Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about safe streets

Disjointed sidewalk, ruler showing 5.5-inch gap, chocolate cupcake with pink candle on a floral-printed plate

Commentary: Sidewalks will carry you wherever I go

By Sarah E. Moss, MPA | Jan 31, 2022 | No Comments

Sidewalks are like relationships: We can build them if we are willing. We can repair them if we are willing. They don’t fall apart overnight. They need care, maintenance, and people choosing to do the work.

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Commentary: How a new emphasis on safer streets could drive big change in Colorado

By Danny Katz | May 4, 2021 | No Comments

Colorado's wowntowns, main streets, and the urban arterials that have become so many of our main streets should be vibrant community centers, but people need to feel safe accessing them, no matter how they get there.

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Commentary: 100 Years of School Safety Patrol Coming to Denver

By Cassie Tanner | Apr 20, 2021 | No Comments

AAA Colorado is always looking to expand the School Safety Patrol program, especially with a renewed focus on Denver to align with the City’s Vision Zero initiatives and its Safe Routes to School 5-Year Action Plan, now in development.

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Commentary: Cycling Towards Upward Mobility

By Ann Nguyen | Apr 5, 2021 | No Comments

Ann Nguyen writes, "As the fatal shootings happened in Atlanta on March 16, I was in a safe space speaking to leaders in the Colorado bicycle community about how I feel invisible but also empowered to come together and fight for the common liberation in all minority communities."

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Commentary: Walking While Black in the Mile High City

By Adrian Miller | Mar 15, 2021 | No Comments

Some of the most memorable racist incidents that Adrian Miller has experienced in Denver happened when he was Walking while Black.

Photo street mural and crosswalk at West 25th Avenue and Eliot Street in Denver

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Commentary: A City That Works for Everyone — Reflections on the Necessity of an Intersectional Urbanism

By Robin Mazumder | Feb 7, 2020 | No Comments

Robin Mazumder: When I speak out about urban issues, it is from my perspective as someone who experiences marginalization in some aspects of my identity as much as it is from my perspective as someone who has privilege.

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