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
Get a Look at the Latest Design Proposal for Brighton Boulevard
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It’s been about six months since the city last presented its street design for Brighton Boulevard between 29th and 44th in RiNo. Designers unveiled the final design Wednesday night at a town hall meeting. This sleek video provides an overview. The design promises a substantial overhaul: Wide sidewalks where none exist now, safer intersections, and a raised bike lane along a 1.5-mile street that’s quickly […]
DPW Yanked a Car Lane From This Block of 15th Street and Nobody Noticed
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15th Street between Arapahoe and Lawrence streets used to be four lanes wide. When construction began in June on what will become Denver’s fourth tallest skyscraper, the Department of Public Works tweaked the street. Construction crews needed part of the right of way, so to maintain the protected bike lane, DPW nixed a motor vehicle lane. And guess what? […]
Two Downtown Streets Could Be Transformed Into an Urban Trail
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The super successful Indianapolis Cultural Trail has already inspired one project in northeast Denver, and now planners want to create something similar downtown. Denver’s Community Planning and Development Department is leading a project that would turn 11 blocks of 21st Street and five blocks of Wynkoop Street into a place tailored for people to walk, bike, and linger in the […]
This Week: “Bikes Vs. Cars,” Festival Streets, RTD’s New Chief
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There’s a lot going on this week, including the Denver premiere — and sole local screening — of the new documentary Bikes Vs. Cars. The title of the film may be a little over-the-top, but it should provide good fodder for the panel discussion afterwards (in which Streetsblog Denver will participate). Here are the details on the screening […]
Today Is the Perfect Day to Donate to Streetsblog Denver
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Today is Colorado Gives Day. If you value Streetsblog Denver as the best source for information about the policies that affect walking, biking, and transit in the Mile High City, help us continue our mission by giving a tax-deductable, year-end donation. Streetsblog Denver advances sustainable transportation and livable streets — pedestrian, transit, and bicycle friendly streets. The original reporting and commentary we […]
Advocates Form Vision Zero Coalition to Help City End Traffic Deaths, Injuries
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Vision Zero, the goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries, has gained popularity across the country in recent years. But that doesn’t mean cities automatically live up to its foundational principles of slowing vehicle speeds with better street design, enforcement, and education. To make sure Denver’s iteration of Vision Zero has teeth, a group of advocates […]
Tell Denver Public Works Which Street Designs Are Best for Broadway, Lincoln
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The Broadway/Lincoln corridor is in dire need of becoming a neighborhood for people instead of just a thruway for cars. That’s why some planners from the Department of Public Works are trying to transform the streets with things like protected bike lanes and better crosswalks. DPW is considering three designs, and it’s clear which one is best. “Option #3” creates a one-way […]
Today’s Headlines
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Driver Kills Woman Walking on Colfax Avenue (ABC7) Transpo Plays Role in New Goal to Cut Local Carbon Emissions 80 Percent by 2050 (DenPo) DenverUrbanism Covers Opening of Parking-Protected Bike Lanes on Arapahoe, Lawrence Westword Reporter Claims “Parking Shortage” Hurts Destination Restaurants Helping Animals Cross the Road Safely, $39 Million at a Time (5280) FoCo Adds Red Left-Turn […]
Mayor Hancock Cuts Ribbon on Parking-Protected Bike Lanes, Promises 3 More
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Mayor Michael Hancock officially opened Denver’s first parking-protected bike lanes Thursday with some revelry on the corner of 16th and Arapahoe. The two new bike lanes — one on Arapahoe Street and one on Lawrence Street — run a little over one mile each, from Auraria Campus to 24th Street. They include traffic signals that finally give people on bikes a safe way […]
Friday: Join the Discussion on the Future of Transportation in Denver
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Alejandro Henao spends a lot of time thinking about transportation, because that’s what students studying civil engineering and transportation do. But the University of Colorado Denver doctoral student wanted to do more — and see his city act, too. So Henao, with the CU Denver chapters of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and WTS, organized a panel discussion with […]
CDOT Chief Shailen Bhatt on Widening I-70, Traffic Deaths, Bikes, and Transit
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Yesterday Streetsblog Denver published the first half of our interview with Shailen Bhatt, the head of Colorado’s Department of Transportation, in which he talked about CDOT’s changing role in a changing Denver. Bhatt isn’t your average DOT leader — or at least he doesn’t sound like one. He talks about complete streets a lot, and […]
CDOT Director Shailen Bhatt on the Agency’s Role in Urban Denver
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Colorado Department of Transportation Executive Director Shailen Bhatt has said all the right things since taking over early this year. He talks about his job like he’s looking out for everyone who uses our streets — not just cars and drivers — giving us reason to believe that the titanic government agency will change course and […]