Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about pedestrian infrastructure

How to Remake Streets for Kids During COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Sep 13, 2020 | No Comments

Cities need to keep their youngest residents safe, healthy, and learning in their own neighborhood thanks to a pandemic that is putting roughly 80 percent of U.S. students on remote learning. Here's how.

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Is a Federal Greenway Act What the U.S. Needs to Recover from COVID-19?

By Kea Wilson | Sep 9, 2020 | No Comments

A new effort is underway to build a massive national network of connected walking and cycle infrastructure— and the organization behind it says a $10 billion federal investment in the project would help the country rebound from the economic ravages of COVID-19 in a way that highway spending never could.

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Op-Ed: Why Most Pedestrian Infrastructure Is Really for Drivers

By Joe Cortright | Sep 6, 2020 | No Comments

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on City Observatory and is republished with permission from the author. One of the biggest lies in transportation planning is calling something “multi-modal.” When somebody tells you a project is “multi-modal,” you can safely bet that its really for cars and trucks with some decorative frills appended for bikes […]

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Why Every City Needs to Learn the Three A’s of Equitable Pedestrian Planning

By Kea Wilson | Aug 21, 2020 | No Comments

Only 40 percent of pedestrian master plans commit to concrete goals to actually reduce equity disparities.

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A Hard Right Turn: The Moment the U.S. DOT Abandoned U.S. Walkers

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 20, 2020 | No Comments

Federal transportation officials have never done much to center the needs of pedestrians in their policies or funding decisions. But in 2012, things took a turn for the even worse.

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We Need More Data on Walking During COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Apr 28, 2020 | No Comments

The data we've got aren't painting the full picture — and we need more of it to help shape good policy.

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