive, take longer to come online then wind/solar, leave radioactive legacy pollution, plus water consumption. 🔥🤑 Expand the train instead.

[David Mintzer ✡️ @iBikeCommute]

Is Mayor Johnston going to double down on the Broncos Bond tomorrow?

City Council will vote Monday to amend the Vibrant Denver Bond, but reports say the Mayor won’t budge on the two viaducts crossing Broncos property- a $140 million stadium handout.
https://t.co/EHvpfz1cTf

[David Mintzer ✡️ @iBikeCommute]

Why does Mayor Johnston want to spend $89 million to replace a 1980’s viaduct that is structurally sound? Why has he refused to fund a single bike lane corridor in the Vibrant Denver bond?
https://t.co/EHvpfz0F3H

[David Mintzer ✡️ @iBikeCommute]

@SydneyTheKing @DenverPolice Is this the protected bike lane that Denver cancelled to preserve parking?
https://t.co/QFJ6r8fGfc

[David Mintzer ✡️ @iBikeCommute]

@ElliottWenzler Kind of wild that as a candidate Johnston made this specific campaign pledge on video and then once elected not only completely ignored it but reversed progress that had been previously made.
https://t.co/BIC2oo7dAm

[David Mintzer ✡️ @iBikeCommute]

.@ColoradoDOT’s GHG plan claims we don’t have to reduce VMT over the long run because we’ll all be driving EV’s. As federal EV tax credits disappear and Colorado tax credits are cut in half, is there a plan B? Can we start seriously investing in transit and VMT reduction?

[David Mintzer ✡️ @iBikeCommute]

@meganschrader @chrisFnicholson @JonMurray So why not just say that?

[David Mintzer ✡️ @iBikeCommute]

@meganschrader @chrisFnicholson @JonMurray It’s not just the numbers which seem unknowable at the moment but are clearly awful, it’s the vague statement of “mostly women and children”. That is hugely open to interpretation by people inclined to assume the worst.

[David Mintzer ✡️ @iBikeCommute]

@chrisFnicholson @JonMurray I don’t think this is even a direct quote from the health ministry. It’s someone’s interpretation of the data published by the health ministry. DP publishes this without even knowing how much “mostly” is.

[David Mintzer ✡️ @iBikeCommute]

@JonMurray But you published it. What does “mostly” mean? 80%, 90% women and children? It seems irresponsible for a newspaper to publish such a statement without confirming its accurateness.

[David Mintzer ✡️ @iBikeCommute]

@Colorado_N8tive @GreatDenTransit Weird to not acknowledge that the worst traffic is caused by day-trippers all driving to the ski resorts at the same time.

[David Mintzer ✡️ @iBikeCommute]

Weather nerds, I've written a weather station app that displays live data from thousands of backcountry mountain sites. If you want to know if there was a hard freeze last night at the top of loveland pass, this is for you. Check it out- https://t.co/uBgYSMSPos

[David Mintzer ✡️ @iBikeCommute]

@DenverPolice How fast was the motorist driving?