Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Arapahoe Street bike lane

No, Bike Lane Construction Hasn’t “Snarled” Traffic on Arapahoe

By David Sachs | Oct 21, 2015 | 1 Comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8urX8OCJX0M&feature=youtu.be Public Works crews are installing much-needed parking-protected bike lanes on Arapahoe and Lawrence streets, and it hasn’t taken long for some news outlets to frame the safety measures as an undue burden for drivers. On Monday the Denver Post reported that construction would “snarl” traffic. Today Fox31 used the same verb to describe how changing the street might […]

Eyes on the Street: Denver’s First Parking-Protected Bike Lanes Begin

By David Sachs | Oct 14, 2015 | No Comments

The Department of Public Works began installing a pretty monumental piece of the city’s bike network yesterday — parking-protected bike lanes on Arapahoe and Lawrence streets. When complete in mid-November, the bike lanes will provide a downtown route for about a mile between Auraria Campus and 24th Street, with intersection treatments that will make it safer to […]

Public Bike Infrastructure Shouldn’t Have to Rely on Private Money

By David Sachs | Aug 13, 2015 | No Comments

Bloomberg published a national story yesterday about crowdfunding public infrastructure projects to ensure government bureaucracies actually implement them. The tactic is becoming more common, Amanda Albright reports, “at a time of waning city budgets and interest in funding projects.” Headlines in Denver lately boast of the booming local economy and the flood of development (read: bigger tax base). Mayor Michael […]