Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about congestion

Stock Show Parade Boots Cars Off 17th Street, Other Streets Hold Up Fine

By David Sachs | | 4 Comments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXN59qdCMaE&feature=em-upload_owner Here’s something to keep in mind when you hear someone say there’s not enough room on city streets for bike lanes or better pedestrian infrastructure — or when decision makers insist on widening already deadly streets. Denver’s traffic congestion can be bad at times in certain places, just like every other decent-sized American city, but downtown Denver during most of […]

Denver Can Grow Without Getting Overrun By Traffic, If We Act Now

By David Sachs | | 1 Comment
Westword commentator Bree Davies sometimes writes fierce, nostalgic critiques of how Denver is growing, and what it means when your hometown’s identity is changing from an intimate, small city to a fast-developing one attracting young professionals from across the country. Sometimes she loathes change, like the squeezes Denver’s growing population puts on city streets. But after a trip to Los Angeles, […]
Show More Stories