Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about bike lanes

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 […]

Arapahoe Street Bike Lane Ranks Seventh Among 2015 Bike Lanes

By David Sachs | Dec 17, 2015 | No Comments

The national bike advocacy group People for Bikes is pretty much the Zagat of bike infrastructure, and they’ve rated Denver’s Arapahoe Street bike lane the seventh-best bike lane installed in the country this year. Here’s more from the Boulder-based organization: If only these plastic posts could talk. This one-mile project was languishing as a line on a […]

Driving Speeds on Broadway, Lincoln Help Make Case for Protected Bike Lane

By David Sachs | Nov 11, 2015 | 5 Comments

On Tuesday city transportation planners presented more than 100 members of the public with early results of a months-long study of the Broadway/Lincoln corridor. They offered some options to help achieve Mayor Michael Hancock’s goals for a more mobile city, and asked for input from residents and business owners. According to the study Denver’s most important […]

Bright Spot in National Western Plan: New Bike/Walk Routes

By David Sachs | Nov 9, 2015 | 2 Comments

When voters approved financing for the National Western Center project last week, they gave Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration the go-ahead to create a new neighborhood in northeast Denver. The investment in a long-neglected part of the city is overdue, according to its supporters, who say the National Western Center will anchor economic development there. At the same time, state officials have […]

National Western Center’s Massive Parking Decks Could Cost Taxpayers a Bundle

By David Sachs | Nov 3, 2015 | 2 Comments

Denver voters decided on a number of ballot measures yesterday. One of them, which partially funds a $1.1 billion National Western Center project by extending a hotel and rental car tax, will affect how people get around in northeast Denver. The National Western Complex has been the setting for the country’s premiere stock show for more than 100 years, […]

How Denver’s “Most Important Pedestrian Intersection” Must Improve

By David Sachs | Oct 30, 2015 | 7 Comments

Since Union Station became the anchor for a vibrant downtown district, the area has quickly gained an identity as a place where people walk, but the surrounding streets aren’t ready for the huge influx of pedestrians expected once RTD’s massive FasTracks expansion opens next year. City planners estimate as many as 100,000 people daily will stream through the Union Station transit district once four […]

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