Simple Data Shatters The “There’s No Parking” Myth
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People who don't want more homes in their neighborhood hide behind a contrived parking shortage.
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Meet YIMBY Denver — Volunteers Fighting for an Affordable, Walkable City
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You can add Denver to the list of cities with a group fighting to shape growth with more homes, less sprawl, and better ways to get around without a car.
Planning Board Reluctantly Approves City Council’s Attack on Walkability
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The Denver Planning Board voted for an amendment to the zoning code Wednesday that would raise housing costs and feed the city's car addiction by forcing home builders to build parking where it was not required before.
Humboldt Street Neighborhood Association Prefers Parking to People
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https://youtu.be/8t5vCFb_QaU Members of the Humboldt Street Neighborhood Association have a message for potential new residents of their enclave in City Park West: No vacancy. The group is petitioning to revoke zoning permits from two impending apartment buildings before home builders break ground at 16th and Humboldt streets. If successful, these residents will block 108 homes […]
Westergaard: The Key to Bike Progress in Denver Is to Give Up on Bike Lanes
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Neil Westergaard, editor of the Denver Business Journal, wants Denver to slow its roll and stop trying to make Broadway function like a safe city street instead of a surface highway. Denver Public Works, backed by elected officials, will install a two-way, parking-protected bike lane on four blocks of Broadway next month — a temporary measure intended to […]
NIMBYs Making Your City Unwalkable and Unaffordable? Meet the YIMBYs
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Housing in America’s fast-growing cities has become increasingly unaffordable because elected officials let it get that way. They’ve caved to the not-in-my-backyard contingent, blocking compact development and foisting expensive mandates like parking requirements on new buildings. With population growth outpacing the growth of housing, living in neighborhoods with convenient access to jobs, schools, or even a grocery store becomes less […]