Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about transit-oriented development

How Can Denver Ensure Longtime Residents Benefit From Better Transit?

By David Sachs | Apr 19, 2016 | No Comments

There are two Denvers, Mile High Connects Executive Director Dace West said Tuesday: The one portrayed in the media as the best place to live, and the one that’s now too expensive for longtime residents to afford. West spoke during the transit advocacy group’s “regional call to action to address our gentrification and displacement crisis.” […]

Walkable Streets Beat Out Parking in Vision for Future of Broadway Station

By David Sachs | Mar 3, 2016 | 1 Comment

On Wednesday the Denver Planning Board approved a plan to transform the area around Broadway and I-25 Station so people can get to the station safely and conveniently without driving. Under the plan, a new mixed-use neighborhood would rise around the station. Instead of a park-and-ride surrounded by car-first streets, Broadway and I-25 Station would be accessible via new pedestrian and […]

Walkable Development Near Transit to Have More Room for Cars Than Beds

By David Sachs | Dec 21, 2015 | 4 Comments

Greystar, a developer out of Charleston, South Carolina, wants to build a 14-story apartment tower across the street from Denver’s most important transit hub. With a name like Ascent at Union Station, you’d think its builders would reach for high standards, but you’d be wrong. That’s because the developers have baked almost two parking spaces per unit […]

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 […]

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