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Lessons of a “Reformed Engineer”: Small Street Changes, Big Impact on Walkability and Safety
Guest commentary from a Denver resident.
May 14, 2018
Denver’s Cut of the State Transportation Bill, and How Hancock Should Fund Car Independence
There's no excuse not use the new revenue to jump start what Hancock claims to care about: cutting solo driving commutes from 73 percent to 50 by 2030 and doubling the share of walking, biking, and transit trips in the process.
May 11, 2018
Wednesday: Join the Ride and Walk of Silence to Remember Victims of Traffic Violence
The location of the ceremony is significant. It's a stone's throw from Federal Boulevard, Denver's deadliest street.
May 10, 2018
Eyes on the Street: Signs of Bikeway Life on Brighton Boulevard
If you're like me, you've avoided Brighton Boulevard like the plague. It's not an easily navigable place while construction crews dig up the road to create a human-scaled street with raised bikeways and -- blessings up -- sidewalks.
April 27, 2018
CDOT Preaches Imagined Public Safety Crisis of “Distract Walking” on Denver Street Corners
Every so often the Colorado Department of Transportation decides it's time to use public money to shame people walking in the name of street safety.
April 24, 2018
Eyes on the Street: 19th and 20th Avenues Go Two-Way — Plus Protected Bike Lanes Uptown
Denver Public Works repurposes a car lane for people on bikes. Grant and Logan streets will go two-way later this spring.
April 19, 2018
Denver Can’t Rely on State Lawmakers to Fund Transportation the City Needs
It's clear from the debate at the capitol that any legislative package of transportation funding will be more about pleasing constituencies who live a stone's throw from Utah, Oklahoma, and Kansas than about solving the unique problems of an urban, growing city.
April 11, 2018
Denver Public Works Will Re-Time Downtown Signals to Prioritize Pedestrians
Over the next year, the city's streets department will overhaul traffic signals downtown to ensure people walking have enough time to cross the streets.
April 5, 2018
It’s About to Get Easier for Colorado Cities to Set Safer Speed Limits
HB 1191 frees cities and towns from the archaic 85th percentile rule. Instead, they can change speed limits because they believe it would reduce crashes or make walking and biking safer.
March 22, 2018
Want Streets that Work for People, Not Just Cars? Tell the City in This Survey.
As the Denver grows, will city decision-makers enact policies that prioritize sustainable transport and less traffic, or double down on car-first policies that have resulted in more traffic, less housing, and deserted places that undermine street life?
March 20, 2018
