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.
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.
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.
If funding for sidewalks and bike lanes continues at the rate laid out in Mayor Michael Hancock’s 2017 budget, Denver won’t see a fully built-out bike network for many decades, and won’t have a complete sidewalk network for nearly two centuries. Hancock proposed a paltry $2.2 million for Denver Moves, the city’s blueprint for a […]