Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about West Colfax

WalkDenver Tells CDOT, DPW, Residents Where West Colfax Must Change

By David Sachs | Dec 18, 2015 | 2 Comments

This summer WalkDenver and the West Colfax Business Improvement District proved that residents need — and deserve — a people-friendly West Colfax Avenue. Advocates transformed the street for one day with temporary materials to illustrate the possibilities. For that day, at least part of West Colfax prioritized people as much as it did cars, creating a safer […]

West Colfax Demo Proves Neighborhood Needs, Deserves Complete Street

By David Sachs | Aug 19, 2015 | 1 Comment

West Colfax Avenue suffers from an identity crisis. It was designed to move motor vehicles in and out of the city as fast as possible, but it’s also a neighborhood street where bus riders, families, and shoppers abound. The result is a thoroughfare that caters to motorists, but not to the people who actually live, work, and walk there. […]

Be a Part of West Colfax’s Transformation Into a Complete Street

By David Sachs | Aug 12, 2015 | No Comments

For six hours this Sunday, part of West Colfax Avenue will be transformed from a four-lane, car-heavy thoroughfare into a three-lane complete street for people. It’ll be a temporary road diet (built with temporary materials) that demonstrates how simple street design can have an outsize effect on a neighborhood’s safety and sense of place. Streetsblog Denver covered the demonstration, […]

Denver Needs More Street Demos Like the One Planned for West Colfax

By David Sachs | Jul 8, 2015 | 2 Comments

Complete streets advocates are taking ownership of West Colfax by transforming part of it from a four-way car-centric raceway into a haven for pedestrians and people on bikes. It’ll be just a one-day demonstration — organizers describe it as a “lab” — but the idea is to spark a permanent redesign on the street by showing residents, city planners, […]

Tonight: Help Make West Colfax a Complete Street

By David Sachs | Jul 7, 2015 | No Comments

It’s been about a month since advocates, businesses, government planners, and consultants began brainstorming how to improve West Colfax Avenue with a one-day demo that will include temporary infrastructure. The idea is to spark a more permanent commitment to a complete street. Since then, reps from Reimagine West Colfax have decided that the demo will take place between […]

Tonight: Help Imagine a Better West Colfax Avenue

By David Sachs | Jun 11, 2015 | 2 Comments

Professional stuntmen don’t want to cross it and Lance Armstrong wouldn’t bike it even after doping up: West Colfax Avenue. It needs to change, and residents can help decide how it will, tonight at an event called Reimagine West Colfax. It’s the first of two meetings that will decide what type of temporary infrastructure — a crosswalk or a protected bike […]