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Guest Post: Lessons From One of the World’s Most Bicycle-Friendly Cities

By Jack Todd and Piep van Heuven | Jun 20, 2019 | 17 Comments

This post originally appeared on Bicycle Colorado’s blog. See the original post for additional videos. Piep van Heuven and Jack Todd, Bicycle Colorado’s policy team, spent June 11 to 14 in one of the world’s most bicycle-friendly cities — Copenhagen — as attendees of the Downtown Denver Partnership’s Denver Urban Exploration trip. The trip was made […]

Colorado Blvd. at 26th Ave. before the sidewalk was installed. Image: Google Street View, Nov. 2018

Commentary: New Sidewalk on Colorado Blvd. Is An Insult That Remains Unsafe for Pedestrians

By Jonathon Stalls | May 23, 2019 | 5 Comments

A new sidewalk on Colorado Blvd., which replaced a sloping dirt path, remains a poorly designed, “violent, loud and unsafe” place for pedestrians.

Students from Lincoln Middle School in Ft. Collins on a practice ride. Photo: Nancy Nichols

Guest Post: Where Should New Schools Be Built to Encourage Walking and Wheeling?

By Nancy Nichols | May 1, 2019 | 3 Comments

Ahead of National Bike to School Day on May 8, a Ft. Collins official says that schools are often placed too far for travel by foot or bike. But if we went back to neighborhood schools, we could encourage healthy behaviors that can last a lifetime.

A pop-up traffic-calming event placed flowers, beach balls, pastel-painted tires and bales of hay on a stretch of Federal Boulevard on Saturday afternoon. Photo: WalkDenver

Pop-up Traffic Calming Demonstration on Federal Shows That Fast, Cheap Fixes Can Improve Safety

By Andy Bosselman | Apr 29, 2019 | 2 Comments

Advocates for street safety placed flowers, beach balls, pastel-painted tires and bales of hay on a stretch of Federal Boulevard on Saturday afternoon to show how easily Denver’s deadliest street could be transformed into something safer.

Tactical urbanism: A cyclist and scooter rider ride in the Wynkoop Street bike lane protected by red cups and tomatoes during the #RedCupProject demonstration on April 26.

Activists: Smashed Tomatoes on Denver Bike Lanes Could Be Our Heads

By Andy Bosselman | Apr 26, 2019 | 4 Comments

After the death of a cyclist who was using an unprotected bike lane in Washington D.C., A Denver bike activist organized the #RedCupProject to illustrate how vulnerable people are when they bike in unprotected bike lanes.

Last month a car crashed into the Hornet Restaurant for the third time that year. Photo: The Hornet.

Latest Crash Reveals ‘Health Epidemic’ of Cars

By Andy Bosselman | Dec 3, 2018 | 19 Comments

The BMW that slammed into the Hornet restaurant over the weekend marks the third crash into the restaurant this year—and highlights "a public health epidemic" on Denver's streets.

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