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Traffic Violence Report: 2019 Fatalities Mapped
Note: The O’Sullivan Personal Injury Law Firm supports this series but their financial contribution will never influence the content, topics or posts made in Streetsblog. Last week, one person died in a car crash on E. Colfax Avenue and Colorado Boulevard, bringing the total number of traffic fatalities in Denver to 33, sharply higher than the … Continued
June 11, 2019
Candidate and Mayor Michael Hancock: The Streetsblog Interview
This is the last in a series of interviews with candidates for Denver mayor in the May 2019 municipal election.
April 12, 2019
Tina Padilla Was the Sixth Person Killed Walking on Federal Boulevard This Year
Denver PD arrested Edward J. Sack for vehicular homicide. Federal now accounts more than half of the city's pedestrian deaths.
September 7, 2017
West Side Transit and Walking Projects Shouldn’t Have to Fight Over Funding Scraps
The Denver City Council approved a request Monday night from City Council members Paul Lopez and Rafael Espinoza to exchange a $9.8 million Federal Boulevard transit project for four smaller ones focused on pedestrian safety and transit on Federal, Morrison Road, West Colfax Avenue, and Central Street.
August 8, 2017
CDOT Director Shailen Bhatt on the Agency’s Role in Urban Denver
Colorado Department of Transportation Executive Director Shailen Bhatt has said all the right things since taking over early this year. He talks about his job like he’s looking out for everyone who uses our streets — not just cars and drivers — giving us reason to believe that the titanic government agency will change course and … Continued
December 1, 2015
Most of Denver’s Pedestrian Deaths Have Happened on These Four Streets
Sunday is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, a day in which people recall their friends and family members who’ve been killed or seriously injured because of traffic violence. It’s also a time to reflect on how to end traffic deaths and serious injuries on our streets, which have become scenes for traffic violence so … Continued
November 13, 2015
A Low-Tech Suggestion for Transportation Safety: Stop Widening City Streets
Colorado Department of Transportation Director Shailen Bhatt on Wednesday announced a $20 million initiative to outfit the state’s roads with cutting edge technology. His goal: Eliminate roadway deaths and congestion by asking tech ventures to step in and help solve problems. The initiative, dubbed “RoadX,” will contract out the development of high-tech solutions to road troubles. Semi-autonomous vehicles, for … Continued
October 29, 2015
Meet Hank, the Guy CDOT Created to Scold People Who Get Hit By Drivers
https://youtu.be/6JT6wrUMTug Ever wonder what runs through the bureaucratic hive mind of a transportation agency still laboring under last century’s paradigm, trying to evade culpability for designing wide, fast, deadly roads? An agency that thinks the key to remaining relevant is to tweak the same old messages for a Millennial audience by posting to the social medias and the YouTubes? Wonder no … Continued
August 21, 2015
Widening Federal Boulevard for Cars Makes No Sense, But BRT Does
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, … Continued
August 18, 2015