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Jake Carias, PhD

@jakecarias.bsky.social
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Urban Sociology, Urban Planning, & Health Inequalities | Statistician @CCCS | Urbanist | Member of the Buffalo diaspora in metro Denver | 🏳️‍🌈

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Denver Bicycle Lobby @denverbicyclelobby.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
"The choice isn’t between supporting businesses and building better transit." www.westword.com/opinion/rumo...
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The Rumors of Colfax's Devastation Are Greatly Exaggerated...and Holding Denver Back
"The choice isn’t between supporting businesses and building better transit."
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 07/05/2026
Road funding fight roils Colorado Capitol with days left in legislative session
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Road funding fight roils Colorado Capitol with days left in legislative session
Initiative 175 would expand funding for roads through a constitutional amendment. Top lawmakers are racing to pass a bill to neutralize it.
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Reinvent Albany @reinventalbany.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Deal on This Year’s Very Late Budget Continues Undemocratic Trend Towards Secrecy and Dominant Governor. See our statement here: reinventalbany.org/2026/05/stat...
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Statement on Gov. Hochul’s Announcement of Very Late FY 2027 Budget Deal - Reinvent Albany
Deal on This Year’s Very Late Budget Continues Undemocratic Trend Towards Secrecy and Dominant Governor The Legislature is not a coequal branch of government   Reinvent Albany has been asked by news m...
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Colorado wants people to report river otter sightings to track the population. One problem: People don't know what river otters look like. Hope this helps👇
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Clayton Becker @cnbecker14.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
People generally need to be ok with letting hosing get built that they would not personally like to live in. Can't tell you the number of times someone has told me "I would never want to live in an apartment." Just...don't live in one then? That's no reason to make them illegal to build!
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Mark Poloncarz @markpoloncarz.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Every hockey player and fan from Buffalo and WNY knows the Canadian national anthem because we respect and appreciate our neighbors to the west (yes, we travel west to go to Canada from WNY). Well done by all!
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The parking lots by the Denver Pavilions could become a public plaza that anchors renewed retail and over 1,000 units of housing.
denverite.com
‘Close this chapter:’ The future of Denver Pavilions is taking shape
A city-affiliated group bought the mall on 16th Street. An early vision calls for more than 1,000 residences.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Unlike the tech giants, the Drivers Cooperative platform is owned and operated by the drivers themselves.
denverite.com
Drivers are challenging Uber with their own Denver startup. Here's how it's going
Drivers Cooperative wants to treat drivers better, but faces one big challenge.
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Andy Kenney @andyknny.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The parking lots by the Denver Pavilions could become a public plaza that anchors renewed retail and over 1,000 units of housing -- according to an early vision for the publicly owned mall. denverite.com/2026/04/17/d...
denverite.com
‘Close this chapter:’ The future of Denver Pavilions is taking shape
A city-affiliated group bought the mall on 16th Street. An early vision calls for 1,000 residences.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Lakewood’s new zoning rules followed the state law, reducing the city’s parking construction requirements — but voters reversed that and other changes.
denverite.com
Lakewood vote may violate statewide pro-growth laws, drawing criticism from Polis
Voters overwhelmingly chose to repeal the city’s new, pro-density zoning laws.
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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Excited to be getting started on a transit plan for the Denver region. www.rtd-denver.com/community/ne...
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RTD launches Comprehensive Operational Analysis to shape future of transit service across the Denver metro area
The planning initiative will balance equity, transparency, and fiscal responsibility to modernize the agency’s transit system
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 03/04/2026
The Federal Transit Administration released its annual report on new transit projects to fund. The report recommends a total of just $1.2 b for existing & new projects, a massive reduction from previous years. The federal role in funding new transit projects is being decimated.
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Jake Carias, PhD @jakecarias.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
“The question now is who wants to be Colorado’s next pollinator district, because a study by the state Department of Natural Resources shows pollinators are still in decline.”
coloradosun.com
This Colorado neighborhood is saving bees through sustainable development. Here's how.
At Baseline master-planned community in Broomfield, residents support pollinators that support clean water and our food.
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Leftist Gamer Memes @leftistgamermemes.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 23/03/2026
Colorado is losing 1 affordable housing unit for every 2 it builds. But the state keeps rejecting efforts to stop the bleeding.
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Colorado is losing 1 affordable housing unit for every 2 it builds. But the state keeps rejecting efforts to stop the bleeding.
Gov. Jared Polis and state housing officials have prioritized new construction over preserving existing affordable rental housing.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The Mountain Rail project is set to run passenger trains along existing rail lines from Denver to the mountain towns of Winter Park, Fraser and Granby later this year.
denverite.com
Arvada could get station for new mountain rail line
State officials want a suburban stop on the way to Winter Park and Granby.
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NPR @npr.org · 02/03/2026
It's the latest trade drawing scrutiny on the popular prediction market site for appearing to show an insider making profits on military secrets. n.pr/4ciemrp
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Prediction market trader 'Magamyman' made $553,000 on death of Iran's supreme leader
It's the latest trade drawing scrutiny on the popular prediction market site for appearing to show an insider making profits on military secrets.
