Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Colfax

WalkDenver Wants to Improve Colfax By Showing Off Its Human Face

By David Sachs | Jul 29, 2015 | 1 Comment

Colfax Avenue: the “longest, wickedest street in America.” For a while now, it’s been becoming less like a state highway for cars, and more like a vibrant, urban street for people. Yet it’s far from the pedestrian paradise that WalkDenver, the city’s preeminent pedestrian advocacy group, envisions. The group has long focused its attention on the city’s […]

When Streets Aren’t Designed for Safe Biking, People on Bikes Get Hurt

By David Sachs | Jul 15, 2015 | 6 Comments

The man killed on his bike yesterday evening near the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Colfax Avenue was riding on the wrong side of the street when a driver hit him, according to early reports from the Denver Police Department. “The preliminary investigation indicates that it appears the biker was riding southbound on a northbound lane on Colorado,” […]