Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about widening

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

By David Sachs | Jan 19, 2016 | 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 | Jan 7, 2016 | 4 Comments

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 the […]

DPW Moves Ahead With Plan to Turn Broadway Into a Surface Highway

By David Sachs | Dec 18, 2015 | 23 Comments

Denver Public Works is moving ahead with plans to turn streets near the I-25 and Broadway RTD station into wide open speedways, despite the city’s intent to transform the area into a walkable neighborhood. At some locations, DPW will create streets more than 100 feet wide. Construction on the street widenings is slated to start next year, officials said Wednesday, […]