Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about bike safety

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Commentary: Cycling Towards Upward Mobility

By Ann Nguyen | Apr 5, 2021 | No Comments

Ann Nguyen writes, "As the fatal shootings happened in Atlanta on March 16, I was in a safe space speaking to leaders in the Colorado bicycle community about how I feel invisible but also empowered to come together and fight for the common liberation in all minority communities."

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Commentary: Is Denver Ready for The War on Cars?

By Doug Gordon | Feb 3, 2020 | No Comments

Doug Gordon says if there is any sort of war on America’s streets, it’s being inflicted on other road users by cars and the people who drive them.

A bicyclist rides on S. Marion St. Parkway Nov. 7. The city presented a protected bike lane it will install on the left side of the street. Photo: Andy Bosselman

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Marion Parkway Bike Lane Critics Walk out as City Presents Design

By Andy Bosselman | Nov 8, 2019 | No Comments

The city presented a new design for a protected bike lane that prompted a group of opponents to storm out of the meeting in a huff without even commenting on the proposal for South Marion Street Parkway.

Two skateboarders use what remains of the bike lane on E. 16th Ave. near Pearl St. on Sept. 26. Photo: Andy Bosselman

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Denver Slow to Repaint Crosswalks and Bike Lanes After Road Construction

By Andy Bosselman | Oct 31, 2019 | No Comments

Streetsblog discovered an appalling lack of oversight and unexplained delays in the way crosswalks and bike lanes are replaced after utility work and road construction wipe them out — a dereliction that puts pedestrians and people on bikes at risk of injury and death.

According to the City of Memphis, this street is too narrow to accomodate bike lanes. That, in a nutshell, is why there is only ONE bike lane in the entire city. (This street is, however, signed as a part of two official bike routes.)

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Memphis is the Most Dangerous Place to Walk

By Aaron Short | Oct 28, 2019 | No Comments

But progress on pedestrian safety is moving slowly (unlike Bluff City drivers!).

A pedestrian crosses 15th Street in Downtown Denver as a vehicle slows before turning around a newly-installed corner wedge safety treatment. Photo: Andy Bosselman

Video: New 15th Street ‘Corner Wedges’ Slow Drivers When They Turn Onto Bike Lane

By Andy Bosselman | Oct 17, 2019 | No Comments

The Department of Public works installed rubber curbs and plastic posts to create “corner wedges” within five intersections on the 15th Street bikeway downtown earlier this month. The pilot project aims to slow drivers as they turn left at intersections, helping to ensure they yield to bicyclists and pedestrians.

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