Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about TOD

Mayor Hancock’s Sheridan Blvd Plan: Feel Good, Do Nothing

By David Sachs | Jun 2, 2015 | 3 Comments

Anyone who’s walked down Sheridan Boulevard knows it’s a dangerous street where dirt mounds replace sidewalks, drivers ignore the 35 mph speed limit, and crossing the street means dodging five lanes of traffic. It’s a nightmare for pedestrians and the Colorado Department of Transportation knows it. But that’s not stopping them from widening lanes nearby. Between 2010 […]

Wes Marshall on How to Make Denver a Walkable City With Safe Streets

By David Sachs | May 19, 2015 | 2 Comments

When Steve Jobs built the iPod, he had his team design its remarkable look and intuitive function before asking them to cram the technology inside. That’s how CU Denver professor Wes Marshall thinks about Denver’s transition to becoming a 21st century transportation city — think big and then figure out the small stuff. Marshall is an engineer who thinks like […]

Road Diet, New Sidewalks, and Bike Lanes Coming to Blake Street Bridge

By David Sachs | May 13, 2015 | 1 Comment

The Blake Street Bridge over 38th Street is a dangerous mess with three driving lanes, no sidewalks, and no dedicated space for bicycling. All of that is about to change, though, with a makeover that will narrow the space for traffic while adding sidewalks and striping bike lanes in each direction. This piece of Blake Street is an important […]

Widening Streets Near the Broadway and I-25 Transit Station Makes No Sense

By David Sachs | May 11, 2015 | 24 Comments

At the same time that Denver seeks to become more walkable and transit-friendly, the city is pursuing road-widening projects that work directly against those goals. Sometimes the city even tries to do both things in the same place, and that’s what happening on South Broadway right now. In 2008, Denver adopted a Strategic Transportation Plan beginning with this […]

CU Denver Lays the Groundwork to Fill the Gaps in Denver’s Transit Network

By David Sachs | May 8, 2015 | 12 Comments

Unlike Boston or New York, the Mile High City grew up around cars and maintains a robust network of wide, speedy roads — infrastructure at odds with the world-class transit network the city government says it wants, and that Denver residents demand. It might surprise you (perhaps not if you ride RTD often), but no comprehensive […]

Tomorrow: Help Shape Development By the I-25 and Broadway Station

By David Sachs | May 8, 2015 | 2 Comments

How can South Broadway build on the I-25 and Broadway rail station to make a more walkable, active neighborhood? City planners are in the process of creating a plan that will shape the streets and development near the station, and they’re looking for ideas. If you want to weigh in on the neighborhood’s future, head over to […]