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Add East Colfax to the List of Streets Getting Transit Signal Priority for Faster Buses

By David Sachs | Apr 13, 2018 | No Comments

Yesterday Streetsblog reported that the Regional Transportation District and Denver Public Works will speed up buses on six streets by giving them more green lights as they approach intersections. Make that seven.

RTD, Denver Public Works Prep to Speed Up Buses on Six City Streets

By David Sachs | Apr 12, 2018 | 7 Comments

Federal Boulevard and West Colfax Avenue are among the corridors destined for better transit.

Denver Can’t Rely on State Lawmakers to Fund Transportation the City Needs

By David Sachs | Apr 11, 2018 | 6 Comments

It's clear from the debate at the capitol that any legislative package of transportation funding will be more about pleasing constituencies who live a stone's throw from Utah, Oklahoma, and Kansas than about solving the unique problems of an urban, growing city.

Cherokee Street today. Photo: David Sachs

Eyes on the Street: A Block of Cherokee Street Goes Two-Way

By David Sachs | Apr 10, 2018 | 4 Comments

Denver Public Works converted a block of Cherokee Street from a one-way speedway into a two-way street Tuesday, meaning the entire length of Cherokee now carries traffic both ways downtown.

The Future of Denver B-Cycle Will Be Somewhat Dockless

By David Sachs | Apr 6, 2018 | 2 Comments

As its equipment nears the end of its useful life, Denver's bike-share operator wants to get with the times.

Denver Public Works Will Re-Time Downtown Signals to Prioritize Pedestrians

By David Sachs | Apr 5, 2018 | 5 Comments

Over the next year, the city's streets department will overhaul traffic signals downtown to ensure people walking have enough time to cross the streets.

A boarded up house in the path of CDOT's I-70 widening. Photo: David Sachs

Judge: CDOT Can Start Digging the I-70 Ditch

By David Sachs | Apr 4, 2018 | 9 Comments

Colorado DOT can plow a wider I-70 freeway through north Denver, after a decision Tuesday by U.S. District Court Judge William Martinez to deny a request for an injunction.

The scene of a crash at 38th and Zuni last month where a motorist hit a woman and two children. Image: 9News

Denver’s Failing to Alert the Public About Traffic Fatalities

By David Sachs | Apr 3, 2018 | 1 Comment

The city has ways to get information out to the public when it wants to, but it doesn't have a protocol to keep people apprised of traffic fatalities and injuries on Denver streets.

Officials got credit for attending if they called in to a meeting, which is common.

Is Your RTD Board Member Slacking?

By David Sachs | Apr 2, 2018 | 24 Comments

Unlike most other transit agencies, the Regional Transportation District Board of Directors is elected. It turns out that some of those reps take their elected duties a lot more seriously than others.

Kyle Clark, left, interviews Eulois Cleckley, head of Denver Public Works.

Let’s Be Honest: To Improve Transit, Denver Has to Claim Street Space From Cars

By David Sachs | Mar 30, 2018 | 4 Comments

Finite street space is a fact of city life, so transportation officials might as well be clear and forthright about how to make the best use of it.

Mary Hernandez attributes her family's health problems to pollution from I-70. Photo: David Sachs

North Denver Neighbors Sound Off on CDOT I-70 Expansion as Federal Court Case Ramps Up

By David Sachs | Mar 29, 2018 | 12 Comments

Pollution from the freeway is literally sickening, and Denverites don't want their health to suffer even more.

RTD Board OKs Another Round of Bus Service Cuts, Along With Some Improvements

By David Sachs | Mar 28, 2018 | 10 Comments

The RTD Board of Directors approved dozens of changes to the transit agency's bus service Tuesday night, including the consolidation of bus stops to speed up service. But the suite of changes, coming in May, also includes service cuts that will affect riders trying to get to their daily destinations.

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