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Buttigieg Says US DOT Should Support ‘Right-Sizing’ City Asphalt

By Kea Wilson | Mar 3, 2021 | No Comments

The 19th Secretary of Transportation may be the first in recent memory to publicly recognize that the need to remove excess asphalt from cities to meet our climate, safety and mobility justice goals.

Eyes on the Street: Public Works Gives Southeast Denver a Buffered Bike Lane and a Road Diet

By David Sachs | Sep 14, 2018 | 1 Comment

This week Denver Public Works delivered on its promise to reorganize Monaco Parkway (aka Ulster Street, Princeton Avenue, and Quebec Street) with a wide bike lane, buffered from traffic with extra paint.

Bulb-outs shorten crossings for people walking and act as a pedestrian refuge.

Eyes on the Street: Intersections at Louisiana-Pearl RTD Station Get More People-Friendly

By David Sachs | Aug 31, 2018 | 1 Comment

A segment of Buchtel Boulevard near the Louisiana-Pearl light rail station is a little safer for people walking and biking thanks to some traffic-calming treatments installed by Denver Public Works earlier this summer.

Mayor Michael Hancock and DPW Executive Director Eulois Cleckley tested out the new design by bike. Photo: David Sachs

Eyes on the Street: 19th and 20th Avenues Go Two-Way — Plus Protected Bike Lanes Uptown

By David Sachs | Apr 19, 2018 | 5 Comments

Denver Public Works repurposes a car lane for people on bikes. Grant and Logan streets will go two-way later this spring.

DPW Moves Forward With Two-Way Parking-Protected Bike Lane on Broadway

By David Sachs | Jan 29, 2016 | 14 Comments

Denver Public Works and its transportation consultant Fox Tuttle Hernandez presented their recommended redesigns of Broadway and Lincoln streets Thursday night at the second community workshop for the project. Planners aim to install a two-way protected bike lane along Broadway between Colfax and I-25, but they have yet to decide if they will implement it on the entire […]

DPW Yanked a Car Lane From This Block of 15th Street and Nobody Noticed

By David Sachs | Dec 9, 2015 | 5 Comments

15th Street between Arapahoe and Lawrence streets used to be four lanes wide. When construction began in June on what will become Denver’s fourth tallest skyscraper, the Department of Public Works tweaked the street. Construction crews needed part of the right of way, so to maintain the protected bike lane, DPW nixed a motor vehicle lane. And guess what? […]

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