CDOT
Deadly Speeds on Urban Federal Blvd Aren’t Even Fit for Rural Highways. That Can Change.
If rural Coloradans can count on CDOT and local governments to keep their pedestrians safe, Denverites should be able to do the same.
July 19, 2018
It Worked: Readers Take Over CDOT’s Victim-Blaming #SafetyStartsWithAllOfUs Campaign
Streetsblog readers from all over the country hijacked CDOT's #SafetyStartsWithAllOfUs hashtag on Twitter, overwhelming the stale, refuted message that people walking and biking somehow bear the same responsibility on public as people operating multi-ton killing machines while surfing the internet.
June 15, 2018
It’s Time to Own Colorado DOT’s #SafetyStartsWithAllOfUs Hashtag
Take over this absurd hashtag by attaching it to images and messages that show why safety actually starts when motorists stop speeding down streets while surfing the internet.
June 12, 2018
CDOT Preaches Imagined Public Safety Crisis of “Distract Walking” on Denver Street Corners
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.
April 24, 2018
Denver Can’t Rely on State Lawmakers to Fund Transportation the City Needs
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.
April 11, 2018
Judge: CDOT Can Start Digging the I-70 Ditch
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.
April 4, 2018
The Public Health Case Against CDOT’s I-70 Expansion Reaches a Federal Judge Tomorrow
North Denver community groups and the Sierra Club are challenging Governor Hickenlooper's bid to build a wider urban freeway.
March 27, 2018
CDOT, City Tout Signal Tweaks on Federal Blvd as Denver Waits for a Real Redesign
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.
February 7, 2018
Colorado Traffic Deaths Rise Again, and Again Colorado DOT Tries to Deflect Blame
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.
February 1, 2018
Hickenlooper Insists That Widening I-70 Is Good for Denver’s Health and Air Quality
Expanding I-70 requires digging up contaminated soil from a Superfund site in the country's most polluted ZIP code. But Hickenlooper stuck to his claims that adding more car lanes will be good for our air quality and our health.
January 24, 2018
