road diet

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.

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.

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

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 … Continued

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyvDm_jLsqg 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 … Continued

The Broadway/Lincoln corridor is in dire need of becoming a neighborhood for people instead of just a thruway for cars. That’s why some planners from the Department of Public Works are trying to transform the streets with things like protected bike lanes and better crosswalks. DPW is considering three designs, and it’s clear which one is best. “Option #3” creates a one-way … Continued

Colorado Department of Transportation Executive Director Shailen Bhatt has said all the right things since taking over early this year. He talks about his job like he’s looking out for everyone who uses our streets — not just cars and drivers — giving us reason to believe that the titanic government agency will change course and … Continued

Back in May, bike planners from the Department of Public Works presented their concept for the 29th Avenue bike lane. Streetsblog hoped the final outcome would be better — and it is — though the painted buffer only covers a few sections. Some good news: DPW will repurpose driving lanes and parking spaces to reduce speeds and make room for people … Continued

People on bikes who jockey for position with buses and car traffic on 12th Avenue now have a better option: 11th Avenue. The Department of Public Works has pretty much finished adding bike lanes in each direction while trimming the street from three motor vehicle lanes to two between Ogden Street and Osage Street — a … Continued