No, Colorado DOT, Balloons Won’t Stop Drivers From Killing People on Dangerous Streets
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Another tone deaf PR campaign does nothing to solve a systemic problem.
Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Promoted
Eyes on the Street: 24/7 Bus Lanes Pop Up on Broadway and Lincoln
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All-day bus lanes and new pavement treatments will improve bus service. But the project is a small step, not a bold leap.
Watch Denver’s Historic Streetcar Network Grow Rapidly — Then Disappear
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Just as the streetcar lines shaped neighborhood development in the first part of the 20th century, automobiles shaped the city in the second. But while streetcars encouraged close-knit, walkable places, cars encouraged sprawling, drivable development.
Voters Choose the RTD Board, But the RTD Board Still Doesn’t Show Voters How It Operates
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There's one thing that RTD Board of Directors meetings never do without: A buffet. RTD is one of the few American transit agencies run by publicly elected residents, yet there's one thing their meetings always do without: Any broadcast whatsoever that lets the public see or hear the discussion taking place.
RTD Transit Ridership Not Keeping Up With Denver’s Growth
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As long as Denver keeps expanding highways and parking, transit will have a hard time keeping pace.
Dangerous Streets Are a Public Health Crisis, and Vision Zero Is the Prescription
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If a flesh-eating virus killed more than 40,000 people in the United States in a single year, every level of government would act decisively to stamp out the contagion and save lives. And yet, when 40,000 people lost their lives in traffic crashes in the United States last year, our collective response was little more than a shrug.
West Side Transit and Walking Projects Shouldn’t Have to Fight Over Funding Scraps
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The Denver City Council approved a request Monday night from City Council members Paul Lopez and Rafael Espinoza to exchange a $9.8 million Federal Boulevard transit project for four smaller ones focused on pedestrian safety and transit on Federal, Morrison Road, West Colfax Avenue, and Central Street.
Why Denver Needs to Get Cracking on a Grid of Frequent Bus Service
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The idea of a high-frequency transit network is simple: Create a grid of bus service that lets people get anywhere they need to go, any time, with dependability. In the most complete system, transfers are simple and a trip should usually require no more than one.
Private “Dockless” Bike-Share Companies Look to Launch on Denver Streets
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While B-cycle requires stationary docks to operate -- and lots of docks close together to operate really well — UrBike is "dockless." Riders will have the flexibility to go more places, because they don't require fixed stations. A GPS-based lock, controlled by a smart phone app, will let riders pick up bikes and drop off them off almost anywhere, in theory.
Eyes on the Street: “Sidewalks” Popping Up on Walnut Street
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The "sidewalks" are actually just street space that's been separated from traffic with "curb stops" (low-lying concrete barriers).
Memo to Denver PD: Ticketing a Man in a Wheelchair Hit By Driver Is Not Vision Zero
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Mayor Michael Hancock might want to remind Denver Police Chief Robert White that he signed up to prioritize the most vulnerable people on the street when he committed his department to Vision Zero — not penalize them.
Hancock Administration Unveils Draft Plan to End Traffic Deaths in Denver
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The draft sounds the right notes, but in many respects it's more tentative than what Vision Zero calls for.