Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation

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Commentary: Cycling Towards Upward Mobility

By Ann Nguyen | Apr 5, 2021 | No Comments

Ann Nguyen writes, "As the fatal shootings happened in Atlanta on March 16, I was in a safe space speaking to leaders in the Colorado bicycle community about how I feel invisible but also empowered to come together and fight for the common liberation in all minority communities."

CDOT wants more asphalt for cars and trucks. Neighbors do not. Image: CDOT

Denver’s Largest Neighborhood Organization Demands Hickenlooper, Hancock End Plan to Widen I-70

By David Sachs | Sep 11, 2017 | 8 Comments

Reps from CDOT and the city were invited to the forum but did not attend.

Now It’s Up to City Council to Solve Denver’s Sidewalk Woes

By David Sachs | Apr 1, 2016 | 1 Comment

After three rounds of testimony from people demanding decent sidewalks, the City Council’s Sidewalk Working Group will try to fix the dysfunctional policies that have contributed to Denver’s Swiss cheese network of crumbling sidewalks. At least one in four of all trips in Denver are less than one mile, according to the Denver Regional Council of Governments — those are trips that people can walk […]

Advocates Form Vision Zero Coalition to Help City End Traffic Deaths, Injuries

By David Sachs | Dec 7, 2015 | 3 Comments

Vision Zero, the goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries, has gained popularity across the country in recent years. But that doesn’t mean cities automatically live up to its foundational principles of slowing vehicle speeds with better street design, enforcement, and education. To make sure Denver’s iteration of Vision Zero has teeth, a group of advocates […]

Denver’s Largest Neighborhood Coalition Demands Vision Zero

By David Sachs | Sep 16, 2015 | No Comments

Denver’s Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation, a group that represents about 100 neighborhoods throughout the city, just adopted a transportation platform [PDF] that petitions, among other things, for Vision Zero. The platform should send a message to Mayor Michael Hancock’s office: The city must acknowledge that traffic deaths and serious injuries are unacceptable and develop a Vision Zero strategy to prevent them. Here’s some pretty strong […]