Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Michael Hancock

WalkDenver: Hancock’s Budget “Reflects a Status Quo Mentality”

By David Sachs | Sep 22, 2016 | 5 Comments

Last week Streetsblog looked at Mayor Michael Hancock’s proposed 2017 budget and was not impressed. Despite the mayor’s stated commitment to ending traffic deaths, he’s not committing much in the way of actual resources to safe walking and biking. The pedestrian advocates at WalkDenver have been combing through the budget as well. In a newsletter published today, WalkDenver says that despite […]

Hancock’s Budget Fails to Deliver on His Vision Zero Promises

By David Sachs | Sep 13, 2016 | 5 Comments

“The truth about a city’s aspirations isn’t found in its vision,” says former Vancouver planning chief Brent Toderian. “It’s found in its budget.” With the release of Mayor Michael Hancock’s 2017 budget proposal, you can see the truth about his promise to eliminate traffic deaths — so far, it’s mostly hot air. In February, Hancock said […]

#StreetFail: Golfers Enjoy Luxurious Sidewalks While Bus Riders Take a Hike

By David Sachs | Jul 13, 2016 | 4 Comments

Here’s a sad joke on Colorado Boulevard. This bus stop near 38th Avenue on the edge of Park Hill Golf Course requires people to walk and wait on a ridge of lumpy dirt. Weeds, plants, and bushes create an impassable route for wheelchair users and a dangerous one for everyone else. The RTD stop is […]

Hancock Puts Rosy Spin on I-70 Widening in His State of the City Speech

By David Sachs | Jul 11, 2016 | 7 Comments

About 25 miles east of Denver’s urban core, across acres and acres of sprawl and rural fields, Mayor Michael Hancock delivered his annual “State of the City” address at Denver International Airport today. Hancock acknowledged that many residents aren’t reaping the benefits of Denver’s economic growth. Nodding to the city’s homelessness epidemic and housing shortage, he announced […]

The 16th Street Mall could be a place where every person feels safe and welcome, as it is during “Meet in the Street” days, when the mall is pedestrianized to attract more people. Image: Gehl Studios

Creating a Better Place for People to Be Is the Key to a Safe 16th Street Mall

By David Sachs | Jun 30, 2016 | 3 Comments

There are certainly reasons why Mayor Michael Hancock, Denver PD, and the Downtown Denver Partnership decided to up security on the 16th Street Mall. Violent criminals, like the man who was filmed rampaging through the 16th Street Mall hitting people with pipes Wednesday, threaten public safety on the mile-plus transit and pedestrian strip. Targeting criminals […]

#StreetFail: Denver PD Blocks Bike Lane to Save City From “Hoodlums”

By David Sachs | Jun 28, 2016 | 5 Comments

As Mayor Michael Hancock and his Denver PD spend time and money harrying “urban travelers” off the 16th Street Mall in an attempt to improve perceptions of public safety, they continue to diminish the actual safety of people on bikes by allowing people to park in bike lanes — and by parking in bike lanes themselves. Extra Denver PD […]

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