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Curtis Park Is the Perfect Place for Denver to Break Its Parking Addiction

By David Sachs | Jan 15, 2016 | 11 Comments

Can you imagine having to walk a block to your house after you park? Well one Curtis Park resident is already living this nightmare, reports Fox31. “At night it’s ridiculous,” Keith Regensburger told Fox31. “We’ve had to park on the other side of the block over by the park sometimes.” A developer wants to build two […]

Mayor Hancock Cuts Ribbon on Parking-Protected Bike Lanes, Promises 3 More

By David Sachs | Dec 3, 2015 | No Comments

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 […]

Electeds Heading to San Fran With Eyes on Vision Zero

By David Sachs | Jun 15, 2015 | 2 Comments

Once a year the Downtown Denver Partnership leads a group of decision makers to another city, hoping the change of pace will lead to a change of place in Denver. The hope is that seeing how other cities do things will demystify big ideas and give leaders an appetite to try them here. It’s a sort of […]