Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Eulois Cleckley

Polis, Hancock, Sadik-Khan: Highlights From Today’s Bicycle Conference

By Andy Bosselman | Feb 7, 2019 | 2 Comments

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock gave uninspiring speeches at Bicycle Colorado’s Moving People Forward conference today in Denver. But the two followed Janette Sadik-Khan, the former New York City transportation commissioner whose book “Streetfight” calls for an “urban revolution.” (Read the Streetsblog Denver interview.) Sadik-Khan helped the Big Apple transform its streets from […]

It’ll Be a While Before Denverites See Gains from City’s First-Ever Transit Plan, Unveiled Monday

By David Sachs | Aug 6, 2018 | 11 Comments

The Denveright transit plan was released today. Here's what it does and doesn't do.

Kyle Clark, left, interviews Eulois Cleckley, head of Denver Public Works.

Let’s Be Honest: To Improve Transit, Denver Has to Claim Street Space From Cars

By David Sachs | Mar 30, 2018 | 4 Comments

Finite street space is a fact of city life, so transportation officials might as well be clear and forthright about how to make the best use of it.

From left, Denver Public Works Executive Director Eulois Cleckley, Metro Denver Chamber President Kelly Brough, Seattle City Traffic Engineer Donho Chang, and former Seattle DOT chief Scott Kubly. Photo: Jack Todd/Bicycle Colorado

Denver Can’t Count on Automated Vehicles to Fix Our Busted Transportation System

By David Sachs | Feb 16, 2018 | 3 Comments

The auto industry probably loves Colorado’s enthusiastic embrace of automated vehicles. But if decision-makers bet on robo-cars as a transportation panacea, to the exclusion of proven urban transportation solutions, they risk repeating past mistakes that hollowed out urban centers and deepened our dependence on cars. We can make our city streets safer and more efficient today […]

Eulois Cleckley, Hancock’s New Head of Public Works, Lives Car-Free in Denver

By David Sachs | Jan 12, 2018 | 5 Comments

There's at least one thing that differentiates Eulouis Cleckley, the new director of Denver Public Works, from most local civil servants: He doesn't have a car. Cleckley moved here from Houston without one.

Getting to Know Eulois Cleckley, Hancock’s Choice to Head Denver Public Works

By David Sachs | Nov 15, 2017 | 1 Comment

Eulois Cleckley will helm Denver Public Works, Mayor Michael Hancock announced Tuesday, starting on December 11. Cleckley replaces interim chief George Delaney, who took over following the retirement of Jose Cornejo in May.