Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about CDOT

How Highway Expansionists Forced Through Funding for I-70

By David Sachs | Jul 13, 2015 | 2 Comments

Thanks to last week’s City Council decision, Denver will pay the Colorado Department of Transportation $83 million to expand I-70 from six lanes to 10, using obsolete data to justify it. But there’s a lot more to unpack. CDOT will also contribute to a much-needed drainage project as part of the deal. By knotting flood mitigation with […]

CDOT Will Knowingly Use Obsolete Projections to Rationalize I-70 Widening

By David Sachs | Jul 7, 2015 | 5 Comments

Last month, Streetsblog wrote about the absurd traffic projections that the Colorado Department of Transportation is using to justify expanding I-70 from six lanes to 10 through northeast Denver. Last night, I-70 project director Tony DeVito admitted that CDOT will knowingly use old traffic modeling to make a case for the $1.2 billion project, even though there’s newer data available. DeVito spoke […]

What Denver’s Transportation Engineers Can Learn From Seattle

By David Sachs | Jul 6, 2015 | 1 Comment

Seattle is, in many ways, Denver’s most comparable peer city. Like the Mile High City, Seattle was built to move cars, but as it grows, the city is looking to retrofit its streets to move people via transit, biking, and walking. There’s a stark difference between the two cities’ approach, though. Seattle is backing up its talk with swift action made […]

Walk2Connect Helps People Take the First Step Toward Pedestrian Advocacy

By David Sachs | Jun 22, 2015 | No Comments

Walk2Connect sort of just happened, kind of like learning to walk. The organization bubbled up in Jonathon Stalls’ head after he trekked west from the Delaware coast by foot, and didn’t stop until he reached the Pacific Ocean. After that it was clear: Truly connecting with a place and its people can’t happen in a […]

CDOT Considering Charging Drivers by the Mile

By David Sachs | Jun 17, 2015 | 3 Comments

Yesterday on Colorado Public Radio, Colorado Department of Transportation Director Shailen Bhatt revealed that the state agency is looking into a mileage-based user fee to fund road projects. Bhatt told CPR’s Ryan Warner that Colorado is part of a “coalition” of states considering the funding mechanism, which charges drivers based on how much they use […]

Dennis Gallagher: City and CDOT Rushing to Ram a Wider I-70 Through Denver

By David Sachs | Jun 12, 2015 | 4 Comments

Outgoing City Auditor Dennis Gallagher has been a thorn in the side of reckless I-70 expansionists for a long time. When the city council first considered proclaiming support last year, he blasted the 10-lane, $1.8 billion proposal. Before the Denver Regional Council of Governments awarded the project $50 million, he gave a scathing warning. Now Gallagher […]

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