Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about congestion

Commute on the light rail? No thanks, I have 1,200 parking spaces to choose from. Image: Block 162

Office Tower Puts “People First” With 13 Levels Dedicated to Storing Cars

By David Sachs | Jan 11, 2016 | 6 Comments

Let’s talk about Block 162, the latest high-rise garage. It’s a 32-story office tower that will eventually sit next to the light rail station at 16th and California, a very short walk from the 16th Street pedestrian mall and free RTD shuttles that run every 90 seconds. You’d think the developer would opt for a design that fits with […]

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

By David Sachs | Jan 7, 2016 | 4 Comments

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 the […]

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

By David Sachs | Oct 2, 2015 | 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, […]

DPW Insists on Making Quebec Street Wider and More Dangerous

By David Sachs | Jun 16, 2015 | 12 Comments

The Department of Public Works is pushing for yet another street widening that will lead to more traffic injuries. This one is on Quebec Street between 13th and 26th avenues in Stapleton. The reason? To save drivers a few minutes during rush hour. With the exception of a few blocks, this section of Quebec Street is currently […]

Wes Marshall on How to Make Denver a Walkable City With Safe Streets

By David Sachs | May 19, 2015 | 2 Comments

When Steve Jobs built the iPod, he had his team design its remarkable look and intuitive function before asking them to cram the technology inside. That’s how CU Denver professor Wes Marshall thinks about Denver’s transition to becoming a 21st century transportation city — think big and then figure out the small stuff. Marshall is an engineer who thinks like […]

Denver Business Journal: Bike Lanes Are a Conspiracy Against Drivers

By David Sachs | May 18, 2015 | 9 Comments

Denver Business Journal Editor Neil Westergaard went old timey in a piece last Friday with the headline “Bikes are OK, but Denver plan goes too far.” The article was behind a pay wall for subscribers, but there are some excerpts below that give readers the gist. Westergaard frames the city’s efforts to improve conditions for bicycling as a […]

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