Broadway

Everywhere you look, Denver's transportation system treats cars and drivers like VIPs at a club while bus riders get the D-list treatment, queuing at the door just hoping for a table. Transit advocates wanted to flip the script.

All-day bus lanes and new pavement treatments will improve bus service. But the project is a small step, not a bold leap.

For the cost of widening 56th Avenue for three miles, the city could build 67 miles of protected bike lanes and 90 miles of sidewalks. Oh well.

Outrage from Denver Business Journal Editor Neil Westergaard, trepidation from the Denver Post editorial board, and a few disgruntled residents seem to have made the Broadway redesign expendable.

Next steps include extending the bike lane to the Cherry Creek Trail, making the rush-hour bus lanes on Broadway and part of Lincoln a transit-only lane around the clock, and improving crosswalks.

Watch out, Denver. Big Brother is scheming to pry your car keys out of your hands with a malicious plot to — gasp! — reorganize streets to carry more people.

What were the best and worst changes to Denver's streets last year? Streetsblog Denver readers told us over the holidays by voting for the Streetsie Awards, and the results are in.

The demonstration is a critical first step in creating a continuous and safe north-south route for people on bikes.

Denver’s streets are changing. City planners are converting one-way speedways into two-way neighborhood streets, prioritizing transit with more dedicated bus lanes, and installing more protected bike lanes. Meanwhile, City Council members seem to be taking people’s demands for sidewalks citywide seriously. These changes don’t make everyone happy. The public’s limited street space “belongs” to cars, many … Continued