Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about street safety

An aerial view of downtown highlights the location of the proposed 5280 Trail. Image: Downtown Denver Partnership

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5280 Trail Would Create a 5-Mile Park and Trail Around Downtown

By Andy Bosselman | Aug 21, 2019 | 6 Comments

A vision for the 5280 Trail, a “linear park" that could one day form a five-mile loop around downtown Denver, was unveiled yesterday. It would transform streets into tree-lined places for plazas, playgrounds and public art — while creating a low-stress place for people to stroll and ride bikes to, from and within downtown.

A crowd of people hold candles at a vigil

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5 New Deaths on Denver Streets Leave Advocates Wondering When Safety Upgrades Will Come

By Andy Bosselman | Aug 20, 2019 | No Comments

Nearly three weeks after mayor promised safety upgrades by the end of August and after a series of new traffic fatalities, advocates say little has been done and wonder when the mayor will follow through.

At Colorado Blvd., E. 35th Ave. has no sidewalk. A retaining wall forces pedestrians into the street. Photo: Jonathon Stalls

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Eyes on the Street: No Sidewalk on Park Hill Route to 40th & Colorado Station

By Jonathon Stalls | Aug 14, 2019 | 3 Comments

This video chronicles the the lack of a sidewalk East 35th Avenue at Colorado. The street is a major pedestrian thoroughfare for people in Northeast Park Hill to get to 40th & Colorado Station.

A rendering of Park 17, a 108-unit, eight-story development under construction in City Park West.

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Video: 17th & Lafayette Construction Puts Parking Before Pedestrians

By Jonathon Stalls | Aug 2, 2019 | 3 Comments

Another construction company has blocked a sidewalk, endangering pedestrians on a stretch of 17th Stree in the City Park West neighborhood next to the Denver Bicycle Cafe.

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Hundreds of Bicyclists Ride, Remember and Party for Fallen Cyclists

By Andy Bosselman | Aug 1, 2019 | No Comments

Hundreds of people on bikes gathered near the ballpark last night before riding in the rain to a candlelight vigil held where a driver hit and killed a bicyclist last week. The second cyclist death in as many weeks, the action was part memorial, part protest and also part of an annual celebration when bicyclists put on dresses and ride through the city.

Mayor Michael Hancock delivers his inauguration speech. Photo: Andy Bosselman

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Inauguration: Hancock Calls for Safer Streets, Advocates Hope He Will Deliver

By Andy Bosselman | Jul 15, 2019 | 4 Comments

Mayor Hancock kicked off his third and final term today by calling for lower speed limits and better designed streets to keep cyclists and pedestrians safer in an “urgent” attempt to take back control of the streets from reckless car owners. “Our streets must change to make way for more transit riders, bike riders and […]

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