Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about lane widening

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RTD in Crisis Part 2: A Failure of Leadership

By Andy Bosselman | Jan 14, 2020 | No Comments

A failure of leadership caused the current crisis at the Regional Transportation District. Gov. Polis, members of the Colorado General Assembly and RTD's board of directors are to blame.

I-25 viewed from the 16th Street pedestrian bridge. Photo: Andy Bosselman

SBD in the Colorado Sun: Want to Solve the Climate Crisis? Stop Widening Roads

By Andy Bosselman | Sep 20, 2019 | 1 Comment

To honor this second Global Climate Strike today, Gov. Jared Polis and Mayor Michael Hancock must commit to stop building new roads and expanding the ones we have.

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Commentary: Before Changing I-25 in Denver, Is CDOT Really Listening?

By Andy Bosselman | Jun 7, 2019 | 21 Comments

Officials from the Colorado Department of Transportation showed off ideas to fix a dangerous, congested stretch of Interstate 25 that passes through Central Denver. Despite the agency’s recent announcement of a statewide “listening tour,” the highway agency has already ruled out the most progressive concept it considered: Tearing down the highway and replacing it with an urban boulevard.

Count the Holes in Colorado DOT’s Justification for the I-70 Widening

By David Sachs | Jan 20, 2016 | 2 Comments

A lot of people don’t like Colorado DOT’s plan to widen I-70 in north Denver — and for good reason. Expanding I-70 will generate more traffic, noise pollution, and greenhouse gases while costing a bundle of money that could be spent on other things, like, say, better transit. Opponents of the road widening told CDOT why they […]

DPW Moves Ahead With Plan to Turn Broadway Into a Surface Highway

By David Sachs | Dec 18, 2015 | 23 Comments

Denver Public Works is moving ahead with plans to turn streets near the I-25 and Broadway RTD station into wide open speedways, despite the city’s intent to transform the area into a walkable neighborhood. At some locations, DPW will create streets more than 100 feet wide. Construction on the street widenings is slated to start next year, officials said Wednesday, […]

Widening Federal Boulevard for Cars Makes No Sense, But BRT Does

By David Sachs | Aug 18, 2015 | 3 Comments

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, […]

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