sidewalks
City Council Won’t Seek Funding Increase for Bike Lanes
At the current rate of funding, Denver won't complete building out its bike network until 2042.
October 3, 2017
Eyes on the Street: “Sidewalks” Popping Up on Walnut Street
The "sidewalks" are actually just street space that's been separated from traffic with "curb stops" (low-lying concrete barriers).
August 3, 2017
Kansas City Takes Its Sidewalk Network More Seriously Than Denver
Right now Denver's bond includes just $30.7 million dollars for sidewalks, meaning KC's bond outspends Denver's 5 to 1 on the most basic form of transportation infrastructure.
July 21, 2017
Councilman Kashmann Wants More Funding for Sidewalks in the November Bond
The allocation to sidewalks might be less of a problem if Denver had a policy and a funding stream that treated sidewalks as fundamental infrastructure instead of a special treat for lucky neighborhoods. But that's not the case.
July 18, 2017
Broadway Redo, Sidewalks, and Bike Network Take Hit on Latest Wish List of Capital Projects
For the cost of widening 56th Avenue for three miles, the city could build 67 miles of protected bike lanes and 90 miles of sidewalks. Oh well.
June 5, 2017
DPW Is Filling in Gaps Around City-Owned Land, But It’s No Substitute for a Sidewalk Network
It's unfortunate that building basic walking infrastructure like sidewalks — on city-owned property nonetheless — constitutes news. But that's just where Denver is right now.
May 31, 2017
The Sorry State of Denver’s Pedestrian Network
As the Hancock administration deliberates over how much bond revenue to spend on road maintenance, this most basic level of transportation infrastructure is at an unacceptably low quality thanks to decades of neglect and underinvestment.
May 30, 2017
DPW’s About to Flub an Important Part of the Upper Brighton Redesign
It's unfortunate that in 2017, city planners and engineers assume all those new people will come with a car. Why wouldn't they? There's so much room to drive!
March 23, 2017
#StreetFail: 1st Avenue Sidewalk Not Big Enough For the Both of Us
People walking, biking, and waiting for the bus are forced to dance past one another -- right next to three lanes of speeding cars and trucks. There's just not enough room for people outside a car.
March 17, 2017
Denver Council Narrows the Options to Fund a Citywide Sidewalk Network
A group of Denver City Council members is inching closer to finding a continuous, long-term funding stream to patch up the city's disconnected and dilapidated sidewalk network.
December 21, 2016
