Broadway
This Weekend: See What Broadway Would Be Like With a Protected Bike Lane
Broadway serves different functions for different people. It’s a Main Street for residents of Baker, Athmar Park, Golden Triangle, and West Wash Park, and a shopping and nightlife destination for everyone in the city. It’s also Denver’s most important north-south transportation link, which is why planners call it “Denver’s spine.” Yet Broadway’s design caters mostly to drivers … Continued
September 24, 2015
Coming Soon: Parking-Protected Bike Lanes on Arapahoe, Lawrence Streets
Denver Public Works has been criticized for picking low-hanging fruit when it comes to designing bike infrastructure, but it’s safe to say the parking-protected bike lanes coming to Lawrence and Arapahoe streets are a bit higher up in the tree. Even better, they’ll probably be fully built by the end of October. Reps from DPW’s bike projects department … Continued
August 7, 2015
Temporary Protected Bike Lane Finally Coming to South Broadway
A protected bike lane on Broadway is one small step closer to reality. As long as the city approves the permits, people on bikes — and local businesses — will benefit from a temporary, two-way protected bike lane on South Broadway between 1st Avenue and Bayaud Street. The demo is planned for September 25 to 27, according to … Continued
July 30, 2015
Retrofit Could Make Intersection of 16th and Broadway Less Chaotic
The intersection of 16th and Broadway: A cluster of cars, huge buses making left turns, mall shuttles every 90 seconds, and awkward diagonal crossings for pedestrians and people on bikes trying to connect to the 16th Street Mall and 15th Street bike lane. It’s intimidating, but may soon become less so. The Denver Business Journal reports that the … Continued
July 23, 2015
BikeDenver Releases Map Showing Bike Lanes to Nowhere
People who depend on Denver’s bike network to get around are tossed from calm bike lanes into chaotic streets too often because of sporadic, fragmented infrastructure. It’s a familiar feeling for riders, but seeing the gaping voids mapped above is striking, even cringeworthy. BikeDenver released the map yesterday, inspired by a Washington Post article that mapped the disconnects in … Continued
June 26, 2015
Quality Bike Infrastructure Decreases “Scofflaw” Riding
Colorado Public Radio aired an enlightened story this morning that’s worth a listen (or read) for its treatment of the bicycle-versus-car narrative that permeates the Denver transportation discussion. Reporter Nathaniel Minor interviewed CU Denver Civil Engineer Professor Wesley Marshall, who is researching why people on bikes sometimes break traffic laws. Here’s a snippet: “Not all … Continued
May 29, 2015
Denver Business Journal: Bike Lanes Are a Conspiracy Against Drivers
Denver Business Journal Editor Neil Westergaard went old timey in a piece last Friday with the headline “Bikes are OK, but Denver plan goes too far.” The article was behind a pay wall for subscribers, but there are some excerpts below that give readers the gist. Westergaard frames the city’s efforts to improve conditions for bicycling as a … Continued
May 18, 2015
Widening Streets Near the Broadway and I-25 Transit Station Makes No Sense
At the same time that Denver seeks to become more walkable and transit-friendly, the city is pursuing road-widening projects that work directly against those goals. Sometimes the city even tries to do both things in the same place, and that’s what happening on South Broadway right now. In 2008, Denver adopted a Strategic Transportation Plan beginning with this … Continued
May 11, 2015
Tomorrow: Help Shape Development By the I-25 and Broadway Station
How can South Broadway build on the I-25 and Broadway rail station to make a more walkable, active neighborhood? City planners are in the process of creating a plan that will shape the streets and development near the station, and they’re looking for ideas. If you want to weigh in on the neighborhood’s future, head over to … Continued
May 8, 2015
Will Public Works Miss Its Opportunity to Connect the Broadway Bikeway?
Two protected bike lanes are in the works for the north and south ends of Broadway, in what could be a major breakthrough for creating a safe, connected bike network. But the Department of Public Works has no plans to link the two segments, leaving a nearly two-mile gap for the foreseeable future. A continuous protected bike lane … Continued
May 5, 2015