Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Morrison Road

"Cars are jammed up," Greg Dare tells a Denver7 reporter as cars drive by unimpeded. Image: Denver7

Denver7 Reports: A Car Guy Hates a Biking and Walking Project, Therefore It’s Bad

By David Sachs | Oct 31, 2017 | 8 Comments

In a segment that aired yesterday, reporter Jackie Crea interviewed a guy who doesn't like changes meant to calm traffic speeds and improve conditions for walking and biking at the intersection of Morrison Road, Alameda Avenue, and Knox Court.

People wait at an RTD "bus stop" at the intersection of 14th Avenue, Federal Boulevard, and Howard Place. Photo: David Sachs

West Side Transit and Walking Projects Shouldn’t Have to Fight Over Funding Scraps

By David Sachs | Aug 8, 2017 | 2 Comments

The Denver City Council approved a request Monday night from City Council members Paul Lopez and Rafael Espinoza to exchange a $9.8 million Federal Boulevard transit project for four smaller ones focused on pedestrian safety and transit on Federal, Morrison Road, West Colfax Avenue, and Central Street.

The new islands at Morrison and Raleigh in Westwood. Photo: David Sachs

Eyes on the Street: New Pedestrian Islands on Morrison Road

By David Sachs | Jun 6, 2017 | 1 Comment

Denver Public Works is chipping away at a safer Morrison Road, arguably Westwood's main street.

Safer Intersections, Lower Speed Limits Coming to Morrison Rd, Brighton Blvd

By David Sachs | Nov 11, 2016 | No Comments

Denver Public Works wants to decrease the posted speed limits and design safer pedestrian crossings on two dangerous streets: Brighton Boulevard in River North and Morrison Road in Westwood. Drivers seriously injured five people walking and four people biking on Morrison Road between 2012 and 2015, according to city data. And this March, a truck driver […]

It’s Official: Shoddy Streets Make Walking in Westwood a Hazardous Mess

By David Sachs | Jun 30, 2015 | No Comments

Livable streets advocates in Westwood, one of Denver’s worst areas for walking and biking, are taking action as the city develops a new plan for their neighborhood. Westwood Unidos, a neighborhood organization, and PlaceMatters, a think tank for city planning, performed a “sidewalk audit” on Saturday. Residents and volunteers walked the southwest Denver neighborhood, took pictures, and recorded […]

Westwood Residents Look to Take Back Their Streets From Traffic

By David Sachs | Jun 26, 2015 | 1 Comment

A plan created in 1986 has been guiding the development of Westwood, a neighborhood in southwest Denver, for the last 30 years. And the streets reflect it. Westwood is bounded by two of the city’s least walkable corridors, Federal and Sheridan boulevards. Morrison Road, a dangerous diagonal arterial, slices through the neighborhood with a 35 mph speed limit. Residents say […]