Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about biking

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I Started Using B-Cycle’s Free 5280 Program. Here’s How It’s Going

By Loren M. Hansen | Aug 22, 2019 | 4 Comments

To be successful after the free 5280 program, Denver B-Cycle will need to bolster up its fleet of mechanics while trying to find ways of slashing costs if it hopes to survive in the post-scooter landscape.

An aerial view of downtown highlights the location of the proposed 5280 Trail. Image: Downtown Denver Partnership

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5280 Trail Would Create a 5-Mile Park and Trail Around Downtown

By Andy Bosselman | Aug 21, 2019 | 6 Comments

A vision for the 5280 Trail, a “linear park" that could one day form a five-mile loop around downtown Denver, was unveiled yesterday. It would transform streets into tree-lined places for plazas, playgrounds and public art — while creating a low-stress place for people to stroll and ride bikes to, from and within downtown.

On Aug. 2, about 140 people participated in a Critical Mass ride to protest the recent deaths of bicyclists. Photo: Andy Bosselman

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Commentary: The 18-Year Plan to Complete Denver’s Bike Network Is Unacceptable

By Avi Stopper | Aug 19, 2019 | 4 Comments

Denver's plan to complete its bike network will take 18 years. In a word, that’s unacceptable.

Bicyclists ride on 23rd Avenue during Friday's Critical Mass. Photo: Andy Bosselman

Amid Cyclist Deaths, Critical Mass Ride Returns with Call to Action

By Andy Bosselman | Aug 5, 2019 | 1 Comment

A 49% increase in traffic fatalities highlights how little Mayor Hancock’s administration has achieved in the three years since it adopted a Vision Zero Action Plan, which aims to end all traffic fatalities by 2030.

A crowd of people hold candles at a vigil

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Hundreds of Bicyclists Ride, Remember and Party for Fallen Cyclists

By Andy Bosselman | Aug 1, 2019 | No Comments

Hundreds of people on bikes gathered near the ballpark last night before riding in the rain to a candlelight vigil held where a driver hit and killed a bicyclist last week. The second cyclist death in as many weeks, the action was part memorial, part protest and also part of an annual celebration when bicyclists put on dresses and ride through the city.

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Traffic Violence Report: 482 Crashes Seriously Injured 5 Last Week

By Andy Bosselman | Jul 23, 2019 | 1 Comment

There were no new traffic fatalities in Denver last week but drivers caused 482 crashes that seriously injured five and the total number of fatalities is up 38 percent year. The increasing number deaths show that the city's Vision Zero program is failing to make progress toward its goal to eliminate all traffic fatalities and serious injuries.

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