Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about walking

Young women wait to cross Colfax at Irving Street last week, not far from where a driver killed Raymond Hansford Jan. 3.

Traffic Fatalities: ‘It’s Definitely Been a Bad Year for Colfax’

By Andy Bosselman | Feb 12, 2019 | 2 Comments

Drivers have killed four people on Colfax Ave. already this year. City officials could move fast to fix the deadly street — and the killing will continue until they do.

Polis, Hancock, Sadik-Khan: Highlights From Today’s Bicycle Conference

By Andy Bosselman | Feb 7, 2019 | 2 Comments

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock gave uninspiring speeches at Bicycle Colorado’s Moving People Forward conference today in Denver. But the two followed Janette Sadik-Khan, the former New York City transportation commissioner whose book “Streetfight” calls for an “urban revolution.” (Read the Streetsblog Denver interview.) Sadik-Khan helped the Big Apple transform its streets from […]

Janette Sadik-Khan. Photo: Olugbenro Photography.

Sadik-Khan: Denver Can Learn From NYC’s ‘Streetfight’

By Andy Bosselman | Feb 6, 2019 | 2 Comments

Janette Sadik-Khan, who will be the keynote speaker at Bicycle Colorado’s Moving People Forward conference tomorrow, transformed New York’s streets with dramatic pedestrian improvements, 400 miles of new bike lanes and the repurposing of 60 asphalt plazas into park-like places when she was the New York City transportation commissioner under former Mayor Mike Bloomberg. In […]

Susan Dane of CORD held up a funeral program of two friends killed by a distracted driver. "I've never been to a funeral with two caskets, with the husband and the wife." Photo: Andy Bosselman, Streetsblog.

Everybody Uses Their Phone While Driving. A Proposed Law Wants to Change That in Colorado.

By Andy Bosselman | Jan 25, 2019 | 7 Comments

Driving at 75 mph? Why not reach for your phone and have a look at Facebook? Right now it’s legal in Colorado — but that could change if a new distracted driving bill passes in the state legislature.

At a press event today, safer streets advocates highlighted a newly-installed protected pedestrian refuge island and pedestrian-activated flashing signal Albrook Drive in Montbello. Image: Denver Streets Partnership.

Report Card: Denver Gets A “C” for Street Safety Improvements

By Andy Bosselman | Jan 22, 2019 | 3 Comments

The report card arrived today and Denver scored a “C.” A coalition of safer streets advocates gathered in Denver’s Montbello district this morning to give the city a mediocre grade for its street safety accomplishments last year. The low marks are for city that isn’t following through with all the steps needed to fulfill Mayor Michael Hancock’s promise […]

Opinion: I Love Whoopie Goldberg Even Though She Hates Bike Lanes

By Andy Bosselman | Jan 17, 2019 | 3 Comments

Whoopie Goldberg is fed up with bike lanes — and I still love her. Yesterday on The View (video) she chewed out New York Mayor Bill de Blasio for narrowing one of the streets she where drives to work. “You know what’s really pissing me off?” she asked the mayor. “You’ve added 83 miles of protected bike […]

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