Advocacy
WalkDenver Names Jill Locantore Executive Director
The coming year will be about holding the Hancock administration accountable for its commitments to making the city more walkable.
February 6, 2018
Veronica Davis: Of Course People of Color Bike, But Decision-Makers and Advocates Don’t Always Listen
People from all walks of life use bicycles for transportation. But there’s a widely held perception in the United States that biking is a status symbol for elites in Spandex with absurd gear. Informing this stereotype is an assumption that people of color and people without much money don’t bike. There’s the affluent road warrior, … Continued
October 4, 2017
Denver’s Transit Alliance Is Exporting Its Model for Citizen Advocacy to Baltimore
When Denver looks up to peer cities that are doing transportation well, we look at Seattle. Turns out, the Baltimore region looks to us.
June 9, 2017
BikeDenver Offers Free Membership to Grow Army of “Angelic Troublemakers”
Those bike lanes around the city? They don't appear out of the ether.
February 6, 2017
Making Colorado’s Transportation System Work for People, Not Cars
At the Moving People conference, Bicycle Colorado will put walking, biking, and transit "at the center of the current rapid evolution of transportation-related technologies."
January 17, 2017
Where to Make Your Dollars Count for Better Streets on Colorado Gives Day
Part of Streetsblog's job is also elevating the voices of advocates who work in the sustainable transportation space, so here's a list of places where your tax-deductible donation will lead to progress on Denver's streets.
December 6, 2016
Meet James Waddell, the New Executive Director of BikeDenver
We talked about BikeDenver's role moving forward, in a city with an appetite for new bike infrastructure but which sometimes needs a nudge.
November 23, 2016
Bureaucracy Got You Down? Here’s a Guide to Making Colorado Streets Better
Engineer-speak has the power to convolute simple concepts and disengage the very people public agencies are meant to serve. If you’re not in the transportation industry, it might be confusing why agencies use “fixing deficiencies in the grade” when they mean “priming the street for faster speeds,” for instance. But imagine if public agencies listened to the people who value … Continued
October 23, 2015
It’s Official: Shoddy Streets Make Walking in Westwood a Hazardous Mess
Livable streets advocates in Westwood, one of Denver’s worst areas for walking and biking, are taking action as the city develops a new plan for their neighborhood. Westwood Unidos, a neighborhood organization, and PlaceMatters, a think tank for city planning, performed a “sidewalk audit” on Saturday. Residents and volunteers walked the southwest Denver neighborhood, took pictures, and recorded … Continued
June 30, 2015
Walk2Connect Helps People Take the First Step Toward Pedestrian Advocacy
Walk2Connect sort of just happened, kind of like learning to walk. The organization bubbled up in Jonathon Stalls’ head after he trekked west from the Delaware coast by foot, and didn’t stop until he reached the Pacific Ocean. After that it was clear: Truly connecting with a place and its people can’t happen in a … Continued
June 22, 2015