Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about biking

It’s Never Too Late to Learn to Ride a Bike — Just Ask These Women

By David Sachs | Apr 25, 2016 | No Comments

The city has plenty of barriers that make biking an intimidating way to get around — speeding drivers, shoddy bike infrastructure. But for a group of nine women learning how to ride at Bicycle Colorado’s Bike School on Saturday, there are other obstacles they have to overcome first. Some of the students are immigrants who […]

6 Streets and 5 Intersections in Serious Need of Safer Bike Infrastructure

By David Sachs | Feb 26, 2016 | 7 Comments

The City of Denver released reams of information when Mayor Michael Hancock committed to ending traffic fatalities, including some long awaited data on bike safety. Streetsblog is combing through it all — let’s start with the streets and intersections where people on bikes are getting hurt the most. From 2008 to 2012, there were 1,325 reported bike crashes in […]

Mikael Colville-Andersen on Building Effective Bike Lanes: Just Do It

By David Sachs | Feb 10, 2016 | 1 Comment

It’s really not that difficult to build bike infrastructure so that city streets are safe and efficient for everyone. That’s what Mikael Colville-Andersen, the “bicycle urbanism” expert who founded Copenhagenize, wants Colorado to know. “The greatest thing about bike infrastructure today is very, very simple,” Colville-Andersen told the crowd of about 250 at the Colorado Bicycle […]

Denver Will Pick Up the Pace on Bike Projects in 2016

By David Sachs | Jan 26, 2016 | 8 Comments

In 2016 Denver will see more bike lanes, bike-friendly intersections, and neighborhood streets that prioritize people on bikes, according to reps from Denver Public Works, BikeDenver, and the Downtown Denver Partnership. The advocates and bike planners spoke to about 100 people Tuesday morning at the Denver State of Biking 2016 event, briefing the public on upcoming projects […]

Eyes on the Street: Tail Tracks Plaza Opens Near Union Station

By David Sachs | Jan 8, 2016 | 1 Comment

People walking and biking can traverse the Union Station neighborhood a little more easily now that Tail Tracks Plaza is open between Wewatta and 16th. The plaza is a helpful cut-through that makes it easier for people to get to and from transit, nearby bike lanes, the 16th Street Mall, and the Cherry Creek Trail. […]

WalkScope Makes Planetizen’s Top 10 Websites of 2015

By David Sachs | Jan 7, 2016 | No Comments

Give it up for WalkScope, the crowdsourcing tool that allows anyone and everyone to map the quality of Denver’s streets. Planetizen, a popular website about urban design and planning, has rated WalkScope one of its top 10 websites of 2015. Here’s more from Planetizen: WALKscope is the rare example of crowd-sourced public engagement that actually works. WalkDenver and […]

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