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
To Combat Inequality, Denver Must Do More for People Who Walk to Transit
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Household income of transit riders, broken down by how they get to the bus or the train. People who walk to transit tend to make much less than people who drive, but the RTD prioritizes driving anyway
Meet James Waddell, the New Executive Director of BikeDenver
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We talked about BikeDenver's role moving forward, in a city with an appetite for new bike infrastructure but which sometimes needs a nudge.
The 47th Ave Bike Lane Is Here, and It’s Continuous, Except for Two Gaps
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A key part of this project was Public Works' ability to re-purpose parking spaces in the mostly residential neighborhood.
In Memory of Those Who Lost Their Lives to Dangerous Denver Streets
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The names and faces of the people walking and biking who needlessly lost their lives just trying to get around Denver this year (so far).
America’s Electoral Systems Are Stacked Against Cities. What Comes Next?
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The 2016 election, more than any in recent history, divided Americans by geography. Hillary Clinton is expected to finish with around 2 million more votes than Donald Trump. But her base was concentrated along the coasts and in urban areas, a distribution of votes that could not deliver the Electoral College. Rural states and the […]
Jarrett Walker on Denver’s Transit Culture, Frequency, and Pitfalls of Tech
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Part two of our interview with the transit expert, a senior consultant on Denver's first transit plan.
Jarrett Walker on How Denver Can Become a Great Transit City
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The transit expert talked about the path for Denver to become a true transit city, why we need to pass a funding measure for city transit, and how electing a president with an anti-transit platform will affect cities like Denver.
Will Denveright’s Pedestrian Plan Just Go Through the Same Old Motions?
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When Mayor Michael Hancock launched the Denverite process, he told people to "dream big." But so far the city -- including Hancock himself -- doesn't seem to be interested in ambitious pedestrian safety measures.
Will Hancock Accelerate Change on the Streets to Free Denver From the Car?
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Denver is nowhere near its goals for transit, walking, and biking, and the city is slipping further down the slope of car dependence. Changing that trend is less about money than politics and prioritization, Gil Peñalosa, executive director of 8-80 Cities, told a room full of hundreds at the Denver Sustainability Summit on Monday. It […]
Safer Intersections, Lower Speed Limits Coming to Morrison Rd, Brighton Blvd
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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 […]
Despite What You May Have Heard, the Car Is Still King in Denver
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The Mile High City has the internet bursting at the servers with superlatives about its unmatched quality of life — brought to you, in part, by a supposedly superb transit system. But the data tells another story. In 2002 the city set out to shape Denver’s neighborhoods with Blueprint Denver, a planning document that tried to […]
Today’s Headlines
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Colorado Oil and Gas Industry Likely Has a Friend in the White House (DBJ) Hancock Adminsistration Prepares to Sweep Homeless From Sidewalks Again (ABC7) Westword Gets Satirical About an A-Line Jinx Or Something The Proliferating Street Art in “New Denver” (Confluence) Hancock Commits to Add 200 Electric Vehicles to City’s Fleet by 2020 (DenPo) Parking […]