Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about #StreetFail

#StreetFail: Sandwiched Between a Semi and a Taxi Cab in the Bike Lane

By David Sachs | May 16, 2016 | 4 Comments

Plastic posts are not enough to keep drivers out of bike lanes, and here’s a #StreetFail that proves it. Reader Sloan Campi sent in these photos from the Arapahoe Street bike lane. She writes: I was riding in the protected bicycle lane on Arapahoe at 14th Street, when I stumbled upon a taxi parked in the […]

#StreetFail: Sad Bus Stop Near RTD’s New A-Line

By David Sachs | May 4, 2016 | 2 Comments

Here’s a #StreetFail that gets at how much progress Denver still needs to make to become a great transit city. It’s a sad bus stop at 40th and Fillmore in Elyria Swansea, across the street from Bruce Randolph School, on a side of the road with no sidewalks. Happy Walk to School Day, kids! Because RTD and […]

#StreetFail: Truck Parks in 15th St. Protected Bike Lane Next to Public Works

By David Sachs | Apr 27, 2016 | 1 Comment

Yesterday we brought you a #StreetFail from the raised bike lane right in front of City Hall, Mayor Michael Hancock’s office. In a fitting sequel, a reader sends this shot from the 15th Street protected bike lane, where a semi set up shop next to the Wellington Webb Building, home of Denver Public Works. The symbolism again runs […]

#StreetFail: Denver Police Block Bike Lane in Front of City Hall

By David Sachs | Apr 26, 2016 | 5 Comments

Here’s a #StreetFail that encapsulates one of the key obstacles to safe, bikeable streets in Denver. Drivers park in bike lanes all the time, and the people who are supposed to enforce the law do it too. This Denver Police Department bus was parked on top of the bike lane directly across the street from City Hall last Thursday. The symbolism […]

#StreetFail: Three Blocked Bike Lanes in Two Blocks

By David Sachs | Mar 23, 2016 | 3 Comments

Our latest #StreetFail comes from a Streetsblog reader who sent in these photos after a short walk from the bus stop to her office. In the two blocks between where the No. 15 drops her off and where she works, she witnessed trucks blocking bikeways three separate times — once in the 15th Street protected bike lane and twice […]

#Streetfail: Slippery Bike Lanes Won’t Get People Riding

By Brad K. Evans | Feb 23, 2016 | 3 Comments

Yes! We have a fancy new protected bike lane on Lawrence Street in downtown Denver. Protected bicycle lanes are supposed to provide bicycle riders with protection, right? But that only works if the city prioritizes clear bike lanes as much as it does car lanes. Crews from the Department of Public Works tend not to plow bike lanes as diligently […]

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