Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about bike lanes

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 […]

Denver Police and DPW Pass the Buck on Bike Lane Enforcement

By David Sachs | Aug 5, 2015 | 5 Comments

It’s clearly against the law for motor vehicle drivers to obstruct a bike lane in Denver, but no city agency is making enforcement a priority. Cars and trucks parked in bike lanes are a consistent problem, so Streetsblog Denver wanted to find out how many tickets have been written for obstructing bicyclists’ right to the lane. Multiple ordinances in Denver’s municipal […]

Two-Day Broadway Bike Lane Is Pre-Cursor to Longer Demo

By David Sachs | Aug 3, 2015 | 5 Comments

We received a lot of feedback after last week’s news that the Department of Public Works will test out a protected, two-way bike lane on South Broadway with a “pop-up” bike lane during the last weekend of September. The pop-up design will run two blocks, from 1st Avenue to Bayaud Street, and will likely feature basic safeguards like cones and signage. Some […]

Eyes on the Street: Right of Way Enforcement Not Right at All

By David Sachs | Jul 30, 2015 | 3 Comments

This photo is almost too on-the-nose. Earlier today a reader sent Streetsblog Denver this picture of a Department of Public Works Right of Way Enforcement van parked in the bike lane on 14th Street, in front of the Denver Performing Arts Complex, at about 9:30 a.m. What, exactly, does Right of Way Enforcement do? This, according to […]

When Denver Added Bike Lanes to Larimer Street, Retail Sales Skyrocketed

By David Sachs | Jul 22, 2015 | 4 Comments

When cities try to carve out more space for walking or biking in lieu of car traffic or parking spots, retail business owners often worry they’ll lose revenue. But a new study by University of Denver grad student Stephen Rijo shows there’s nothing to fear [PDF]. In fact, retailers should probably rejoice when their street gets redesigned. Rijo studied two […]

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