Denver Is Missing Sidewalks on More Than a Quarter of Its Streets
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We know that Denver lacks sidewalks to an embarrassing degree for a modern American city, but until recently we didn't have a grasp on how bad it was.
Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about sidewalks
DPW and CDOT Will Build Much-Needed Sidewalks on Hampden and Havana
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If you’re walking to catch a bus, go shopping, or get to school, Denver’s golf courses can make you feel like a second-class citizen. That’s because the streets abutting golf courses are often missing sidewalks — so you end up walking on a makeshift dirt path in between manicured greens and high-speed traffic. At John F. Kennedy Golf […]
Denver, Where Golfing Is More Important Than Walking
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Along Sheridan Boulevard, next to the immaculately manicured Willis Case Golf Course in Berkeley, is a strip of dirt and shrubs, inches away from speeding traffic, that Denver Parks and Recreation expects people to use as a sidewalk. Walking isn’t much better on the other side of the street, where the sidewalk is either nonexistent or just a few feet […]
Eyes on the Street: Colorado Boulevard Gets a New (Obstructed) Sidewalk
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Last month Streetsblog published a photo of the east side of Colorado Boulevard, where a half-mile strip of overgrown jungle grass was posing as a sidewalk. Bus stops with no pedestrian infrastructure abutted Park Hill Golf Club, a private course with immaculate walking and driving paths just a few feet away from the public right […]
Denver Council Weighs Three Options to Fix Broken Sidewalk Network
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Yesterday the City Council finally dug into the question of how to complete Denver’s patchwork sidewalk network. Sidewalk construction and maintenance currently falls entirely on individual property owners. It’s a policy designed to fail, with many people unable to afford sidewalks, and the quality of the pedestrian environment suffering as a result. People pay with their lives. […]
Help Map Denver’s Walkability and Win $1,000 for Your Neighborhood
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Denver is in dire need of sidewalks and crosswalks that make walking safe and easy instead of daunting and dangerous. Advocates are pressing the City Council to deliver on a complete sidewalk network, and council members are listening. One of the barriers to better walking infrastructure is the lack of data. There’s no complete inventory mapping the state […]