Albus Brooks
5280 Trail Would Create a 5-Mile Park and Trail Around Downtown
A vision for the 5280 Trail, a “linear park" that could one day form a five-mile loop around downtown Denver, was unveiled yesterday. It would transform streets into tree-lined places for plazas, playgrounds and public art — while creating a low-stress place for people to stroll and ride bikes to, from and within downtown.
August 21, 2019
Amid Cyclist Deaths, Critical Mass Ride Returns with Call to Action
A 49% increase in traffic fatalities highlights how little Mayor Hancock’s administration has achieved in the three years since it adopted a Vision Zero Action Plan, which aims to end all traffic fatalities by 2030.
August 5, 2019
Free, ‘Low-Stress Bike Map’ Wants to Boost Biking Despite Denver’s Inadequate Bike Network
A group of Denver bike advocates created a “low-stress bike map.” The idea, which the city and some bike advocates have mixed feelings about, is to get more people riding bicycles now — instead of waiting several years for the city to build out a more complete network of protected bike lanes.
June 24, 2019
Distracted Denver Councilman Made Video While Driving Daughter to School
Celebrate the teachers — endanger everyone else.
Denver City Councilman Albus Brooks wanted to cheer on public school teachers as they returned to work on Thursday, but chose to celebrate in a way that risked the lives of his neighbors: he videotaped himself as he was driving.
February 14, 2019
Elsie Steffany, Killed Crossing Welton Street, Was Fifth Pedestrian Slain in Denver This Year
Steffany was crossing Welton Street near 15th Street when 33-year-old Aurangzaib Sharifi backed his Dodge Caravan into her, according to a crash report released by Denver PD.
June 29, 2018
More Room to House People, Not Cars, Around 38th and Blake RTD Station
In an 11 to 1 vote, the council allowed for walkable housing development mixed with offices and retail, all while scrapping parking requirements within a half-mile of the train stop.
February 13, 2018
Speak Out Today Against Jolon Clark’s Bid to Make Denver Less Affordable
More parking requirements are coming. The only question now is, how far in the wrong direction will City Council steer this ship?
April 3, 2017
City Council Caves to the Anti-Housing, Pro-Parking Crowd Again
It's 2017. The question of whether cities should require developers to build parking has been settled. They should not. But here in Denver, the City Council is moving in the opposite direction.
February 23, 2017
Planning Board Reluctantly Approves City Council’s Attack on Walkability
The Denver Planning Board voted for an amendment to the zoning code Wednesday that would raise housing costs and feed the city's car addiction by forcing home builders to build parking where it was not required before.
February 2, 2017
City Council Calls for Creation of Stand-Alone “Mobility” Department
Denver does not have a transportation department. That's not the case in most major American cities, which have a separate department that crafts streets and transportation policy.
January 24, 2017
