biking
DPW’s Vision Zero Dashboard Seriously Undercounts Denver Traffic Deaths
Denver Public Works puts the total number of people killed between 2012 and 2015 while walking and biking at 51. Documents from the Denver Police Department tell a different story.
March 1, 2017
Wednesday: Lobby Your Legislators for Safe Streets for Biking and Walking
Bicycle Colorado needs everyday people to speak up about safe streets, so that politicians keep their constituents in mind when crafting and voting on legislation, for instance, and prioritizing funding for biking and walking.
February 27, 2017
Denver Post: Prioritizing People Instead of Cars Is “Extreme”
The Denver Post wants the city to slow down on this whole 21st Century transportation thing. In its latest editorial ("No, Denver Shouldn't Make Driving More Difficult"), the paper warns against setting aside street space so people can get around quickly and safely on the bus or a bike.
February 24, 2017
B-Cycle Replaced Plenty of Car Trips in 2016, But Ridership Fell
The number of B-Cycle trips fell for the third straight year in 2016.
February 16, 2017
Students Ask Hancock to Overhaul Dangerous High-Speed Streets
Denver students rallied with advocates today to demand that Mayor Michael Hancock save lives by redesigning the city's dangerous, high-speed streets. At the City and County Building, students joined the Vision Zero Coalition, headed by WalkDenver, to ask Hancock to provide Denver Public Works an annual funding stream for street redesigns.
February 14, 2017
66 Percent of Denver Voters Would Pay a Sales Tax to Build the Bike Network
OnSight Public Affairs polled likely 2017 voters and found that 66 percent would pay a 4-cent sales tax for every $100 in purchases to complete the citywide bike network in five years.
February 10, 2017
Brent Toderian: Don’t “Balance” Modes — Prioritize Walking, Biking, and Transit
"I'm capable of saying some pretty harsh things — I'm very un-Canadian that way. But most of the time, I would say that if a city hires me, it's because they know that the status quo isn't working."
February 9, 2017
Colorado Senate Republicans Kill “Safety Stop” Bill
Testimonies against the bill claimed it would increase crashes. No one presented data.
February 8, 2017
It Sounds Like Hancock Is Serious About Prioritizing People Over Cars
Mayor Michael Hancock lent his most emphatic support yet to what he called "bold" investments in biking, walking, and transit in a speech he gave at Bicycle Colorado's Moving People Forward conference.
February 7, 2017
BikeDenver Offers Free Membership to Grow Army of “Angelic Troublemakers”
Those bike lanes around the city? They don't appear out of the ether.
February 6, 2017
