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
DPW Moves Forward With Two-Way Parking-Protected Bike Lane on Broadway
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Denver Public Works and its transportation consultant Fox Tuttle Hernandez presented their recommended redesigns of Broadway and Lincoln streets Thursday night at the second community workshop for the project. Planners aim to install a two-way protected bike lane along Broadway between Colfax and I-25, but they have yet to decide if they will implement it on the entire […]
Denver Can Have Great Neighborhood Streets If CDOT Tears Down I-70
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Unite North Metro Denver has an idea about what to do with I-70. Instead of widening the highway and pumping more traffic into the city like Colorado DOT wants, tear it down and replace it with an urban boulevard, reconnecting the urban fabric of Globeville, Elyria, and Swansea. CDOT is pushing its billion-dollar-plus plan to reconstruct and […]
City Council on Broadway Road Widening: Nothing to See Here
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As reported by the Denver Post’s Jon Murray, the City Council approved a $12 million contract last week that paves the way for a massive road expansion where Broadway meets I-25. On some blocks the street will become more than 100 feet wide, making the area more hostile for people walking and biking, despite the wider sidewalks that planners […]
Denver’s Sidewalk Policy Is Designed to Fail, But That May Be Changing
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It’s safe to say that Denver City Council members cannot plead ignorance on the city’s embarrassing walking infrastructure, following a meeting Wednesday where reps from Denver Public Works briefed lawmakers on the state of the city’s sidewalks. It was the first gathering of the Sidewalk Working Group, a committee led by Councilman Paul Kashmann and formed at the […]
What Will It Take to Make Denver B-Cycle More Equitable?
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If you’re not white, college-educated, or financially well off, you probably don’t have good access to B-Cycle, Denver’s bike-sharing network. That’s according to a University of Vermont study that found demographic disparities in Denver and other American cities. As CityLab’s Eric Jaffe reports, the Bikeshare Transit Act might solve the problem by making bike-share organizations eligible for […]
#StreetFail: When the Bus Stop Is a Curb-less Parking Lot Next to a Speedway
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Here’s a bus stop with absolutely no protection from the zooming trucks and cars that frequent Brighton Boulevard. This RTD stop is smack in the middle of a sidewalk desert, next to the Denver Colosseum and ramps to I-70. There’s no difference between the street and the waiting area — a parking lot — so […]
Denver Will Pick Up the Pace on Bike Projects in 2016
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In 2016 Denver will see more bike lanes, bike-friendly intersections, and neighborhood streets that prioritize people on bikes, according to reps from Denver Public Works, BikeDenver, and the Downtown Denver Partnership. The advocates and bike planners spoke to about 100 people Tuesday morning at the Denver State of Biking 2016 event, briefing the public on upcoming projects […]
Denver Post on the Spike in Colorado Traffic Deaths: Ho-Hum
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A Denver Post editorial published Friday evening opposing stricter seat belt laws provides a troubling glimpse into how Denver’s paper of record views traffic deaths. Last year the number of people who lost their lives hit an eight-year high of 545, the fourth year in a row that traffic fatalities increased. Here’s the complacent response from the paper: The spike last year […]
Push for Progress on Sidewalks for All, Broadway Bike Lane
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You can help advance two crucial walking and biking initiatives this week: sidewalks for all and the Broadway/Lincoln bike lanes. Denver Public Works and City Council members are fond of telling the public that if you want streets that make room for people walking and biking, you have to show up and support these projects. This […]
#StreetFail: The Wynkoop Blockade
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There are a lot of parking spots downtown and way too many planned for the future. But these drivers apparently can’t find one, so why not squat in the bike lane on Wynkoop Street in front of Union Station? Sure, they’re forcing people on bikes (not to mention other cars) into often chaotic traffic. But at least the drivers, or perhaps […]
As Traffic Deaths Spike, Colorado DOT Says Zilch About Fixing Deadly Streets
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In the inaugural year of Colorado DOT’s timid Toward Zero Deaths initiative, 545 people were killed on roads throughout the state. That’s a stark spike in fatalities — 57 more, or 10 percent, than in 2014, and the most since 2008. The number of people killed while walking or biking rose from 74 to 78. More than a quarter […]
Better Bus Service Coming to East Colfax But Not for at Least 5 Years
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Editor’s note: To tell the city that you want a more progressive transit plan for East Colfax, get heard by submitting your comments to Denver Public Works. The plan to build “bus rapid transit” on East Colfax is a step in the right direction that will make transit faster and more appealing on Denver’s busiest bus […]