Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about CDOT

Colorado DOT Claims Its Latest Seat Belt Campaign Saves Pedestrians

By David Sachs | Jun 16, 2016 | No Comments

Billboards reminding people to wear seat belts are not an innovative way to end traffic deaths, but they are an easy box to check. Colorado DOT’s latest iteration of the tired tactic comes in the form of a giant airbag downtown that warns drivers and passengers not to depend on said airbag to save their […]

Colorado DOT’s “Road Health” Summit All About Car Tech, Not Safe Streets

By David Sachs | Jun 14, 2016 | 1 Comment

How far has the Colorado Department of Transportation come since its days as the Colorado Department of Highways? Not very far, judging by Denver’s high-speed, state-owned streets like Colfax and Federal. While Colorado DOT Director Shailen Bhatt talks a good game, the agency he runs has shown almost no inclination to create walkable, bikeable, transit-oriented streets […]

Hickenlooper’s DOT Casts Itself as the Hero in I-70 Propaganda Film

By David Sachs | May 2, 2016 | No Comments

Colorado DOT has produced a half-hour documentary about Colorado DOT saving Elyria, Swansea, and Globeville from an old highway. How does Colorado DOT come to the rescue? By building an enormous new highway, of course! This 30-minute piece of propaganda, called “Changing Lanes,” cost taxpayers $88,000 to make. The film was produced to fulfill federal historic preservation requirements, […]

CDOT Can’t Afford to Maintain Its Roads But Wants to Spend Big to Widen I-70

By David Sachs | Mar 7, 2016 | 3 Comments

Colorado Public Radio aired a story today about the looming budget crunch facing Colorado DOT. In a nutshell, the agency can’t afford to maintain all the highways it’s built: Roads need upkeep. It often feels as though interstates need more lanes. And there’s constant pressure for more mass transit options, both to help folks get around – […]

Do It Today: Tell Hickenlooper to Stop the Mega-Highway Thru North Denver

By David Sachs | Mar 2, 2016 | 2 Comments

If Colorado DOT builds its I-70 widening project, north Denver will be saddled with more traffic, more pollution, and more disconnected neighborhoods for generations. CDOT would have you believe the widening is a done deal, but it’s not — Governor John Hickenlooper could save the city from this relic of 1950s-era transportation planning if he chooses. One window of opportunity to weigh in on […]

The One Person Who Can Stop the I-70 Widening Is John Hickenlooper

By David Sachs | Feb 24, 2016 | 8 Comments

While Colorado DOT seems hell-bent on spending billions of dollars to widen I-70, it’s not too late to stop the project. If Governor John Hickenlooper says the word, the city can still escape unscathed from the state’s efforts to ram a super-wide below-grade highway through north Denver. Going through with the highway widening will have long-lasting consequences, saddling the […]

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