Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Blueprint Denver

Dense development around around the 10th and Osage RTD station includes homes and ground-floor businesses within walking distance of a grocery store, bike-share, a park, a student community center, and the Santa Fe Arts District. Photo: David Sachs

Embracing Density and Transit Could Save Denver Households Thousands of Dollars a Year

By David Sachs | Mar 24, 2017 | 15 Comments

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.

There were fewer people per acre in downtown and nearby neighborhoods in 2010 than in 1950. Image: CPD

Lots of Denver Neighborhoods Were Denser in 1950 Than They Are Today

By David Sachs | Dec 9, 2016 | 2 Comments

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

The red represents "areas of change," where planners expected most new development. Image: City and County of Denver

How Denver’s Seminal Planning Document Has Shaped Neighborhoods So Far

By David Sachs | Sep 27, 2016 | 1 Comment

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 […]

Blueprint Denver Task Force Sets Its Sights on Tackling Car Dependence

By David Sachs | Jun 24, 2016 | 5 Comments

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, […]