safe streets
Commentary: Sidewalks will carry you wherever I go
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.
January 31, 2022
Commentary: How a new emphasis on safer streets could drive big change in Colorado
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.
May 4, 2021
Commentary: 100 Years of School Safety Patrol Coming to Denver
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.
April 20, 2021
Commentary: Cycling Towards Upward Mobility
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."
April 5, 2021
Commentary: Walking While Black in the Mile High City
Some of the most memorable racist incidents that Adrian Miller has experienced in Denver happened when he was Walking while Black.
March 15, 2021
Commentary: A City That Works for Everyone — Reflections on the Necessity of an Intersectional Urbanism
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.
February 7, 2020
Commentary: Is Denver Ready for The War on Cars?
Doug Gordon says if there is any sort of war on America’s streets, it’s being inflicted on other road users by cars and the people who drive them.
February 3, 2020
Commentary: Feel the Love This Winter Bike to Work Day
To many, “winter biking” sounds like an oxymoron. To Tenly Williams, it is pure love.
February 3, 2020
Traffic Violence Report: Winnebago Driver May Have Intentionally Killed Muslim Woman
Saliha Abdalla-Suleiman, 42, was the victim of the December 11 hit-and-run where a driver steered a Winnebago motor home onto a sidewalk. Her family thinks the driver may have intentionally run over the Eritrean refugee because she is Muslim.
December 17, 2019
Hidden Safety Problems Keep Denver Kids From Walking and Biking
In this guest post, Wes Marshall, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Colorado Denver, reveals Denver-based research showing that crash data hides places where kids want to walk and bike. Related papers show how to identify places where kids already are, and how to create safer streets where they want to go — … Continued
November 26, 2019