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Governor Jared Polis @colorado.gov · 27/02/2026
Building more affordable housing near transit expands options, cuts costs, reduces emissions, and saves Coloradans time. Colorado is removing barriers to build more homes — and it’s great to see these laws delivering results. ow.ly/sjFT50YmMmp
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Welcoming Neighbors Network @welcomingneighbors.us · 20/02/2026
TL;DR: Adding housing actually cuts costs for those who need it most. 📉 Didn't think we needed it, but still grateful for the solid data (again).
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The Research All Points in the Same Direction: Adding More Homes Curbs Rents for Low-Income Tenants - Metropolitan Abundance Project
The Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown Law made a surprising and contrarian argument in a new paper: adding more homes does not benefit low-income tenants. Three recent separate analyses…
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Denver Streets Partnership @bikewalkbus.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
"Denver is not currently a transit-first city. The vast majority of our street space is devoted to the movement of personal vehicles . . . RTD needs more funding to be able to run those buses and trains frequently all day, every day. But it's the cities and the state that control the street space."
denverpost.com
RTD ridership is down 40%, its budget has holes, and lawmakers are fed up
“Cuts to service are unacceptable. We want more transit in the future,” said James Flattum, co-founder of the Greater Denver Transit advocacy group.
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Parking Reform Network @parkingreform.org · 13/02/2026
Surface parking lots have gutted the urban fabric of our downtowns. Pictured below: Buffalo, NY
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Trains and buses could soon run more frequently on lines around Denver, reversing pandemic-era cuts to RTD.
denverite.com
RTD plans to significantly increase frequency of G and B trains to Arvada and Westminster
Trains could run every 15 minutes to Arvada and every 30 minutes to Westminster.
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Jake Carias, PhD @jakecarias.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
My only concern is that encouraging RTD to think “creatively” during a budget crunch is pretty much what got us the half baked system we have today: a single tracked Airport line, mountains of delayed maintenance, and routes along highways with stations in seas of parking lots…
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Homeowners across Colorado may have expected their property tax bills to go down this year — after all, their homes may be worth less. Instead, many property owners will see their bills rise again.
cpr.org
Why your Colorado property tax bill still increased this year
The state had granted temporary tax discounts in recent years, but they are expiring.
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Rocky Mountain Politics @rockymntnpols.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
"A top Democrat in the Colorado Senate is resigning to take nonprofit job, citing legislative pay" #coleg
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A top Democrat in the Colorado Senate is resigning to take nonprofit job, citing legislative pay - The Colorado Sun
Senate President Pro Tempore Dafna Michaelson Jenet of Commerce City, who spent nearly a decade at the Capitol fighting for sexual assault survivors and to improve mental health care, said serving in the legislature has become a financial hardship for her family
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Greater Denver Transit @greatdentransit.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
MASSIVE VICTORY for GDT's advocacy and for RTD Riders coming this June: G Line’s 15-min frequencies are FINALLY being RESTORED and... B Line’s 30-min peak frequencies are FINALLY being RESTORED! Huge props go out to RTD’s new COO Patrick Preusser for his leadership and his team making it happen!
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Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 05/02/2026
Opinion | "America’s higher-education footprint extends far beyond its borders — but our federal-policy imagination has not caught up." chroni.cl/4kjFQPn
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The Forgotten Campuses of American Higher Education
Colleges in U.S. territories and American institutions overseas are neglected and underfunded.
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Colorado Connector @coloradoconnector.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Imagine if, instead of sitting in I-25 traffic, there was a train you could ride? 🛤️ Front Range Passenger Rail #BuildFRPR #BuildTheTrain #SkipTheTraffic #RideTheFrontRange
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
The vote would be a citywide referendum on the YIMBY ideology.
denverite.com
Denver YIMBYs float a major upzoning initiative for the ballot
The proposal would rezone tens of thousands of properties, but it has a long way to go.
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Eric Klinenberg @ericklinenberg.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Do you have to be a social scientist to know how funny this is?
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 29/01/2026
Colorado now has 6 million people, even amid slowly population growth
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Colorado now has 6 million people, even amid slowly population growth
But the state saw more residents move to other states than move in. The State Demography Office attributes the declines in net migration to migrants who left.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The suburb’s voters will decide in a special election whether to send the city back to its old development rules, making it harder to build townhomes, condos and duplexes across the city.
denverite.com
Lakewood zoning laws will go to vote in April special election
Welcome to the next round of this suburban growth fight.
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YIMBY Denver @yimbydenver.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Make Lakewood Liveable again. Attend next week's campaign kickoff and fundraiser to defend the best new zoning coding in Colorado. Make Lakewood Livable Campaign Kickoff & Grassroots Fundraiser Date: Feb 3 • 17:00 www.eventbrite.com/e/make-lakew...
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Make Lakewood Livable Campaign Kickoff & Grassroots Fundraiser
Support a more affordable, sustainable Lakewood! Defend our recently passed pro-affordable housing, pro-environment, and pro-people zoning!
