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
Wednesday: Lobby Your Legislators for Safe Streets for Biking and Walking
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Bicycle Colorado needs everyday people to speak up about safe streets, so that politicians keep their constituents in mind when crafting and voting on legislation, for instance, and prioritizing funding for biking and walking.
Denver Post: Prioritizing People Instead of Cars Is “Extreme”
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The Denver Post wants the city to slow down on this whole 21st Century transportation thing. In its latest editorial ("No, Denver Shouldn't Make Driving More Difficult"), the paper warns against setting aside street space so people can get around quickly and safely on the bus or a bike.
City Council Caves to the Anti-Housing, Pro-Parking Crowd Again
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It's 2017. The question of whether cities should require developers to build parking has been settled. They should not. But here in Denver, the City Council is moving in the opposite direction.
Fixing Denver Transit: Making a Place for the Bus
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The last time Denver Public Works gave buses their own space on a public street was 1982 — 35 years ago — when the 16th Street Mall opened.
Meet YIMBY Denver — Volunteers Fighting for an Affordable, Walkable City
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You can add Denver to the list of cities with a group fighting to shape growth with more homes, less sprawl, and better ways to get around without a car.
North Denver Residents Make CDOT Director Bhatt Answer for I-70 Expansion
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Thursday night at Swansea Recreation Center, opponents of the I-70 expansion took over CDOT's open house, wearing black bandanas over their faces to symbolize the pollution they'd breathe should the agency dig a highway trench in contaminated soil.
B-Cycle Replaced Plenty of Car Trips in 2016, But Ridership Fell
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The number of B-Cycle trips fell for the third straight year in 2016.
Fixing Denver Transit: Waiting for the Bus With Dignity
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Only about 5 percent of the city's 3,000 stops have a shelter. That's 150 citywide.
Students Ask Hancock to Overhaul Dangerous High-Speed Streets
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Denver students rallied with advocates today to demand that Mayor Michael Hancock save lives by redesigning the city's dangerous, high-speed streets. At the City and County Building, students joined the Vision Zero Coalition, headed by WalkDenver, to ask Hancock to provide Denver Public Works an annual funding stream for street redesigns.
Rail~Volution Denver 2017 Is Looking for Speakers
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Every year more than 1,000 transportation professionals, urban planners, housing and health advocates, and elected officials converge on an American city to talk shop about how to build better communities through transit.
A Model to Keep Homes Near Transit Affordable
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Housing is in short supply in Denver, and that applies to the areas near transit stations, where people are willing to pay a premium. Will the new transit-oriented development at 48th and Race be affordable to Denverites on the lower half of the income spectrum?
66 Percent of Denver Voters Would Pay a Sales Tax to Build the Bike Network
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OnSight Public Affairs polled likely 2017 voters and found that 66 percent would pay a 4-cent sales tax for every $100 in purchases to complete the citywide bike network in five years.