Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about biking

Photos: Devout Cyclists Turn out for an Icy Winter Bike to Work Day

By Loren M. Hansen and Andy Bosselman | Feb 8, 2019 | 1 Comment

Bewhiskered bicyclists arrived with frost on their beards as they rolled up to Winter Bike to Work Day stations this morning. They were among the devout who showed up three days after a storm piled 5.5 inches of snow on the ground and single-digit temperatures left icy conditions on the city’s streets, trails and bike lanes.

Polis, Hancock, Sadik-Khan: Highlights From Today’s Bicycle Conference

By Andy Bosselman | Feb 7, 2019 | 2 Comments

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock gave uninspiring speeches at Bicycle Colorado’s Moving People Forward conference today in Denver. But the two followed Janette Sadik-Khan, the former New York City transportation commissioner whose book “Streetfight” calls for an “urban revolution.” (Read the Streetsblog Denver interview.) Sadik-Khan helped the Big Apple transform its streets from […]

Janette Sadik-Khan. Photo: Olugbenro Photography.

Sadik-Khan: Denver Can Learn From NYC’s ‘Streetfight’

By Andy Bosselman | Feb 6, 2019 | 2 Comments

Janette Sadik-Khan, who will be the keynote speaker at Bicycle Colorado’s Moving People Forward conference tomorrow, transformed New York’s streets with dramatic pedestrian improvements, 400 miles of new bike lanes and the repurposing of 60 asphalt plazas into park-like places when she was the New York City transportation commissioner under former Mayor Mike Bloomberg. In […]

Saturday cyclists and loved ones dedicated this 'ghost bike' in remembrance of Dave Martinez at at 33rd Ave. and Zuni St., where a driver hit him. All photos: Andy Bosselman, Streetsblog, unless otherwise noted.

Hit-and-Run Cyclist Victim Dave Martinez Remembered at ‘Ghost Bike’ Ceremony

By Andy Bosselman | Feb 4, 2019 | 2 Comments

Three dozen cyclists honored Dave Martinez with a 1.5-mile ride on Saturday that culminated in the installation of a bike memorial for the hit-and-run victim, who died Jan. 7 at age 53.

Susan Dane of CORD held up a funeral program of two friends killed by a distracted driver. "I've never been to a funeral with two caskets, with the husband and the wife." Photo: Andy Bosselman, Streetsblog.

Everybody Uses Their Phone While Driving. A Proposed Law Wants to Change That in Colorado.

By Andy Bosselman | Jan 25, 2019 | 7 Comments

Driving at 75 mph? Why not reach for your phone and have a look at Facebook? Right now it’s legal in Colorado — but that could change if a new distracted driving bill passes in the state legislature.

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