walking
Drop a Pin on This Map to Tell DPW Where to Fix Dangerous Streets
Yesterday, the city posted a map-based survey that lets Denverites identify deficient pedestrian crossings, ineffective bike lanes, high-speed streets, and other dangerous conditions for walking and biking.
March 7, 2017
DPW’s Vision Zero Dashboard Seriously Undercounts Denver Traffic Deaths
Denver Public Works puts the total number of people killed between 2012 and 2015 while walking and biking at 51. Documents from the Denver Police Department tell a different story.
March 1, 2017
Denver Post: Prioritizing People Instead of Cars Is “Extreme”
The Denver Post wants the city to slow down on this whole 21st Century transportation thing. In its latest editorial ("No, Denver Shouldn't Make Driving More Difficult"), the paper warns against setting aside street space so people can get around quickly and safely on the bus or a bike.
February 24, 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
Brent Toderian: Don’t “Balance” Modes — Prioritize Walking, Biking, and Transit
"I'm capable of saying some pretty harsh things — I'm very un-Canadian that way. But most of the time, I would say that if a city hires me, it's because they know that the status quo isn't working."
February 9, 2017
It Sounds Like Hancock Is Serious About Prioritizing People Over Cars
Mayor Michael Hancock lent his most emphatic support yet to what he called "bold" investments in biking, walking, and transit in a speech he gave at Bicycle Colorado's Moving People Forward conference.
February 7, 2017
CDOT Director Shailen Bhatt on Rising Traffic Deaths: Not Our Fault
Traffic fatalities in Colorado have spiked 24 percent in two years, and pedestrian and cyclist deaths have reached a 15-year high. But Colorado DOT chief Shailen Bhatt won't redesign streets to reduce the death toll.
February 1, 2017
Here’s an “Innovative” Safety Idea for CDOT: More Protected Bike Lanes
So when CDOT called for "innovative ideas to keep cyclists safe" — with $500,000 available for the winning proposal — inspiration struck Streetsblog reader Jody Robins.
January 27, 2017
Solo Car Commuters Now Outnumber Transit Commuters Downtown
It's the first time car commuting downtown outnumbered transit commuting since reliable measurement began, despite two new commuter rail lines and a better regional bus service.
January 23, 2017
DPW Will Build a Low-Cost “Sidewalk” on Walnut Street in RiNo
Pedestrians will be separated from traffic by "curb stops" -- low-lying, prefabricated barriers -- as well as parked cars and plastic posts.
January 13, 2017
