Denver Public Works
Candidate and Mayor Michael Hancock: The Streetsblog Interview
This is the last in a series of interviews with candidates for Denver mayor in the May 2019 municipal election.
April 12, 2019
Voters Could Give Denver a New Department of Transportation and Infrastructure
Denver wants its own Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, shifting the Department of Public Works' primary focus to transportation — while keeping its duties over over solid waste and water treatment.
April 2, 2019
Breaking: Fossil Fuels Choke Denver With Air Quality 3 Times Worse Than Beijing
Today from downtown Denver, the peaks of the Rocky Mountain foothills were barely visible through the brown cloud of pollution that covered the region with an unhealthy level of fine particulate matter.
March 6, 2019
Report: Denver Transit Riders Switch to Cars as RTD Fails to Get the Basics Right
Regular transit riders are giving up on Denver’s buses and trains and hopping into road-clogging cars instead. RTD keeps passengers waiting too long and its routes fail to go to the places where most people want to go, says a new survey.
February 13, 2019
Denver’s Failing to Alert the Public About Traffic Fatalities
The city has ways to get information out to the public when it wants to, but it doesn't have a protocol to keep people apprised of traffic fatalities and injuries on Denver streets.
April 3, 2018
Eyes on the Street: It’s Safer to Walk Across Colfax at Park Avenue and Franklin Street
Denver Director of Transportation and Mobility Crissy Fanganello promised "immediate" fixes to some of the city's most dangerous intersections earlier this month, and Denver Public Works has delivered on East Colfax Avenue where it meets Park Avenue and Franklin Street to form a deadly five-legged intersection.
October 30, 2017
Of Course the Lawrence and Arapahoe Protected Bike Lanes Made Ridership Soar
After Denver Public Works installed the Arapahoe and Lawrence Street bike lanes in 2015, people who used them felt safer, and a lot more people biked on the streets. That's according to early results from a Denver Public Works study documenting the effects of the city's first parking-protected bikeways [PDF].
July 24, 2017
MLK Blvd and 31st Ave Are Getting New Bike Lanes. Will They Be Protected?
Protected bike lanes on this pair of east-west streets would clearly be the most effective option to improve safety and make more people comfortable getting around on bikes.
July 13, 2017
Why a Denver Transportation and Mobility Department Should Make Streets Better
Perhaps most importantly, a Denver DOT elevates transport to the city-building puzzle piece that it is. Urban transportation affects the economy, housing, and affordability. It should not revolve around fixing potholes.
July 11, 2017
West 23rd Ave Should Be Getting a Bike Lane Extension Across Federal — Unless Parking
Denver Public Works wants to stripe a bike lane on West 23rd Avenue where it intersects one of the city's deadliest streets, Federal Boulevard. But when it comes to protecting humans riding bikes in Denver, there's always the risk that car storage — or the fear of any space getting dedicated to bikes at all — will take precedence.
June 14, 2017
