Streetsblog Denver
Commentary: Death of the perfect bike lane
The proposed Gray Street bike lane was quite possibly the perfect bike lane. Yet the original design died an unexpected and unfortunate bureaucratic death. Please don't let it be in vain.
January 31, 2022
Commentary: Sidewalks will carry you wherever I go
Sidewalks are like relationships: We can build them if we are willing. We can repair them if we are willing. They don’t fall apart overnight. They need care, maintenance, and people choosing to do the work.
January 31, 2022
Commentary: In Streetsblog Denver’s absence, local news has a responsibility to get out from behind the windshield
Since I founded Streetsblog Denver, the city’s media landscape has shifted, at least somewhat, to question automobile dominance and the general lack of good alternatives. Hell, one-time A-Line agitator Kyle Clark is now a hero of the movement.
January 31, 2022
Commentary: Becoming a bike advocate and how Streetsblog Denver helped me find community
Becoming the biking advocate I am now began with Streetsblog Denver.
January 31, 2022
Dear Streetsblog Denver Readers
The Denver Streets Partnership has decided to end its operation of Streetsblog Denver as of January 31, 2022.
January 7, 2022
Commentary: How a new emphasis on safer streets could drive big change in Colorado
Colorado's wowntowns, main streets, and the urban arterials that have become so many of our main streets should be vibrant community centers, but people need to feel safe accessing them, no matter how they get there.
May 4, 2021
Commentary: Best Foot Forward
Dear Denver: We met on Walk Score. Hello, again. I’m the woman who was looking to move from a mountain town of 450 people to you – you with public transportation and a large public library system and the symphony and museums and movie theaters and neighborhoods to walk.
April 26, 2021
Commentary: 100 Years of School Safety Patrol Coming to Denver
AAA Colorado is always looking to expand the School Safety Patrol program, especially with a renewed focus on Denver to align with the City’s Vision Zero initiatives and its Safe Routes to School 5-Year Action Plan, now in development.
April 20, 2021
Commentary: What do parking requirements have to do with affordable housing?
When I entered the affordable housing world, one thing I didn’t count on was how many projects across Denver don’t even pass the visioning stage. There are a variety of reasons for this, mainly revolving around finances, but the one I was not counting on was…parking.
April 16, 2021
Commentary: Cycling Towards Upward Mobility
Ann Nguyen writes, "As the fatal shootings happened in Atlanta on March 16, I was in a safe space speaking to leaders in the Colorado bicycle community about how I feel invisible but also empowered to come together and fight for the common liberation in all minority communities."
April 5, 2021
