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Hancock Administration Poised to Adopt Vision Zero Plan

By David Sachs | Sep 23, 2015 | 5 Comments

Denver Public Works Transportation Director Crissy Fanganello told the City Council Tuesday that her agency will create a Vision Zero plan — a roadmap to eliminate traffic deaths — as long as the council approves the allocations in Mayor Michael Hancock’s 2016 budget. The news came during a presentation on DPW’s budget, which includes $350,000 to create the plan […]

DPW’s Big Idea for Denver’s Next Great Walkable Neighborhood: Widen Roads

By David Sachs | Sep 18, 2015 | 3 Comments

Denver’s ABC affiliate, 7News, has a very cleverly titled column called “Driving You Crazy” (it’s mostly about what makes drivers crazy — get it?). Sometimes traffic reporter Jayson Luber wanders into transit territory — like when he empathized with a reader who can’t stand “gabby females” on the No. 15 bus. But mostly Luber hands a megaphone to motorists enraged over […]

Denver Can Do Better Than Its Shoddy Connections to Transit

By David Sachs | Sep 3, 2015 | 5 Comments

Denver’s transit network is growing, but no government body has taken responsibility for improving access to train stations and bus stops — not RTD, not Denver Public Works, not the Colorado Department of Transportation, not Denver’s elected officials. It’s the city’s low-income residents who bear the brunt of this failure. Those are the findings from a report released today by the transit advocates at Mile […]

DPW Has Plan for Neighborhood Bikeways, Now Electeds Needs to Fund Them

By David Sachs | Sep 1, 2015 | 2 Comments

The Department of Public Works is trying to make the city’s east-side neighborhoods better for biking and walking by slowing down traffic and setting aside space solely dedicated to people on bikes and pedestrians. Funding for these projects is uncertain, however. If the projects get funded, they’ll pop up in Congress Park, Cherry Creek, City Park, and other areas east of […]

West Colfax Demo Proves Neighborhood Needs, Deserves Complete Street

By David Sachs | Aug 19, 2015 | 1 Comment

West Colfax Avenue suffers from an identity crisis. It was designed to move motor vehicles in and out of the city as fast as possible, but it’s also a neighborhood street where bus riders, families, and shoppers abound. The result is a thoroughfare that caters to motorists, but not to the people who actually live, work, and walk there. […]

Widening Federal Boulevard for Cars Makes No Sense, But BRT Does

By David Sachs | Aug 18, 2015 | 3 Comments

Crashes on Federal Boulevard between Seventh Avenue and Howard Place are higher than the statewide average. So how have the Colorado Department of Transportation and Denver Public Works responded? By adding a sixth travel lane for drivers and widening the current ones — two actions known to increase speeds and congestion. When it’s completed in 2018, […]

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