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 23/01/2026
Colorado saw more traffic deaths in 2025, including a rise in impaired driving and pedestrian deaths
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Colorado saw more traffic deaths in 2025, including a rise in impaired driving and pedestrian deaths
The uptick follows a decline in traffic fatalities from the prior 2 years, underscoring the need to refocus safety efforts
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Stephanie Wolf @stephrwolf.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
"In a 4-2 vote, Democrats cited the lack of a holistic plan to address the state's growing prison population, despite repeated requests for the administration to do so." Story from @bentebirkeland.bsky.social www.cpr.org/2026/01/21/s...
cpr.org
State budget committee rejects request for more prison beds until DOC provides more complete plan
The Department of Corrections requested ongoing funding in the budget for 788 state prison beds to the tune of $2.4 million
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Streetsblog USA @usa.streetsblog.org · 23/01/2026
New York State lawmakers are flirting with the idea of regulating e-bikes as if they were cars, but don't have all the facts.
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State Pols Could Regulate E-Bikes Despite Not Knowing What They Are - Streetsblog Empire State
State lawmakers are flirting with the idea of regulating e-bikes as if they were cars, but don't have all the facts.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
NEW: The City of Denver insists it didn't water down a finalized street safety project at the request of a billionaire's family who opposed the project in their neighborhood. City council was skeptical today.
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 22/01/2026
Denver’s downtown office vacancy rate grows to 38.2% as tenants reimagine the workplace
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Denver’s downtown office vacancy rate grows to 38.2% as tenants reimagine the workplace
Much of the downtown submarkets ended 2025 more than 40% empty. But as available sublease space diminishes, the industry hopes stabilization is afoot.
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 21/01/2026
Apartments in metro Denver reach highest vacancy rate in 16 years, pushing down rents again
coloradosun.com
Apartments in metro Denver reach highest vacancy rate in 16 years, pushing down rents again
Fourth quarter 2025 also had landlords offering more free rent, gift cards and other concessions in 21-year history.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
To get more housing built, Mayor Mike Johnston said the city will continue its effort to improve the permitting system.
denverite.com
Sharp decline in apartment construction is among Denver mayor’s ‘biggest fears’
Mayor Mike Johnston wants the city to help developers build, and he’s lukewarm about its affordable housing law.
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7 News WKBW @7news-wkbw.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Thank you, #billsmafia ❤
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Housing Forward Colorado @housingfwdco.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Build homes in existing communities with roads, schools, and services—or keep paving over farmland and open space? DOLA’s Strategic Growth Report makes a compelling case for infill and compact growth. Read our takeaways:
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Colorado at a crossroads: Why smart growth beats sprawl
We must be more strategic about the kinds of housing we choose to build and where we choose to build it.
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Stephanie Wolf @stephrwolf.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
State lawmakers are back at the Capitol starting today. Here's a primer for a new session from @bentebirkeland.bsky.social www.cpr.org/2026/01/14/c...
cpr.org
Colorado begins another legislative session with more desires than money to spend
Property insurance rates, paying for Medicaid are among the topics they will tackle
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mattfrommer.bsky.social @mattfrommer.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Questionable new CDOT study on the proposed I-270 widening claims it won't increase driving. Making driving easier leads to more of it and traffic returns to pre-construction levels in 3–5 years. Big waste of $800M taxpayer dollars. More in the CO Sun article: coloradosun.com/2026/01/07/c... 1/2
coloradosun.com
CDOT’s pollution claims for I-270 expansion are a fantasy, green groups say
As public hearings begin, CDOT and Colorado green groups dispute whether an expansion of I-270 would increase pollution.
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
A heck of a chart: in every single one of the 10 major US cities that built the most housing between 2017 and 2023, rents for older, existing units fell—often by quite a bit.
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Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The city council voted to raise the hourly minimum wage in 2026 from $16.52 to $18.17, but keep the current tipped minimum wage — $13.50 an hour — the same.
denverite.com
Edgewater’s tipped workers won’t get a wage increase. Here’s why
It's the first city in Colorado to take advantage of a new law.
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Neighbors, hikers rally as a proposal for a big gas station threatens their vision of Bakerville on I-70 coloradosun.com/2025/12/17/b...
coloradosun.com
Neighbors, hikers rally as big gas station threatens their vision of Bakerville on I-70
A proposal for a sprawling gas station and convenience store combo at the undeveloped Bakerville exit from I-70 has nature lovers up in arms.
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Bedrooms Are For People @boulderbedrooms.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
"In advance of Boulder’s once-a-decade revision of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan, city staff released a statistically valid survey capturing how residents view growth, housing, development and the city’s future." #boulder
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Boulder survey shows shifting attitudes on housing. Now what?
BRL columnists break down surprising findings from the city’s new public opinion survey, and how the results could shape the next Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan.
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Many people are saying www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
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Opinion | We Have a Way to Pay for Free Buses. It Means Free Street Parking Is Over.
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