Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about I-25 and Broadway

Commentary: Death of the perfect bike lane

By Allen Cowgill | Jan 31, 2022 | No Comments

The proposed Gray Street bike lane was quite possibly the perfect bike lane. Yet the original design died an unexpected and unfortunate bureaucratic death. Please don't let it be in vain.

#StreetFail: Broadway and Mississippi Road Expansions Put Pedestrians Last

By David Sachs | Mar 15, 2018 | 19 Comments

Despite a light rail station and the very busy 0 bus, the project delivered what was promised — a place for more, faster cars.

Walkable Streets Beat Out Parking in Vision for Future of Broadway Station

By David Sachs | Mar 3, 2016 | 1 Comment

On Wednesday the Denver Planning Board approved a plan to transform the area around Broadway and I-25 Station so people can get to the station safely and conveniently without driving. Under the plan, a new mixed-use neighborhood would rise around the station. Instead of a park-and-ride surrounded by car-first streets, Broadway and I-25 Station would be accessible via new pedestrian and […]

City Council on Broadway Road Widening: Nothing to See Here

By David Sachs | Jan 28, 2016 | No Comments

https://youtu.be/UH2FjWz3qx8 As reported by the Denver Post’s Jon Murray, the City Council approved a $12 million contract last week that paves the way for a massive road expansion where Broadway meets I-25. On some blocks the street will become more than 100 feet wide, making the area more hostile for people walking and biking, despite the wider sidewalks that […]

Here Are Your Winners of the First Annual Denver Streetsie Awards

By David Sachs | Dec 30, 2015 | 1 Comment

It’s been a notable year for walking, biking, and transit in the Mile High City. But what was the most notable? The best project? The worst? We put those questions and others to our readers, and the votes are in. Here are your winners of the first-ever Denver Streetsies. Best Livable Streets Victory Money talks — and gets votes. Governor John Hickenlooper’s $100 […]

Does the Plan for I-25 and Broadway Do Enough for Biking and Walking?

By David Sachs | Dec 17, 2015 | 8 Comments

“The ‘Midtown’ of Denver.” That’s how a 95-page blueprint from various city agencies envisions the area around RTD’s I-25 and Broadway Station. The plan makes some exciting promises: Walkable, bikeable, transit-friendly streets and bridges would reconnect neighborhoods divided by I-25, the South Platte River, train tracks, and wide, fast roads. And planners want to create a new mixed-use neighborhood with housing, plazas, offices, retail […]