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These Denver area streets are on track to get Bus Rapid Transit

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:18 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Colorado Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that it is planning new Bus Rapid Transit routes on some busy Denver streets.Bus Rapid Transit is a program designed to make buses more reliable, quick, convenient and accessible than traditional bus services, according to a press release from CDOT. It does so by giving buses priority over other travel modes and adding bus-only bypass lanes. Denver area’s RTD ridership grew during 2023 free fare initiative Construction has already started for some BRT routes, but Wednesday's announcement added Federal Boulevard and Colorado Boulevard to CDOT's plans."BRT will connect our urban corridors and communities, providing vital transportation options that allow us access to jobs, shopping, health care, education, recreation and life,” said Jessica Myklebust, RTD director for CDOT's metro region.Where will Bus Rapid Transit routes be?The plan is for BRT to cover 18 miles of Federal Boulevard from 120th Avenue in ...

Hollywood actors strike is over as union reaches tentative deal with studios

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:18 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood’s actors union reached a tentative deal with studios Wednesday to end its strike, bringing a close to months of labor strife that ground the entertainment industry to a historic halt. The three-year contract agreement must be approved by votes from the union’s board and its members in the coming days, but the leadership declared that the strike will end at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday.At nearly four months, it was by far the longest strike ever for film and television actors.More than 60,000 members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Performers went on strike July 14, joining screenwriters who had walked off the job more than two months earlier. It was the first time the two unions had been on strike together since 1960. Studios chose to negotiate with the writers first, striking a deal that their leadership marked as a major win and bringing their strike to an end on Sept. 26.The terms of the agreement were not immediately ...

17 years ago, Denver set a heat record on Nov. 8

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:18 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — November can bring several weather extremes to Denver.Normal temperatures in Denver on Nov. 8 are a low of 29 degrees and a high of 56 degrees, with 0.02 inches of liquid precipitation. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up for alerts from the Pinpoint Weather team But Nov. 8, 2006, brought record heat. Denver recorded a high temperature of 80 degrees, which not only set a daily record but was the first time since recordkeeping began in 1872 that Denver recorded a November high in the 80s.With this range in temperature also comes varying amounts of rain and snowfall. On Nov. 8, 1998, an upslope snowfall event brought around a foot of snowfall to parts of the Front Range foothills.Parts of west-central Jefferson County reported the heaviest snowfall. One of the heaviest snowfall totals was 14 inches, measured 8 miles west of Conifer.Other high snowfall totals included 10 inches at Evergreen and 9 miles northwest of Bergen Park. Some 9 inches of snow was reported at Genese...

New technology to improve I-70 traffic near Colorado's Eisenhower Tunnel

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:18 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- On Tuesday, the Eisenhower Johnson Memorial Tunnel's Traffic Operations Center revealed its newest updates to help with traffic flow, especially along the Interstate 70 Mountain Corridor.Even without icy roads, I-70 constantly experiences car crashes. During the winter months, this becomes more problematic as road conditions diminish causing more crashes and highway shutdowns. Download the FOX31 App: Breaking news alerts & Pinpoint Weather These traffic stops cost more than time.“We are now approaching an almost $2 million hit to the economy for every hour the I-70 Mountain Corridor is closed,” said Shoshana Lew, CDOT’s Executive Director in a press release.These improvements include a new camera, fiber optic cables and high-quality monitors. The devices will be used to improve the speed operators know about an incident.The cameras can zoom in closely and detect objects as small as nails two miles away from the tunnels. During a crash, operators will be able ...

Broward teachers demand pay increase at school board meeting, argue 1.7% is not enough

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:18 GMT

Educators in Broward County are trying to teach a lesson outside the classroom by protesting their pay before the school board.7News cameras on Wednesday afternoon captured Broward Teachers Union President Anna Fusco as she addressed board members at the Broward County Schools headquarters.“I sure hope that when we come to negotiation that you guys that are sitting at the dais or [behind] a closed door come with a decent salary increase,” she said.The teachers union is demanding a decent raise for the 2023-24 school year.“To sit here and wait to keep taking and taking and taking, and piling on and piling on and piling on — our educators, our support staff are human, but they still show up, and they still want to give to their students, and that in itself – ‘thank you’ is great,” Fusco told 7News. “OK, we appreciate that, but you know what else they need and they would appreciate more? You expect us to give back more, we’re ...

