biking

Denver Public Works made some key additions to the city's bike network in 2017, but red tape has dragged a few bike projects behind schedule. Here's an inventory of what DPW built this year compared to what the agency said it would build back in January.

Denver should look up to Seattle, a city where decision-makers are reshaping streets in a way that prioritizes transit, walking, and biking before driving, and invests heavily in sustainable transportation. The result is a city that has grown at a similar pace to ours, but has done so without adding traffic.

Streetsblog published a story on Wednesday — "Aurora’s Dockless Bike-Share Quickly Attracts More Riders Than Denver B-cycle" — based on erroneous information, and we are retracting the post. The premise of the post was that the three companies comprising Aurora's new dockless bike-share system — Spin, LimeBike, and ofo — are already out-performing Denver B-cycle. That's not the case.

The TV news got an important piece of the problem right -- the trail is, at times, too narrow to pass comfortably. Unfortunately that fact was obscured by an exaggerated conflict between what you would think are two warring political parties.

Unless the Hancock administration changes its ways, his departments are still prioritizing the momentary convenience of drivers over the safety of people on bikes.

In a segment that aired yesterday, reporter Jackie Crea interviewed a guy who doesn't like changes meant to calm traffic speeds and improve conditions for walking and biking at the intersection of Morrison Road, Alameda Avenue, and Knox Court.

The crash happened back on July 28 on 51st Avenue near Federal Boulevard. The driver, 81-year-old Emily Gomez, was charged with careless driving resulting in death.

It's time for the Hancock administration to employ measures at the city's multimodal nexus that back up all the talk about ending traffic deaths and doubling walking, biking, and transit trips. Anything less would make the administration's Vision Zero initiative and other "mobility" goals little more than slogans.

What if five miles of city streets looked more like that and less like a racetrack for cars? That's what the 5280 Loop would do, linking the city's neighborhoods and creating a healthier environment in the process.