Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Colfax

CDOT Director Shailen Bhatt on the Agency’s Role in Urban Denver

By David Sachs | Dec 1, 2015 | 6 Comments

Colorado Department of Transportation Executive Director Shailen Bhatt has said all the right things since taking over early this year. He talks about his job like he’s looking out for everyone who uses our streets — not just cars and drivers — giving us reason to believe that the titanic government agency will change course and […]

Most of Denver’s Pedestrian Deaths Have Happened on These Four Streets

By David Sachs | Nov 13, 2015 | No Comments

Sunday is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, a day in which people recall their friends and family members who’ve been killed or seriously injured because of traffic violence. It’s also a time to reflect on how to end traffic deaths and serious injuries on our streets, which have become scenes for traffic violence so […]

A Low-Tech Suggestion for Transportation Safety: Stop Widening City Streets

By David Sachs | Oct 29, 2015 | 6 Comments

Colorado Department of Transportation Director Shailen Bhatt on Wednesday announced a $20 million initiative to outfit the state’s roads with cutting edge technology. His goal: Eliminate roadway deaths and congestion by asking tech ventures to step in and help solve problems. The initiative, dubbed “RoadX,” will contract out the development of high-tech solutions to road troubles. Semi-autonomous vehicles, for […]

Hancock Makes Room for Colfax BRT in 2016 Budget

By David Sachs | Oct 5, 2015 | 10 Comments

Denver has studied bus rapid transit (BRT) on East Colfax Avenue for a long time, and now it looks like the city is ready to take concrete steps to make it happen. Mayor Michael Hancock’s budget sets aside $1.2 million to design the BRT route, which would connect downtown Denver with Aurora over a nine-mile span. […]

Meet Hank, the Guy CDOT Created to Scold People Who Get Hit By Drivers

By David Sachs | Aug 21, 2015 | 21 Comments

https://youtu.be/6JT6wrUMTug Ever wonder what runs through the bureaucratic hive mind of a transportation agency still laboring under last century’s paradigm, trying to evade culpability for designing wide, fast, deadly roads? An agency that thinks the key to remaining relevant is to tweak the same old messages for a Millennial audience by posting to the social medias and the YouTubes? Wonder no […]

East Colfax BID Takes Initiative on Designing a Better Street

By David Sachs | Aug 10, 2015 | No Comments

As demand for complete streets outpaces funding and political will from city agencies, residents are taking street design into their own hands. The relatively young Colfax Mayfair Business Improvement District is Denver’s latest example. Colfax Avenue has long functioned primarily as a thoroughfare for motorists, to the detriment of business owners and people walking and biking. Basic infrastructure like […]

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