Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about widening

It’s Official: Widening I-70 Among America’s Most Wasteful Highway Boondoggles

By David Sachs | | 5 Comments
In front of the rumbling I-70 underpass at the corner of 46th and Columbine, a stone’s throw from kids playing tag during Swansea Elementary School’s recess, CoPIRG Director Danny Katz told reporters Tuesday that taxpayers could save at least $58 million if Colorado DOT nixed its plan to widen the interstate by four lanes. Katz was answering questions about a […]

Stock Show Parade Boots Cars Off 17th Street, Other Streets Hold Up Fine

By David Sachs | | 4 Comments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXN59qdCMaE&feature=em-upload_owner Here’s something to keep in mind when you hear someone say there’s not enough room on city streets for bike lanes or better pedestrian infrastructure — or when decision makers insist on widening already deadly streets. Denver’s traffic congestion can be bad at times in certain places, just like every other decent-sized American city, but downtown Denver during most of […]