Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about bike lanes

At this neighborhood bikeway (once known as a bicycle boulevard) in Vancouver, bicycles can enter via the cutout, but cars can only exit. Photo: Payton Chung via Flickr

Denver Will Add 17 Miles of New Bike Lanes This Year. Here’s Where.

By Andy Bosselman | May 9, 2019 | 26 Comments

Denver will build 16.8 miles of new bike lanes this summer, kicking off the construction of 125 miles of bikeways the city will add to its network over the next five years. This summer’s work includes nine projects, most in lower-income areas outside of the city center. As the city finally accelerates the expansion of its bike network, advocates expressed support.

Cyclist and scooter rider in red cup bike lane

Activists: Smashed Tomatoes on Denver Bike Lanes Could Be Our Heads

By Andy Bosselman | Apr 26, 2019 | 4 Comments

After the death of a cyclist who was using an unprotected bike lane in Washington D.C., A Denver bike activist organized the #RedCupProject to illustrate how vulnerable people are when they bike in unprotected bike lanes.

Mayoral Candidate Kalyn Heffernan: The Streetsblog Interview

By Andy Bosselman | Apr 19, 2019 | 2 Comments

This is a special edition to our series of interviews with candidates for Denver mayor in the May 2019 municipal election.

When this bike lane on Denver's Martin Luther King Boulevard was installed, some African-American residents in Park Hill raised concerns with Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, who then was a City Councilman. Image: Google Maps.

The Bike Movement Ignores Displacement, Says Author

By Andy Bosselman | Apr 5, 2019 | 17 Comments

When bike advocates push for changes to the streets, they do no analysis on the impact it will have on inequality.

Last month a car crashed into the Hornet Restaurant for the third time that year. Photo: The Hornet.

Latest Crash Reveals ‘Health Epidemic’ of Cars

By Andy Bosselman | Dec 3, 2018 | 19 Comments

The BMW that slammed into the Hornet restaurant over the weekend marks the third crash into the restaurant this year—and highlights "a public health epidemic" on Denver's streets.

* These projects could get delayed until 2019 if a nearby stormwater project is not completed before the paving season ends.

Hancock Administration Planning Nine Miles of Unprotected Bike Lane Projects This Year

By David Sachs | May 3, 2018 | 9 Comments

Yesterday we checked in on the progress of protected bike lanes in Denver, which Mayor Michael Hancock will not be accelerating in 2018. What about the lower hanging fruit of standard, striped bikeways?

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