Cruise recalls all of its self driving cars to fix their programming

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:18 GMT

(CNN) — Cruise, General Motors’ self-driving vehicle subsidiary, has recalled all 950 of its autonomous vehicles for a software update. Late last month, Cruise paused all its public testing operations while it investigated the incident that led to the recall.GM had announced Monday that it was pausing production of test versions of the Cruise Origin, a self driving vehicle GM and Cruise designed jointly with Honda. The Origin has no steering wheel or pedals and is not currently operated on public roads. GM characterized the production stop as reaching the end of a planned limited production run of test vehicles. GM remains committed to autonomous vehicle technology, spokesperson Aimee Ridella said in an emailed statement.The company had been under scrutiny following an incident in early October when one of its cars struck a pedestrian that had just been hit by another. The first car threw the pedestrian into path of the Cruise autonomous vehicle. After striking the pedestrian, ...

Fantasy Fixer: Week 10

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:18 GMT

7’s Morey Hershgordon has the inside scoop on who to start and sit this week in Fantasy Fixer. Go set your lineups!

Tyson Bagent will start at QB for the Chicago Bears on Thursday with Justin Fields listed as doubtful

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:18 GMT

Rookie quarterback Tyson Bagent will make his fourth consecutive start for the Chicago Bears on Thursday night against the Carolina Panthers, as Justin Fields continues to recover from the dislocated right thumb he suffered in Week 6.Fields, who returned to practice Friday, has remained limited in on-field work this week and officially was listed as doubtful for the Week 10 game at Soldier Field on Wednesday’s injury report.“He’s not medically cleared to go right now,” Bears coach Matt Eberflus said after practice Wednesday. “He’s getting better, though. His accuracy is improving. He’s throwing it better. He’s starting to do more and more and more. We’ll see where it goes.”Eberflus said Fields likely would have been on track to play this week if the Bears had a Sunday game. But the quick turnaround to play Thursday shortened the window to make a decision.“Short weeks are hard,” Eberflus said.Fields has been out ...

Ukraine claims responsibility for killing a Russia-backed official in Luhansk by a car bomb

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:18 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s intelligence agency claimed responsibility for a car bombing Wednesday that killed a member of the Russia-backed authority in the illegally annexed Luhansk region.Mikhail Filiponenko was a member of the local legislature and previously served as police chief. He had survived a car bombing on Feb. 21, 2022, three days before Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Local officials announced Filiponenko’s death.Filiponenko had organized and participated in the torture of prisoners of war and civilians, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense said on Telegram.It said that the killing was a warning that “traitors to Ukraine and collaborators with terrorist Russia in temporarily occupied territories … will receive just retribution! The hunt continues!”The agency said that members of the resistance movement helped carry out the killing.Russia-backed insurgents declared a separatist Luhansk People’s Republic in 2014 and fought Ukr...

Israeli military tour of northern Gaza reveals ravaged buildings, toppled trees, former weapons lab

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:34:18 GMT

INSIDE THE GAZA STRIP (AP) — An Israeli tank rolls across a sandy moonscape, surrounded by rubble. Damaged buildings are visible in every direction. Toppled trees lie along the Mediterranean shoreline. The Israeli military escorted international journalists into the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, giving them a glimpse of the aftermath of 12 days of heavy fighting in the area.Israel has been at war against Gaza’s Hamas rulers since the Islamic militant group carried out a bloody cross-border attack on Oct. 7, killing over 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping more than 240 others. Israel responded with weeks of intense airstrikes before launching a ground operation on Oct. 27.“It’s been a long two weeks of fighting,” said Lt. Col. Ido, whose last name was withheld under military guidelines. “We’ve lost some soldiers.”The initial focus of the operation was northern Gaza, near the Israeli border, before troops moved in on Gaza City, which Israel says is the center of ...