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Advocates Form Vision Zero Coalition to Help City End Traffic Deaths, Injuries

By David Sachs | Dec 7, 2015 | 3 Comments

Vision Zero, the goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries, has gained popularity across the country in recent years. But that doesn’t mean cities automatically live up to its foundational principles of slowing vehicle speeds with better street design, enforcement, and education. To make sure Denver’s iteration of Vision Zero has teeth, a group of advocates […]

Mayor Hancock Cuts Ribbon on Parking-Protected Bike Lanes, Promises 3 More

By David Sachs | Dec 3, 2015 | No Comments

Mayor Michael Hancock officially opened Denver’s first parking-protected bike lanes Thursday with some revelry on the corner of 16th and Arapahoe. The two new bike lanes — one on Arapahoe Street and one on Lawrence Street — run a little over one mile each, from Auraria Campus to 24th Street. They include traffic signals that finally give people on bikes a safe way […]

Survey: Broadway Protected Bike Lane Would Entice More Riders, Shoppers

By David Sachs | Oct 22, 2015 | 2 Comments

People have dreamt up plenty of excuses for not putting a protected bike lane on Broadway, but survey results from “Bikes on Broadway,” last month’s temporary demo, remind us why it needs to happen. The survey, designed by Transportation Solutions, BikeDenver, and the Department of Public Works, polled 114 people walking or biking on South Broadway during […]

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 […]

Will Denver’s Leaders Stick With the Broadway Bike Lane in Crunch Time?

By David Sachs | Sep 28, 2015 | 2 Comments

On Friday, Denver Public Works and BikeDenver showed the city how converting one motor vehicle lane to a protected bike lane on Broadway could improve safety for everyone who uses the street. The temporary, three-day demo was the beginning of a larger bid to give people on bikes a safe north-south route through the city, and make Broadway less of a […]

Eyes on the Street: Broadway Gets a Pop-Up Protected Bike Lane

By David Sachs | Sep 25, 2015 | 2 Comments

Today marked the first visible step in what could be Denver’s most important bike infrastructure project: a protected, two-way bike lane that runs north to south on Broadway. This morning, Mayor Michael Hancock, the Department of Public Works, BikeDenver, and South Broadway merchants launched a temporary version of the bike lane between 1st Avenue and Bayaud Street to show people the […]

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