Michael Hancock
Activists: Smashed Tomatoes on Denver Bike Lanes Could Be Our Heads
After the death of a cyclist who was using an unprotected bike lane in Washington D.C., A Denver bike activist organized the #RedCupProject to illustrate how vulnerable people are when they bike in unprotected bike lanes.
April 26, 2019
Mayoral Candidate Kalyn Heffernan: The Streetsblog Interview
This is a special edition to our series of interviews with candidates for Denver mayor in the May 2019 municipal election.
April 19, 2019
Oakland Plans to Tear Down Major Freeway While Denver Keeps Expanding I-70
Why is Denver still expanding I-70? The move to tear down I-980 in Oakland shows that forward-thinking officials elsewhere get it: The problems associated with mega-motorways in urban neighborhoods outweigh the benefits.
April 18, 2019
Candidate and Mayor Michael Hancock: The Streetsblog Interview
This is the last in a series of interviews with candidates for Denver mayor in the May 2019 municipal election.
April 12, 2019
Mayoral Candidate Dr. Lisa Calderón: The Streetsblog Interview
This is the third of a series of interviews with candidates for Denver mayor in the May 2019 municipal election.
April 11, 2019
Author Highlights Displacement, a Problem the Bike Movement Ignores
When bike advocates push for changes to the streets, they do no analysis on the impact it will have on inequality.
April 5, 2019
Voters Could Give Denver a New Department of Transportation and Infrastructure
Denver wants its own Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, shifting the Department of Public Works' primary focus to transportation — while keeping its duties over over solid waste and water treatment.
April 2, 2019
Kids Demand Climate Action While Colorado Politicians Blow off Urgent Need to Transform Urban Transportation
After the Global Climate Strike, where students in Colorado and around the world demanded climate action, elected officials at all levels of Colorado government appear to be shrugging their shoulders, offering political agendas that fail to envision a better transportation future.
March 18, 2019
Lyft Will Offer Denver Public Transit Options in Its App. But Will It Get More People on RTD?
Lyft follows Uber again with a new feature that displays public transit options within its app. Officials hope the new feature will boost the tiny number of RTD riders who already use ride sharing services to get to rail stations and bus stops.
March 11, 2019
Report: Denver Transit Riders Switch to Cars as RTD Fails to Get the Basics Right
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.
February 13, 2019
