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Top Mayors Pledge to Build 15-Minute Cities For COVID-19 Recovery

July 30, 2020
Big Data Could Revolutionize Transportation. Is That a Good Thing?

March 12, 2020
Update: Council Approves Denver Airport Road Widening That Would Make Traffic Worse
A plan to widen the road to Denver International Airport, which would make traffic worse and wipe out the city’s newly-minted goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions, will get a vote from the Denver City Council on Monday.
July 12, 2019
Denver Shouts ‘Get Off My Lawn’ With Obnoxious Signs in Cheesman Park
Visitors to Cheesman park are doing it all wrong. A few weeks ago, at least a dozen signs popped up right in the middle of informal trails where people run and walk. They direct people to use official paths. But pedestrian advocates say that such paths show where people want to go and that officials should respond by building formal trails in those locations.
June 5, 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
Mayor Unveils 20-Year Vision for Denver’s Future
Today Mayor Michael Hancock gathered with community members at City Hall to share a set of plans that will guide how Denver will change to keep its people housed, healthy and safely getting to the places they need to go over the next 20 years.
March 19, 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
Wes Marshall on How to Make Denver a Walkable City With Safe Streets
When Steve Jobs built the iPod, he had his team design its remarkable look and intuitive function before asking them to cram the technology inside. That’s how CU Denver professor Wes Marshall thinks about Denver’s transition to becoming a 21st century transportation city — think big and then figure out the small stuff. Marshall is an engineer who thinks like … Continued
May 19, 2015
Mary Beth Susman Gets It: Denver Needs More Livable Streets
Before Mayor Michael Hancock and Denver City Council members made transit infrastructure a top budget priority for 2016, Council Member Mary Beth Susman was on a mission to bridge the gaps in the city’s Swiss cheese transit system. The 67-year-old made the case for better bus service in the Denver Post editorial pages last year, then got scolded … Continued
May 15, 2015
Road Diet, New Sidewalks, and Bike Lanes Coming to Blake Street Bridge
The Blake Street Bridge over 38th Street is a dangerous mess with three driving lanes, no sidewalks, and no dedicated space for bicycling. All of that is about to change, though, with a makeover that will narrow the space for traffic while adding sidewalks and striping bike lanes in each direction. This piece of Blake Street is an important … Continued
May 13, 2015