David Sachs
David cut his teeth covering transportation, development, politics, education, and art in D.C. He's covered sustainable transportation for Streetsblog since 2015 and has lived in Denver's Cheesman Park neighborhood since 2012.
Recent Posts
Why Does Downtown Denver Have Street Corners That Drivers Can Roll Right Over?
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According to the National Association of City Transportation Officials, corners with huge turning radii have a direct correlation with drivers making high-speed turns that endanger pedestrians trying to cross the street. Urban street corners with a radius of more than 15 feet should be rare, NACTO says. Most of these downtown corners are at 25 feet.
FedEx, UPS Don’t Seem to Care About Blocking Denver Bike Lanes. What Can Be Done?
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Something's gotta give in a city with more and more motor vehicles cramming onto streets with less and less space.
Walk on Federal Boulevard? Share Your Story to Show Officials How the Street Must Improve
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It's hard to deny the importance of experiencing a street's pedestrian-hostile environment, but showing officials how it negatively impacts residents may be the next best thing.
Denver vs Seattle: Como Nuestro Compañero al Noroeste Pacífico Agrega a Personas Sin Agregar Tráfico
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Administradores de transporte en Seattle compartirán el escenario con directores importantes de Denver durante una conferencia el próximo año llamando Moving People Forward.
Take 4 Minutes to Answer Streetsblog Denver’s Anonymous Reader Survey
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Streetsblog won't be able to identify who takes the survey. What we will be able to do is learn more about our audience.
Food for Thought: Denver’s 175 Drive-Throughs Overlap With Denver’s Deadliest Streets
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Here's something to sink your teeth into: Denver has 175 drive-thrus, give or take, and most are located on the city's deadliest streets travel on.
The Overhaul of RTD’s Fare Pass Programs, Explained
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Callibrating current passes, nixing old options, and adding new ones might raise ridership, but not everyone is happy.
Dockless Bike-Share Is Coming to Denver Streets Through a DU Pilot
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One company, ofo, will operate the service, which will be limited to DU students and faculty.
Denver’s Tallest Building Doesn’t Need to Be Saddled With 10 Stories of Parking in Perpetuity
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Denver doesn’t need more parking and the traffic that comes with it. But if more parking garages are coming, they should be future-proofed for a world with fewer cars and less traffic.
The Uphill Battle to Make Montbello and Green Valley Ranch More Walkable
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Far northeast Denver was built around driving, but a plan to guide the next 20 years of neighborhood change aims to change that.
It’s Up to Denver City Council to Pass a Bike-Friendly “Safety Stop” Law
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A bill just cleared the Colorado Senate that formalizes language for localities that want to let people on bikes treat stops signs as yields.
Juez Federal Niega Dictar una Orden Judicial Contra la Ampliación de la Carretera I-70
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A pesar de la evidencia indicando que el Departamento de Transporte de Colorado (CDOT) evitó leyes de revisión medioambiental para embestir una carretera sumergida mediante unos vecindarios en el norte de Denver, Juez de Distrito de EE.UU. William J. Martinez dictó que el proyecto puede proceder, por ahora.