Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Mayor Hancock

Riders queue for the Auraria bus. Photo: RTD.

Report: Denver Transit Riders Switch to Cars as RTD Fails to Get the Basics Right

By Andy Bosselman | Feb 13, 2019 | 56 Comments

Regular transit riders are giving up on Denver’s buses and trains and hopping into road-clogging cars instead. RTD keeps passengers waiting too long and its routes fail to go to the places where most people want to go, says a new survey.

A passenger prepares to board an RTD A-Line train at Union Station on January 30. Streetsblog file photo by Andy Bosselman.

Denver Airport Train Will Get Less Horn-y

By Andy Bosselman | Feb 8, 2019 | 1 Comment

Quiet will finally come to people who live and work along the A-Line train to the airport. Commuter and freight trains will stop routinely blowing their horns at the line's nine road crossings within Denver starting March 1.

Rapid flashing beacons at 30th and Downing. Photo: David Sachs

Here Are the Transportation Projects Mayor Hancock Wants to Fund With the November Bond

By David Sachs | Jul 12, 2017 | 32 Comments

Mayor Michael Hancock finalized his preferences for what he wants to see funded by a bond initiative heading to voters in November, and a lot of good walking, biking, and transit projects made the cut. So did $101 million for long-neglected road maintenance — about 24 percent of all transportation funding on the list.

Mayor Michael Hancock at Monday's 2017 State of the City address.

Hancock Lays Out Goal to Double Transit, Biking, and Walking By 2030

By David Sachs | Jul 10, 2017 | 2 Comments

Mayor Michael Hancock announced a $2 billion-plus "mobility action plan" today aimed at creating a transportation system in which 30 percent of all commuters walk, bike, or take transit by 2030, and no more than 50 percent drive alone. Carpoolers and people who work from home would fill the remaining gap.

Here’s What’s Missing From Hancock’s Budget for Transit and Safe Streets

By David Sachs | Oct 26, 2015 | No Comments

Mayor Michael Hancock’s 2016 budget is a step in the right direction when it comes to streets and transportation. But it still falls far short of putting Denver on track to become a city where people can safely and conveniently get around without driving. It’s up to City Council members to influence and improve Hancock’s spending plan, and tonight you can weigh […]

Bike-Ped Bridge Opens, Better Connects People With Colorado Station

By David Sachs | Jul 28, 2015 | 5 Comments

A pedestrian and bicycle bridge to Colorado Station over I-25 opened today, 16 years and $8 million after Denver’s government officially identified it as necessary. Advocates, elected officials, and members of the Department of Public Works marked the opening with a ribbon cutting at RTD’s Colorado Station this morning. The freeway used to separate people from […]

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