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Yesterday we ran a post from Michael Andersen about how Newark fixed the glut of parked cars on Mount Prospect Avenue, the first street in New Jersey to get a protected bike lane: Instead of letting people park in the bikeway, the city started charging for parking. With a price on parking, people stopped storing their cars … Continued

Council OK’s Lowry Development, Ballot Measures for DIA and National Western Center (DenPo) Suburban Companies Flock Downtown Thanks to “Emerging Trend” of Walkability (DBJ) Boulder County Activists to RTD: We Paid for the Northwest Line, So Where Is It? (Daily Camera) Department of Public Works Says Street Flooding Fix Is Years Away (9News) FoCo Advocates Planning Ghost … Continued

Denver Joins Austin and London In Installing New Bike Detection Technology at Traffic Lights (Outside) Mixed-Use Development, Affordable Housing Projects Booming in Five Points (DenPo) Bike Path Connecting Aspen to Vail Pass Rolls Toward Reality (Aspen Times) Now That Millennials Outnumber Boomers in CO, Attracting Them Is a Priority (DBJ) BikeLove Festival Is Saturday at Sculpture Park (9News) More headlines … Continued

RTD and the city want to transform the dilapidated, dangerous Civic Center Station into a modern transit hub, and they’re kicking off the public process tomorrow. Eighteen bus routes and 15,000 people — more than at any other station — pass through Civic Center Station, but it’s surrounded by three terribly wide streets: Colfax, Broadway, and … Continued

Some good-looking biking and walking improvements are coming to Brighton Boulevard in River North as part of a broader redevelopment plan, with the exact details subject to additional fine tuning. Advocates, residents, and business owners will meet tonight with city planners and hash out the design. The last public meeting with the Department of Public Works and the North Denver Cornerstone … Continued

The Department of Public Works wants to widen several blocks of Quebec Street between 13th and 26th. DPW says adding more lanes is the answer because it will move more cars. But if we want to have safe streets for people to walk and bike, DPW’s four-lane design for Quebec is not the way to go. According to … Continued

Driver Kills Pedestrian on Sheridan and 81st in Arvada, Speeds Away (7News) RTD Board Member Menten: Fare Changes Aren’t Greedy, But for Solvency (Statesman) Micro-Housing Aims for Affordable Rent, Carless Residents (CPR) Wooden Bike Builder Has Smooth Answer for Denver’s Bumpy Roads (7News) Volunteers Wanted for Study of Pedestrian Experience on 16th Street Mall (DenverUrbanism) DenverInfill Tracks Influx … Continued

Denver Post: Approval of Three-Story Building in Crestmoor Park Is a Sacrificial Monument to Density Bike Detection at Intersections Should Improve Traffic Flow for All Modes (DenPo) People on Bikes Are Dangerous, What With Their Riding in the Middle of the Road and Such (KRDO) Pedestrian Injured on I-25 Near 6th Avenue (DenPo) High Demand in Metro … Continued

Police Investigating Pedestrian Hit-and-Run in Southwest Denver as Homicide (9News) Examining Where Bike Lanes Might Belong in Denver’s Political and Physical Space (Denver Urbanism) Editorial: Idea That Better Walking and Biking Routes Will Decrease Car Use “Dubious” at Best (DenPo) Denver Post Editorial Board Wants Voters to Decide Fate of Red Light Cameras Mike Rosen Said Bike Riders … Continued