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A Suggestion for Denver Parking Enforcement: Focus on Bike Lanes

By David Sachs | Sep 9, 2016 | 12 Comments

CBS4 News reported last night that Denver Public Works cancelled 2,400 parking tickets between November 2015 and May 2016, mostly because of “officer error.” You have to expect some human error in any system, and it looks like these mistakes (which were eventually corrected) amounted to less than one percent of parking violations issued in the city. When […]

Councilman Kevin Flynn Votes Against Denver’s Red Light Camera Program

By David Sachs | Sep 1, 2016 | 28 Comments

https://youtu.be/7fX5aM95B1U Despite marked reductions in red light running and crashes since Denver PD began enforcing the law with unmanned cameras in 2008, City Councilman Kevin Flynn isn’t ready to commit to the program long-term. He voted against a new contract with Xerox, the contractor Denver PD uses for the program, at a committee meeting on […]

John Zois Killed Melissa Montañez With His Car, Then Denver PD Blamed Her

By David Sachs | Aug 10, 2016 | 11 Comments

Melissa Montañez was walking back to her dorm room at Johnson and Wales University around 10 p.m. on July 18 when John Zois rammed her with an Acura MDX on Quebec Street near 23rd Avenue. The impact killed Montañez instantly. Montañez, 19, was a culinary student. She wanted to own her own restaurant someday. Montañez did not […]

The 16th Street Mall could be a place where every person feels safe and welcome, as it is during “Meet in the Street” days, when the mall is pedestrianized to attract more people. Image: Gehl Studios

Creating a Better Place for People to Be Is the Key to a Safe 16th Street Mall

By David Sachs | Jun 30, 2016 | 3 Comments

There are certainly reasons why Mayor Michael Hancock, Denver PD, and the Downtown Denver Partnership decided to up security on the 16th Street Mall. Violent criminals, like the man who was filmed rampaging through the 16th Street Mall hitting people with pipes Wednesday, threaten public safety on the mile-plus transit and pedestrian strip. Targeting criminals […]

#StreetFail: Denver PD Blocks Bike Lane to Save City From “Hoodlums”

By David Sachs | Jun 28, 2016 | 5 Comments

As Mayor Michael Hancock and his Denver PD spend time and money harrying “urban travelers” off the 16th Street Mall in an attempt to improve perceptions of public safety, they continue to diminish the actual safety of people on bikes by allowing people to park in bike lanes — and by parking in bike lanes themselves. Extra Denver PD […]

When Will Drivers Parking in Bike Lanes Get the Attention of Denver PD?

By David Sachs | Jun 6, 2016 | 13 Comments

Last week the Denver Police Department, cheered on by CBS 4, made a concerted effort to scold people who bike through stop signs or on sidewalks. Denver PD’s focus on bicyclist behavior is curious. No city has made its streets safe for bicycling by punishing people on bikes. Even the Hancock administration’s bike safety analysis found that unsafe driving behavior […]

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