Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about bike lanes

Protected Bike Lane in Stapleton Shot Down By the Finance Department

By David Sachs | Mar 31, 2016 | 6 Comments

Residents of Denver’s Stapleton neighborhood want a two-way, parking-protected bike lane on 26th Avenue, a street that straddles Aurora and Denver. The redesign would provide a safer place for people to bike while calming traffic — benefits that would help the Hancock administration achieve its stated goals of eliminating traffic deaths and increasing bike trips. Instead Stapleton residents will get […]

#StreetFail: Three Blocked Bike Lanes in Two Blocks

By David Sachs | Mar 23, 2016 | 3 Comments

Our latest #StreetFail comes from a Streetsblog reader who sent in these photos after a short walk from the bus stop to her office. In the two blocks between where the No. 15 drops her off and where she works, she witnessed trucks blocking bikeways three separate times — once in the 15th Street protected bike lane and twice […]

In the Works: Protected Bike Lane for Stout, Buffered Bike Lane for Champa

By David Sachs | Mar 4, 2016 | 6 Comments

Denver Public Works is preparing to install a protected bike lane on Stout Street and a buffered bike lane on Champa Street in Curtis Park this summer. DPW held an open house at the Curtis Park Neighbors meeting Thursday night to show residents potential designs [PDF] and get feedback. The project aims to calm traffic […]

#Streetfail: Slippery Bike Lanes Won’t Get People Riding

By Brad K. Evans | Feb 23, 2016 | 3 Comments

Yes! We have a fancy new protected bike lane on Lawrence Street in downtown Denver. Protected bicycle lanes are supposed to provide bicycle riders with protection, right? But that only works if the city prioritizes clear bike lanes as much as it does car lanes. Crews from the Department of Public Works tend not to plow bike lanes as diligently […]

DPW Moves Forward With Two-Way Parking-Protected Bike Lane on Broadway

By David Sachs | Jan 29, 2016 | 14 Comments

Denver Public Works and its transportation consultant Fox Tuttle Hernandez presented their recommended redesigns of Broadway and Lincoln streets Thursday night at the second community workshop for the project. Planners aim to install a two-way protected bike lane along Broadway between Colfax and I-25, but they have yet to decide if they will implement it on the entire […]

Denver Will Pick Up the Pace on Bike Projects in 2016

By David Sachs | Jan 26, 2016 | 8 Comments

In 2016 Denver will see more bike lanes, bike-friendly intersections, and neighborhood streets that prioritize people on bikes, according to reps from Denver Public Works, BikeDenver, and the Downtown Denver Partnership. The advocates and bike planners spoke to about 100 people Tuesday morning at the Denver State of Biking 2016 event, briefing the public on upcoming projects […]

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