Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Shailen Bhatt

A curb ramp to nowhere at Sheridan and Iowa. Image: Google Maps

Look at All The Dirt Paths CDOT Won’t Turn Into Sidewalks While it Repaves Sheridan Blvd

By David Sachs | Jul 7, 2017 | 10 Comments

Scenes like these show the disparity between what CDOT Executive Director Shailen Bhatt says he cares about — moving people, not just cars, safely — and what his agency does.

CDOT’s Blind Spot — Wider Highways and New Tech Won’t Cure Congestion

By David Sachs | Mar 6, 2017 | 10 Comments

CDOT Executive Shailen Bhatt told north Denver residents during a public meeting last month that more lanes will actually improve air quality.

Elyria, Swansea, and Globeville residents speak out against the widening of I-70. They wore bandannas to symbolize the air pollution the project will cause. Photo: David Sachs

North Denver Residents Make CDOT Director Bhatt Answer for I-70 Expansion

By David Sachs | Feb 17, 2017 | 27 Comments

Thursday night at Swansea Recreation Center, opponents of the I-70 expansion took over CDOT's open house, wearing black bandanas over their faces to symbolize the pollution they'd breathe should the agency dig a highway trench in contaminated soil.

According to data from Denver PD, 43 people died walking on Denver's streets in 2015 and 2016. Image: CDOT

CDOT Director Shailen Bhatt on Rising Traffic Deaths: Not Our Fault

By David Sachs | Feb 1, 2017 | 17 Comments

Traffic fatalities in Colorado have spiked 24 percent in two years, and pedestrian and cyclist deaths have reached a 15-year high. But Colorado DOT chief Shailen Bhatt won't redesign streets to reduce the death toll.

Will Colorado’s Next Transportation Ballot Measure Prioritize Transit?

By David Sachs | Jan 5, 2017 | 4 Comments

The governor framed the ballot measure as a roads and transit package, but lawmakers haven't nailed down specifics.

Colorado DOT’s “Road Health” Summit All About Car Tech, Not Safe Streets

By David Sachs | Jun 14, 2016 | 1 Comment

How far has the Colorado Department of Transportation come since its days as the Colorado Department of Highways? Not very far, judging by Denver’s high-speed, state-owned streets like Colfax and Federal. While Colorado DOT Director Shailen Bhatt talks a good game, the agency he runs has shown almost no inclination to create walkable, bikeable, transit-oriented streets […]

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