Sneckdowns: Nature’s Way of Showing Denver Where to Calm Traffic
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It's that time of year when Mother Nature shows Denver how much street space is wasted on moving motorists quickly, at the expense of keeping pedestrians safe.
Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Colfax
WalkDenver Audit Quantifies Difficulty of Walking on East Colfax
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A third of the people traveling along East Colfax Avenue and surrounding streets are walking, taking transit or biking, but that doesn’t mean the streets are well-designed for anything other than driving a car. Now, there’s data to prove it from a recent “walkability audit” by WalkDenver. The report quantifies what many people already know about the […]
Eyes on the Street: East Colfax Gets More Color at Two Intersections
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The Colfax Avenue Business Improvement District hosted the Art-i-fax Street Party on Saturday, where Denver Public Works opened up parts of Colfax and its side streets to people, so volunteers could add some color and creativity to two intersections. These pieces are at Race and Williams, several blocks away from two new intersection murals on […]
Eyes on the Street: Crosswalk Art Adds More Color to East Colfax
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Crossing East Colfax Avenue just got a little more interesting. Denver Public Works made part of the street car-free over the weekend so people could paint the crosswalks at Steele and Adams with birds, guitars, musical notes, and a stylized design of the word “Colfax.” The project is a collaboration between the Bluebird Business Improvement District and Department […]
Artists Are Turning Colfax Into a Canvass Ahead of WalkDenver’s Gala
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Street art adds character to neighborhoods and can make an uninviting place to walk feel a little more inviting. Cue WalkDenver’s “Art on the Ave” contest. The pedestrian advocates asked 14 artists to treat utility boxes on East Colfax as canvasses this month, and they did, turning drab but necessary sidewalk clutter into colorful works […]
Another Life Lost on Colfax — Don’t Blame the Victim, Blame Colorado DOT
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Colfax Avenue is affectionately known as the “longest, wickedest street in America” for its colorful places and unique people. But for people who walk on Colfax, the street is wicked in all the wrong ways. Drivers routinely run over people, and people on foot take their lives in their hands merely by crossing the street. The latest […]