Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about TOD

How Can the Denver Region Prevent Displacement Around Transit?

By David Sachs | Oct 11, 2016 | 1 Comment

It makes a lot of sense to build walkable development around transit stations. Otherwise, few people will be able to live near transit, and you’ll never have a transit system that enables people to get to work or do their shopping without a car. But as the convenience of good transit access becomes more highly valued, how do you […]

Walkable Streets Beat Out Parking in Vision for Future of Broadway Station

By David Sachs | Mar 3, 2016 | 1 Comment

On Wednesday the Denver Planning Board approved a plan to transform the area around Broadway and I-25 Station so people can get to the station safely and conveniently without driving. Under the plan, a new mixed-use neighborhood would rise around the station. Instead of a park-and-ride surrounded by car-first streets, Broadway and I-25 Station would be accessible via new pedestrian and […]

RTD Needs to Raise Its Game on Transit-Oriented Development

By David Sachs | Oct 15, 2015 | 9 Comments

If you build good transit, it will serve a lot more people if you also build walkable places around the stations. Without that development, your transit system won’t ever reach its potential. When it comes to making effective use of the land by its stations, RTD has some catching up to do, according to initial results from an […]

DPW’s Big Idea for Denver’s Next Great Walkable Neighborhood: Widen Roads

By David Sachs | Sep 18, 2015 | 3 Comments

Denver’s ABC affiliate, 7News, has a very cleverly titled column called “Driving You Crazy” (it’s mostly about what makes drivers crazy — get it?). Sometimes traffic reporter Jayson Luber wanders into transit territory — like when he empathized with a reader who can’t stand “gabby females” on the No. 15 bus. But mostly Luber hands a megaphone to motorists enraged over […]

How RTD’s Suburban Politics Hamper Denver’s Investment in Transit

By David Sachs | Jul 17, 2015 | 3 Comments

For the most part, Regional Transportation District’s board members are politicians, not transportation planners. And when they have to make important decisions about transit, it shows. Those decisions aren’t always based on what’s best for transit riders or the region. The RTD Board’s leadership has produced a system where rail lines cater to suburbanites and exurbanites more than Denver residents. But when it comes […]

How Not to Treat Street Design Near Transit Stations

By David Sachs | Jul 9, 2015 | 4 Comments

The Denver Post published a story today by Megan Mitchell that depicts an uprising of sorts against smart street design near the Iliff Avenue Rail Station, which will open next year. Some residents, including Albert Melcher, president of the local neighborhood association, want to nix a planned bike lane and widen a nearby street to handle traffic from the […]

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