Hancock’s Not Picking Up the Pace on Protected Bike Lanes This Year
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Denverites are being told to wait til next year. Again.
Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Promoted
RTD Is Upping Transparency With Video, Audio, and Transcripts for Board of Directors Meetings
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Transit agency won't spend money needed for live broadcasts and real-time closed captioning, though.
Eyes on the Street: Signs of Bikeway Life on Brighton Boulevard
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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.
Colorado Lawmakers Nudge RTD to Provide Bigger Fare Discounts for Low-Income Transit Riders
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RTD Board of Directors says it has everything under control.
Denver B-Cycle Chief Nick Bohnenkamp Moving On
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Nick Bohnenkamp has headed the nonprofit for almost nine years, most of its life. He'll stay around for three or four more months while B-Cycle searches for a replacement.
CDOT Preaches Imagined Public Safety Crisis of “Distract Walking” on Denver Street Corners
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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.
Last Week: 508 Car Crashes, Six Life-Changing Injuries on Denver’s Streets
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To track the extent of crashes and injuries, Streetsblog is launching a weekly traffic violence report.
Eyes on the Street: 19th and 20th Avenues Go Two-Way — Plus Protected Bike Lanes Uptown
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Denver Public Works repurposes a car lane for people on bikes. Grant and Logan streets will go two-way later this spring.
Bill to Standardize Bicycle “Safety Stop” Rules Across Colorado Awaits Hickenlooper’s Pen
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While the bill does not legalize the practice statewide, it does clear a significant barrier.
Join Us May 10 for a Conversation About Women’s Movement in Denver
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Join community advocates, transportation industry experts, and fellow Streetsblog readers for an evening to discuss how the region’s transportation system works — and doesn’t — for women.
Denver7 Got It Wrong: Parking Is Proliferating Downtown, Not Shrinking
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On Friday, local ABC affiliate Denver7 aired a news segment about the effect of growth on the downtown parking supply. The gist of the story was this: Useful buildings are supplanting surface parking lots, and that means fewer places to park cars. If only!
Colorado House Passes Bicycle “Safety Stop” Bill
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If signed into law, the "safety stop" bill would not let bicyclists treat stop signs as yields statewide.