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Commentary: How a new emphasis on safer streets could drive big change in Colorado
Colorado's wowntowns, main streets, and the urban arterials that have become so many of our main streets should be vibrant community centers, but people need to feel safe accessing them, no matter how they get there.
May 4, 2021
Commentary: Yes, There Is A Bus To The Mountains
There are viable public transit options to get between Denver and the mountains.
February 17, 2020
Commentary: Is Denver Ready for The War on Cars?
Doug Gordon says if there is any sort of war on America’s streets, it’s being inflicted on other road users by cars and the people who drive them.
February 3, 2020
Commentary: New Sidewalk on Colorado Blvd. Is An Insult That Remains Unsafe for Pedestrians
A new sidewalk on Colorado Blvd., which replaced a sloping dirt path, remains a poorly designed, “violent, loud and unsafe” place for pedestrians.
May 23, 2019
Snow Removal: Denver Bus Riders Get Slush and Road Spray — but Few Bus Shelters
Yesterday's “bomb cyclone” blizzard covered Denver in at least six inches of snow. After the flakes stopped falling I toured five bus routes. But it was not a good day to be a pedestrian.
March 14, 2019
Report: Denver Transit Riders Switch to Cars as RTD Fails to Get the Basics Right
Regular transit riders are giving up on Denver’s buses and trains and hopping into road-clogging cars instead. RTD keeps passengers waiting too long and its routes fail to go to the places where most people want to go, says a new survey.
February 13, 2019
#StreetFail: City or Wealthy Homeowners Should Upgrade the University Blvd Dirtwalk
Fixing this stretch of public space is not technically the responsibility of Denver Public Works, because Denver's sidewalk policy unrealistically expects private homeowners to maintain public sidewalks.
June 7, 2018
“Rolling Out the Red Carpet” for Bus Riders on 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.
October 10, 2017
Fixing Denver Transit: Waiting for the Bus With Dignity
Only about 5 percent of the city's 3,000 stops have a shelter. That's 150 citywide.
February 15, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Progress on the Lawrence Street Transit Island
The protected bike lanes on Lawrence and Arapahoe streets are well on their way to completion, and so is an accompanying “transit island” that will help people waiting for the bus and people on bikes get where they need to go safely. The island, also known as a “floating bus stop,” gives pedestrians a safe haven … Continued
November 2, 2015