Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about DPW

What’s the Hold-Up With the City’s Bike Safety Study?

By David Sachs | May 13, 2015 | 1 Comment

The Department of Public Works has been working on a groundbreaking analysis of cyclist crashes and injuries in Denver that could lay the groundwork for major safety improvements, but the release of the document is now behind schedule. On March 12, a DPW representative showed an overview of the study to the Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation’s transportation committee. The presentation was […]

Widening Streets Near the Broadway and I-25 Transit Station Makes No Sense

By David Sachs | May 11, 2015 | 24 Comments

At the same time that Denver seeks to become more walkable and transit-friendly, the city is pursuing road-widening projects that work directly against those goals. Sometimes the city even tries to do both things in the same place, and that’s what happening on South Broadway right now. In 2008, Denver adopted a Strategic Transportation Plan beginning with this […]

CU Denver Lays the Groundwork to Fill the Gaps in Denver’s Transit Network

By David Sachs | May 8, 2015 | 12 Comments

Unlike Boston or New York, the Mile High City grew up around cars and maintains a robust network of wide, speedy roads — infrastructure at odds with the world-class transit network the city government says it wants, and that Denver residents demand. It might surprise you (perhaps not if you ride RTD often), but no comprehensive […]

Now’s the Time to Get DPW to Design the Safest Possible 29th Ave Bike Lane

By David Sachs | May 6, 2015 | No Comments

The Department of Public Works wants to add two pieces to the growing list of bike infrastructure projects in Denver: a partially buffered bike lane on West 29th Avenue in the Highlands, and a neighborhood bikeway on West 35th Avenue to complement it. While the initial plans boast some solid elements, they could also go a lot farther to […]

Will Public Works Miss Its Opportunity to Connect the Broadway Bikeway?

By David Sachs | May 5, 2015 | 3 Comments

Two protected bike lanes are in the works for the north and south ends of Broadway, in what could be a major breakthrough for creating a safe, connected bike network. But the Department of Public Works has no plans to link the two segments, leaving a nearly two-mile gap for the foreseeable future. A continuous protected bike lane […]

Why Denver Needs to Get Serious About Street Safety and Adopt Vision Zero

By David Sachs | May 4, 2015 | 9 Comments

Traffic deaths are not an inevitable fixture of modern life, but preventable tragedies that can be systematically eliminated by smart public policy. That’s the thinking behind Vision Zero, an increasingly influential approach to street safety in cities around the world. Now is the ideal time for Denver’s leaders to join in. Vision Zero has its origins in Sweden, where […]