biking
Marion Parkway Bike Lane Critics Walk out as City Presents Design
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.
November 8, 2019
Denver’s Air Thick With Fossil Fuel Pollution as 11,000 Scientists Declare Climate Emergency
Thirty scientists from Colorado signed onto a paper declaring the world in a state of climate emergency — a bit of news that hit just as a thick brown cloud of fossil-fuel residue hung over the Denver Metro.
November 5, 2019
Denver Slow to Repaint Crosswalks and Bike Lanes After Road Construction
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.
October 31, 2019
Congress Eyes Funds for Vision Zero
House members propose a bill that would fund pedestrian- and cycling-safety efforts.
October 24, 2019
Eyes on the Street: New Dedicated Bus Lanes on 15th Street
The city installed new bus-only lanes on 15th Street Downtown last night. The move is expected to accelerate buses up to 42 percent. And if buses become faster and more reliable, people may start to ditch cars in favor of buses.
October 21, 2019
Video: New 15th Street ‘Corner Wedges’ Slow Drivers When They Turn Onto Bike Lane
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.
October 17, 2019
San Francisco Banned Cars From Iconic Market Street
After eight years of planning — and more years of advocacy and pushing — San Francisco approved the "Better Market Street" plan. It will ban private cars on Market Street, add raised, protected bike lanes and make San Francisco's iconic street a more comfortable place to walk and bike.
October 16, 2019
Commentary: Be Skeptical of Crash Reports in Local Media
This guest commentary is by Adelaide Perr, a writer, professional triathlete and coach who was seriously injured in a crash between her bike and a driver’s car in 2014. It was originally published at her blog and discussed at Monday’s Colorado Bicycle Summit. Be skeptical of crash reports in local newspapers. The police officer giving … Continued
October 9, 2019
Bicyclist Death Brings Denver Traffic Fatalities to 62, Same Number Reached in All of 2018
A 31-year-old man on a bicycle was killed in a crash. The road fatality is the 62nd so far this year, which is the same number of people killed on the city's streets in all of 2018.
October 8, 2019
Eyes on the Street: Workers Start 15th St. Bike and Bus Fixes
This morning workers started installing rubber curbs along the 15th Street bikeway downtown to make the street safer. Over the coming weeks, pedestrian safety improvements will be made and the street will get a dedicated bus lane.
September 25, 2019
