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Two Downtown Streets Could Be Transformed Into an Urban Trail

By David Sachs | Dec 9, 2015 | 14 Comments

The super successful Indianapolis Cultural Trail has already inspired one project in northeast Denver, and now planners want to create something similar downtown. Denver’s Community Planning and Development Department is leading a project that would turn 11 blocks of 21st Street and five blocks of Wynkoop Street into a place tailored for people to walk, bike, and linger in the […]

Mayor Hancock Cuts Ribbon on Parking-Protected Bike Lanes, Promises 3 More

By David Sachs | Dec 3, 2015 | No Comments

Mayor Michael Hancock officially opened Denver’s first parking-protected bike lanes Thursday with some revelry on the corner of 16th and Arapahoe. The two new bike lanes — one on Arapahoe Street and one on Lawrence Street — run a little over one mile each, from Auraria Campus to 24th Street. They include traffic signals that finally give people on bikes a safe way […]

Public Bike Infrastructure Shouldn’t Have to Rely on Private Money

By David Sachs | Aug 13, 2015 | No Comments

Bloomberg published a national story yesterday about crowdfunding public infrastructure projects to ensure government bureaucracies actually implement them. The tactic is becoming more common, Amanda Albright reports, “at a time of waning city budgets and interest in funding projects.” Headlines in Denver lately boast of the booming local economy and the flood of development (read: bigger tax base). Mayor Michael […]

Electeds Heading to San Fran With Eyes on Vision Zero

By David Sachs | Jun 15, 2015 | 2 Comments

Once a year the Downtown Denver Partnership leads a group of decision makers to another city, hoping the change of pace will lead to a change of place in Denver. The hope is that seeing how other cities do things will demystify big ideas and give leaders an appetite to try them here. It’s a sort of […]