Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about budget

Mayor Michael Hancock introduces his 2020 budget proposal at a press conference Sept. 9. Photo: Andy Bosselman

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2020 Budget: Scramble for Street Safety Funding Highlights Need for New Revenue

By Andy Bosselman | Oct 14, 2019 | No Comments

The last-minute budget scrounging for street safety funding highlights the need for city officials to find new sources of transportation dollars, advocates said.

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Mayor Continues Transportation & Climate Investments in Tightened 2020 Budget

By Andy Bosselman | Sep 9, 2019 | 7 Comments

Denver will continue investing in its goals around transportation and the climate crisis under the mayor’s 2020 budget proposal. But the $1.49 billion operating budget also braces the city for an economic slowdown.

A pop-up traffic-calming event placed flowers, beach balls, pastel-painted tires and bales of hay on a stretch of Federal Boulevard on Saturday afternoon. Photo: WalkDenver

Pop-up Traffic Calming Demonstration on Federal Shows That Fast, Cheap Fixes Can Improve Safety

By Andy Bosselman | Apr 29, 2019 | 2 Comments

Advocates for street safety placed flowers, beach balls, pastel-painted tires and bales of hay on a stretch of Federal Boulevard on Saturday afternoon to show how easily Denver’s deadliest street could be transformed into something safer.

Mayor Michael Hancock at Monday's 2017 State of the City address.

What Hancock’s 2018 Budget Does for Walking, Biking, and Transit

By David Sachs | Sep 13, 2017 | 3 Comments

Mayor Michael Hancock unveiled his 2018 budget proposal Tuesday, which includes 29 full-time employees to prop up his budding stand-alone department of transportation and mobility and $31.5 million toward the "Mobility Action Plan," Hancock's initiative to give everyone legitimate transportation options beyond driving.

Council President Albus Brooks Calls for New Source of Transportation Money

By David Sachs | Sep 28, 2016 | 28 Comments

If funding for sidewalks and bike lanes continues at the rate laid out in Mayor Michael Hancock’s 2017 budget, Denver won’t see a fully built-out bike network for many decades, and won’t have a complete sidewalk network for nearly two centuries. Hancock proposed a paltry $2.2 million for Denver Moves, the city’s blueprint for a […]

WalkDenver: Hancock’s Budget “Reflects a Status Quo Mentality”

By David Sachs | Sep 22, 2016 | 5 Comments

Last week Streetsblog looked at Mayor Michael Hancock’s proposed 2017 budget and was not impressed. Despite the mayor’s stated commitment to ending traffic deaths, he’s not committing much in the way of actual resources to safe walking and biking. The pedestrian advocates at WalkDenver have been combing through the budget as well. In a newsletter published today, WalkDenver says that despite […]

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