Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Denver Public Works

Take a Look at the Protected Bike Lane Coming to 14th Avenue

By David Sachs | Aug 4, 2016 | 7 Comments

Denver Public Works has finalized the plan to redesign West 14th Avenue with a parking-protected bike lane between Speer Boulevard and Bannock Street. The half-mile bike lane will be installed next spring, planners said at a public meeting Tuesday. The project actually calls for the bike lane to extend about 500 feet past Bannock — which is great if […]

The Broadway Redesign Is About More Than Bike Lanes

By David Sachs | Jul 25, 2016 | 3 Comments

When Denver Public Works implements a temporary redesign of a half-mile of Broadway next month, the most obvious change will be the addition of a two-way protected bike lane. But it would be a mistake to assume that the Broadway/Lincoln corridor project is only “for cyclists” — everyone who uses the street stands to benefit from […]

Here’s a Look at the 47th Avenue Bike Lane, Coming Soon to Elyria, Swansea

By David Sachs | Jul 21, 2016 | 2 Comments

Later this year, Denver Public Works plans to stripe a buffered bike lane on East 47th Avenue between Brighton Boulevard and Clayton Street in Elyria and Swansea. The bike lane will be about a mile long and run through a mostly residential neighborhood that includes Swansea Elementary School and Valdez-Perry Library. A painted buffer will provide 1.5 feet […]

Westergaard: The Key to Bike Progress in Denver Is to Give Up on Bike Lanes

By David Sachs | Jul 12, 2016 | 91 Comments

Neil Westergaard, editor of the Denver Business Journal, wants Denver to slow its roll and stop trying to make Broadway function like a safe city street instead of a surface highway. Denver Public Works, backed by elected officials, will install a two-way, parking-protected bike lane on four blocks of Broadway next month — a temporary measure intended to […]

#StreetFail: Epic 10-Car Blockade of Denver Union Station Bike Lane

By David Sachs | Jul 1, 2016 | 2 Comments

It happens all day, every day, but this obstructed bike lane on Wynkoop Street in front of Union Station borders on the absurd. Reader Micah Gurard-Levin stumbled upon this impenetrable blockade of 10 cars Thursday and took a video. Notice the extra hazard of the wide open door. The practice of picking up and dropping […]

Eyes on the Street: A New Signalized Crosswalk on Chaotic East Colfax

By David Sachs | Jun 7, 2016 | 2 Comments

People walk to a lot of places on East Colfax — East High School, the state capitol, restaurants, music venues, stores, and community centers — but there aren’t enough places to cross the street safely. Colfax is designed primarily to move tens of thousands of cars each day, and that’s what makes it one of the […]

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