Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about complete streets

Two Lyft scooters block the sidewalk on Wazee near the 16th St. Mall. Streetsblog file photo by Andy Bosselman

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Commentary: Scooters Another Sign of Big Tech Colonizing Public Spaces

By John Tinnell, PhD | Jul 24, 2019 | 19 Comments

Big Tech companies like Uber, Airbnb — and now scooter providers — aim to satisfy their customers with little regard for how their businesses affect our cities’ ecosystems. With new technologies like delivery drones and robots on the way, scooters may well be the Trojan Horse with which big tech colonizes the world’s public space.

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 […]

Denver’s Suburbs Have Better Policies for Walking Infrastructure Than Denver

By David Sachs | Sep 9, 2015 | 1 Comment

By all accounts, Denver is experiencing a cultural and economic renaissance that has made it the Millennial Mecca of the West. You’d think its streets would reflect that. Yet despite its status as Colorado’s urban center, some of Denver’s suburbs have a better grip on how to fund safe streets than the city itself. Last week’s report from Mile High […]

Complete Streets Expert Rick Plenge on Transforming Denver’s Streets

By David Sachs | Sep 4, 2015 | 1 Comment

Rick Plenge is one of two people in Colorado certified by Smart Growth America to train local governments how to create complete streets, or streets that work well for walking, biking, and transit. He helps cities all over the country figure out how to reclaim streets for people. And he lives in Denver. Before he moved here, Plenge worked in Chicago […]

Be a Part of West Colfax’s Transformation Into a Complete Street

By David Sachs | Aug 12, 2015 | No Comments

For six hours this Sunday, part of West Colfax Avenue will be transformed from a four-lane, car-heavy thoroughfare into a three-lane complete street for people. It’ll be a temporary road diet (built with temporary materials) that demonstrates how simple street design can have an outsize effect on a neighborhood’s safety and sense of place. Streetsblog Denver covered the demonstration, […]

Here Are Some Better Ideas For Quebec Street Than DPW’s Widening Plan

By David Sachs | Jun 17, 2015 | 13 Comments

The Department of Public Works wants to widen several blocks of Quebec Street between 13th and 26th. DPW says adding more lanes is the answer because it will move more cars. But if we want to have safe streets for people to walk and bike, DPW’s four-lane design for Quebec is not the way to go. According to […]