Blueprint Denver

WalkDenver's Jill Locantore drops the mic.

By 2040 each additional household will pay $3,600 more per year for transportation, energy, and water than if the city embraces dense development and transit, according to a new report assembled for the Blueprint Denver task force.

More homes and destinations closer together meant more people could easily walk, bike, or ride transit where they needed to go.

The Mile High City has the internet bursting at the servers with superlatives about its unmatched quality of life — brought to you, in part, by a supposedly superb transit system. But the data tells another story. In 2002 the city set out to shape Denver’s neighborhoods with Blueprint Denver, a planning document that tried to … Continued

A lot of Denver’s neighborhoods look the way they do today because of “Blueprint Denver,” the first citywide effort to integrate neighborhood development and transportation. Plans like this matter. It makes more sense to build dense housing, retail, and office space in walkable areas near good transit than in unwalkable transit deserts that encourage driving … Continued

How will Denver manage its growth while remaining affordable and without getting overrun by traffic? The people charged with revamping Blueprint Denver, the city’s transportation and land use plan, began to answer that question Thursday. It was the first meeting of the 33-member task force, which is comprised of residents with expertise in transportation, development, business, … Continued