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Streetsblog Denver interviewed Gabe Klein, author of Startup City and former DOT chief of Chicago and Washington, D.C., as part of a series leading up to Tuesday’s Live.Ride.Share Denver conference on shared mobility. Today, it’s not always easy to get around Denver without a car, but Gabe Klein believes it doesn’t have to be that way tomorrow. Denver … Continued

Apartment Building Will Supplant a Piece of Arapahoe Square Parking Crater (DenverInfill) One Person Killed, Five People Hurt in South Denver Car Crash (DenPo) Westword: Downtown Denver Is Thriving Apple Invests in Uber Rival (9News) DenverUrbanism Schedules Next Urbanist Meetup More headlines at Streetsblog USA

Streetsblog Denver interviewed University of Virginia professor Peter Norton as part of a series leading up to Tuesday’s Live.Ride.Share Denver conference on shared mobility. Norton will give one of the keynote talks. Most people assume that our nation’s cities are designed for cars because that’s just the way we prefer things. But the story we … Continued

London bike advocates proved they were a political force to be reckoned under Mayor Boris Johnson. After cyclists demonstrated that they would not be satisfied with half-measures, Johnson started to make serious headway on safe bike infrastructure in his second term. It looks like that progress will continue even with a new mayor from a … Continued

Driver Kills Person Walking Near Quebec and Sand Creek (DenPo) Friends and Family Remember Roo-Anne Richardson, Killed By Driver While Crossing the Street (Fox31) What’s In Store for B-Cycle’s Seventh Year? (DBJ) Cities Require Way Too Much Parking (Live.Ride.Share) The A-Line Will Be Nice for Tourists (HuffPo) CU Denver Helps Lakewood Plan More Walkable Suburb … Continued

Here’s an interesting way to evaluate how well a street network works for biking. Stephen Tu and Alex Rixey are mapping streets in Montgomery County, Maryland, based on how comfortable riders of different skill levels find them. Tu and Rixey based their mapping technique on the famous Portland survey that found “strong and fearless” riders willing … Continued

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 … Continued

RTD Calls Small Fare Protests During Massive A-Line Celebration “Inappropriate” (CBS4) After Rush Hour, 9News Journalists Race to DIA Via Car, Train in Apparent Attempt to Prove Something Will Driver Face Charges for Killing Woman Walking in Boulder Crosswalk? (Daily Camera) Distracted Driving Is Dangerous (9News) … So Colorado DOT Created Really Sassy Signs to … Continued

Denver Public Works just changed 16th Avenue’s traffic signals to align with biking speeds, so people on bikes will hit fewer red lights and drivers will travel at safer speeds. The bike-friendly traffic signals are in effect weekdays between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m, heading west into downtown. They stretch from Park Avenue West to Broadway, about one mile. This … Continued