Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about CDOT

"Stow your phone before crossing," CDOT orders. Photo: David Sachs

CDOT Preaches Imagined Public Safety Crisis of “Distract Walking” on Denver Street Corners

By David Sachs | Apr 24, 2018 | 11 Comments

Every so often the Colorado Department of Transportation decides it's time to use public money to shame people walking in the name of street safety.

Denver Can’t Rely on State Lawmakers to Fund Transportation the City Needs

By David Sachs | Apr 11, 2018 | 6 Comments

It's clear from the debate at the capitol that any legislative package of transportation funding will be more about pleasing constituencies who live a stone's throw from Utah, Oklahoma, and Kansas than about solving the unique problems of an urban, growing city.

A boarded up house in the path of CDOT's I-70 widening. Photo: David Sachs

Judge: CDOT Can Start Digging the I-70 Ditch

By David Sachs | Apr 4, 2018 | 9 Comments

Colorado DOT can plow a wider I-70 freeway through north Denver, after a decision Tuesday by U.S. District Court Judge William Martinez to deny a request for an injunction.

Protestors against the I-70 expansion in 2015. Photo: David Sachs

The Public Health Case Against CDOT’s I-70 Expansion Reaches a Federal Judge Tomorrow

By David Sachs | Mar 27, 2018 | 1 Comment

North Denver community groups and the Sierra Club are challenging Governor Hickenlooper's bid to build a wider urban freeway.

CDOT Executive Director Michael Lewis speaks during a press conference Tuesday. Photo: David Sachs

CDOT, City Tout Signal Tweaks on Federal Blvd as Denver Waits for a Real Redesign

By David Sachs | Feb 7, 2018 | 1 Comment

More changes should be on the way. "We need to look at everything — everything we can do to make the roadway safer," said Colorado DOT Executive Director Michael Lewis.

Colorado Traffic Deaths Rise Again, and Again Colorado DOT Tries to Deflect Blame

By David Sachs | Feb 1, 2018 | 38 Comments

CDOT boss Michael Lewis said traffic deaths are mostly a matter of individual responsibility and "education," not the design of transportation systems, but that runs counter to everything we know about places with safe streets.

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