Denver’s Transit Alliance Is Exporting Its Model for Citizen Advocacy to Baltimore
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When Denver looks up to peer cities that are doing transportation well, we look at Seattle. Turns out, the Baltimore region looks to us.
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Greenwood Village Voters: A Walkable Community? Not in Our Backyard!
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In a special election Tuesday, residents shot down the idea of building homes and businesses within walking distance of each other. They would rather continue with their familiar auto-centric sprawl.
Will RTD Create Transit Discounts That Work for Everyone?
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Restrictions to RTD's buy-in-bulk pass programs, like the EcoPass for businesses and CollegePass for students, marginalize low-income Denver metro residents and steer would-be riders away from transit.
Eyes on the Street: New Pedestrian Islands on Morrison Road
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Denver Public Works is chipping away at a safer Morrison Road, arguably Westwood's main street.
Broadway Redo, Sidewalks, and Bike Network Take Hit on Latest Wish List of Capital Projects
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For the cost of widening 56th Avenue for three miles, the city could build 67 miles of protected bike lanes and 90 miles of sidewalks. Oh well.
Eyes on the Street: “HAWK” Signals Installed in Stapleton, More to Come in Westwood, Green Valley Ranch
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Denver is now home to three “high-intensity activated crosswalk beacons,” or HAWK signals, to make crossing safer for pedestrians. More are on the way. The first, installed by Colorado DOT at I-70 and Pecos Street, has been around awhile. The two newest ones are in denser residential and commercial areas, both in Stapleton — at […]
Funding for Broadway Redesign on the Chopping Block
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Outrage from Denver Business Journal Editor Neil Westergaard, trepidation from the Denver Post editorial board, and a few disgruntled residents seem to have made the Broadway redesign expendable.
DPW Is Filling in Gaps Around City-Owned Land, But It’s No Substitute for a Sidewalk Network
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It's unfortunate that building basic walking infrastructure like sidewalks — on city-owned property nonetheless — constitutes news. But that's just where Denver is right now.
The Sorry State of Denver’s Pedestrian Network
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As the Hancock administration deliberates over how much bond revenue to spend on road maintenance, this most basic level of transportation infrastructure is at an unacceptably low quality thanks to decades of neglect and underinvestment.
Eyes on the Street: DPW Installs Flashing Beacon Signals at 30th and Downing RTD Station, More to Come
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If you've ever been to Boulder, you've seen this things all over the place. But this is new for Denver.
#StreetFail: People Are Parking All Over the 14th Ave Bike Lane
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The city's newest "protected" bike lane does not always protect people on bikes.
What Good Is New Bike Safety Tech If CDOT Still Won’t Build Safe Streets?
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The agency is funding "innovative solutions" for bike safety — the ideas aren't bad, but they're no substitute for agency action to redesign dangerous streets.