Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about CDOT

I-70 traffic viewed from the Purina plant on Wednesday at 6:30 a.m. Image: CDOT.

Oakland Plans to Tear Down Major Freeway While Denver Keeps Expanding I-70

By Andy Bosselman | Apr 18, 2019 | 35 Comments

Why is Denver still expanding I-70? The move to tear down I-980 in Oakland shows that forward-thinking officials elsewhere get it: The problems associated with mega-motorways in urban neighborhoods outweigh the benefits.

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock in his Five Points campaign office on March 28. Photo: Andy Bosselman

Candidate and Mayor Michael Hancock: The Streetsblog Interview

By Andy Bosselman | Apr 12, 2019 | 1 Comment

This is the last in a series of interviews with candidates for Denver mayor in the May 2019 municipal election.

This Interstate 70 viaduct cuts through the Denver neighborhoods of Elyria, Swansea, and Globeville. It will be torn down expanded to a 14-lane sunken freeway. Photo: CDOT.

Report: Expanding I-70 Is out of Step With Polis’ Goals

By Andy Bosselman | Apr 3, 2019 | 37 Comments

A new report calls for the removal of America's 10 worst urban highways, including Interstate 70 through Denver’s mostly Latino neighborhoods of Elyria, Swansea, and Globeville. Local activists see the report as a chance to renew their calls to stop the project — especially after electing Gov. Polis, who campaigned on cutting vehicle emissions and increasing mass transit.

Colorado’s Bus Driver Shortage. Part 1: The Problem

By Andy Bosselman | Mar 26, 2019 | 7 Comments

In Denver and across Colorado, transit officials can’t hire enough people to drive buses and operate trains. Without drivers, some buses and trains never leave the station or service is cut.

An Associated Press reporter asks Sam Cole, a CDOT spokesperson, a question

Pot Smokers Think Driving While Stoned Is No Big Deal. Colorado Wants to Change That.

By Andy Bosselman | Mar 5, 2019 | 2 Comments

As more people get caught behind the wheel while stoned, the State of Colorado wants to improve the ad campaigns it uses to persuade them to stop.

Polis, Hancock, Sadik-Khan: Highlights From Today’s Bicycle Conference

By Andy Bosselman | Feb 7, 2019 | 2 Comments

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock gave uninspiring speeches at Bicycle Colorado’s Moving People Forward conference today in Denver. But the two followed Janette Sadik-Khan, the former New York City transportation commissioner whose book “Streetfight” calls for an “urban revolution.” (Read the Streetsblog Denver interview.) Sadik-Khan helped the Big Apple transform its streets from […]

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