Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about parking

Walkable Development Near Transit to Have More Room for Cars Than Beds

By David Sachs | Dec 21, 2015 | 4 Comments

Greystar, a developer out of Charleston, South Carolina, wants to build a 14-story apartment tower across the street from Denver’s most important transit hub. With a name like Ascent at Union Station, you’d think its builders would reach for high standards, but you’d be wrong. That’s because the developers have baked almost two parking spaces per unit […]

Does the Plan for I-25 and Broadway Do Enough for Biking and Walking?

By David Sachs | Dec 17, 2015 | 8 Comments

“The ‘Midtown’ of Denver.” That’s how a 95-page blueprint from various city agencies envisions the area around RTD’s I-25 and Broadway Station. The plan makes some exciting promises: Walkable, bikeable, transit-friendly streets and bridges would reconnect neighborhoods divided by I-25, the South Platte River, train tracks, and wide, fast roads. And planners want to create a new mixed-use neighborhood with housing, plazas, offices, retail […]

Bright Spot in National Western Plan: New Bike/Walk Routes

By David Sachs | Nov 9, 2015 | 2 Comments

When voters approved financing for the National Western Center project last week, they gave Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration the go-ahead to create a new neighborhood in northeast Denver. The investment in a long-neglected part of the city is overdue, according to its supporters, who say the National Western Center will anchor economic development there. At the same time, state officials have […]

How to Park Without Blocking the Arapahoe Street Bike Lane: A Guide

By David Sachs | Nov 6, 2015 | 1 Comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSkzyUxibBA To help people — particularly drivers — get used to the new parking-protected bike lane on Arapahoe Street, Denver Public Works put on a “parking demo” for the media. It was pretty cheesy, but the idea was to show people how to park a car, unload it, and walk across the bike lane safely to get to the […]

Eyes on the Street: Denver Park(ing) Day 2015 in Pictures

By David Sachs | Sep 18, 2015 | No Comments

Once a year, Park(ing) Day offers a glimpse of what streets might look like if cities reallocated public space that’s usually reserved for automobiles to benefit people. Today is that day. So Denverites took to the streets and temporarily transformed metered parking spots into outdoor living rooms, game rooms, dining rooms — places to interact with one another. […]

Business Journal Editor Westergaard Flubs the Business of Parking

By David Sachs | Aug 28, 2015 | 8 Comments

After reading a column by Neil Westergaard in today’s Denver Business Journal, you have to wonder if he’s ever bothered to brush up on the basic economics of transportation and planning policy. The piece careens from the dread of density to eradicating “the bums” from the 16th Street Mall, then finally settles on the need for more free […]

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