WalkDenver
Gosia Kung, Executive Director and Founder of WalkDenver, Stepping Down at Year’s End
Kung sat down with Streetsblog to talk about WalkDenver's wins, the challenge of battling bureaucratic inertia, and the organization's future.
December 8, 2017
Draft Pedestrian Plan Diagnoses Denver’s Walkability Problem But Falls Short on Solutions
It will take Denver 440 years to create a seamless citywide sidewalk network at current funding levels, but don't look to the Hancock administration's newly released Denver Moves Pedestrians & Trails draft plan for a strategy on how to get there this century.
November 29, 2017
WalkDenver to Mayor Hancock: Make Federal Blvd a Safe Place to Travel Now, Not Later
WalkDenver wants Hancock to make a "significant allocation" to Federal Boulevard in his 2018 budget, which he'll unveil next week.
September 8, 2017
Here’s a Logic-Ridden Presentation on the Urgent Need to Make Denver People-Friendly
WalkDenver's Jill Locantore drops the mic.
May 19, 2017
Showing — Not Just Talking About — the Dangers of Walking in Denver
Jonathon Stalls, founder of the pedestrian advocacy group Walk2Connect, wants those in power and the general public to understand the danger and indignity that walkers suffer just trying to get around the city.
May 9, 2017
Join the Denver Vision Zero Coalition in a Ride and Walk of Silence
Any serious plan for safer streets will have to include retrofitting them to prioritize pedestrians and bicyclists and reduce driving speeds. In the meantime, the volunteer Vision Zero Coalition is raising awareness of the preventable problem
April 10, 2017
Students Ask Hancock to Overhaul Dangerous High-Speed Streets
Denver students rallied with advocates today to demand that Mayor Michael Hancock save lives by redesigning the city's dangerous, high-speed streets. At the City and County Building, students joined the Vision Zero Coalition, headed by WalkDenver, to ask Hancock to provide Denver Public Works an annual funding stream for street redesigns.
February 14, 2017
WalkDenver Wants to Help Residents Take First Step Towards a Car-Lite Life
How easy is it to walk a mile? Bike to the store? Take transit to work instead of driving? If you live in West Denver, probably not as easy as it should be. Still, if you drive most places, it might be easier than you realize. That’s why WalkDenver just launched Project Shift. It’s a … Continued
October 25, 2016
WalkDenver: Hancock’s Budget “Reflects a Status Quo Mentality”
Last week Streetsblog looked at Mayor Michael Hancock’s proposed 2017 budget and was not impressed. Despite the mayor’s stated commitment to ending traffic deaths, he’s not committing much in the way of actual resources to safe walking and biking. The pedestrian advocates at WalkDenver have been combing through the budget as well. In a newsletter published today, WalkDenver says that despite … Continued
September 22, 2016
WalkDenver Audit Quantifies Difficulty of Walking on East Colfax
A third of the people traveling along East Colfax Avenue and surrounding streets are walking, taking transit or biking, but that doesn’t mean the streets are well-designed for anything other than driving a car. Now, there’s data to prove it from a recent “walkability audit” by WalkDenver. The report quantifies what many people already know about the … Continued
August 29, 2016