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Bicyclist Death Brings Denver Traffic Fatalities to 62, Same Number Reached in All of 2018

By Andy Bosselman | Oct 8, 2019 | No Comments

A 31-year-old man on a bicycle was killed in a crash. The road fatality is the 62nd so far this year, which is the same number of people killed on the city's streets in all of 2018.

Bella Rivera holds the hand of her mother Esther on her their way to school. "My daughter knows you need to hold onto me. Drivers don't care." Photo: Andy Bosselman

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Eyes on the Street: Denver Must Do More to Protect Kids at Montbello Kindergarten

By Andy Bosselman | Oct 2, 2019 | No Comments

A city council member used the annual Walk to School Day photo op to demand that the city do more to protect kids when the best it could do was install a crosswalk 20 months after a child was hit in front of the Escalante-Biggs Academy in Montbello.

One of Car2Go's Mercedes cars. Photo: David Sachs

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As Car2Go Pulls out of Denver, Revenue Plummets at Local Carshare Nonprofit

By Andy Bosselman | Oct 1, 2019 | 2 Comments

Car2Go may only be the beginning of the demise of car sharing in Denver. The local nonprofit eGo Carshare saw a 21 percent decline in revenue in 2017 compared to 2014.

This morning workers made measurements to show installers where to put in rubber curbs along the 15th St. bikeway near Tremont Pl. Photo: Andy Bosselman

Eyes on the Street: Workers Start 15th St. Bike and Bus Fixes

By Andy Bosselman | Sep 25, 2019 | 4 Comments

This morning workers started installing rubber curbs along the 15th Street bikeway downtown to make the street safer. Over the coming weeks, pedestrian safety improvements will be made and the street will get a dedicated bus lane.

I-25 viewed from the 16th Street pedestrian bridge. Photo: Andy Bosselman

SBD in the Colorado Sun: Want to Solve the Climate Crisis? Stop Widening Roads

By Andy Bosselman | Sep 20, 2019 | 1 Comment

To honor this second Global Climate Strike today, Gov. Jared Polis and Mayor Michael Hancock must commit to stop building new roads and expanding the ones we have.

A walk through Denver's Sunnyside neighborhood last month revealed missing, dilapidated and incomplete sidewalks. Photo: WalkDenver

Advocates: Denver Transportation Budget Not Enough; Sidewalks Need More Funding

By Andy Bosselman | Sep 18, 2019 | 6 Comments

Mayor Hancock’s preliminary budget fails to fully fund the city’s transportation priorities for 2020 — and the City Council must make more money available to save lives and improve how people get around the city, activists said Wednesday.

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