Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about walkability

Tonight: Help Create a Neighborhood Strategy for Better Walking and Biking

By David Sachs | | 1 Comment
For Denver’s low-income residents, walking, biking, and transit are not “alternative transportation” choices — they are the only choices. The lower the neighborhood’s income, the higher the need for walkability and bikeability, yet the worse it is to walk or bike. Enter the Community Active Living Coalition, led by Denver Health, the Department of Environmental Health, and WalkDenver. They’ve […]

Northeast Walk Fest Connects Neighborhoods Plagued by Dangerous Streets

By David Sachs | | No Comments
A while back Streetsblog Denver profiled a pretty stellar organization, Walk2Connect, which helps create a cultural impetus for more walkable neighborhoods in Denver. Walk2Connect plants the seeds for walkable streets by — get this — walking the streets. The idea is that when residents actively observe their poorly designed walking environment, they realize how unacceptable it is. Walk2Connect then […]