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The cost of a one-way fare in Denver is "among the highest" of all the comparable cities Denveright planners examined. Image: City and County of Denver

Fixing Denver Transit: Fairer Fares

By David Sachs | Mar 13, 2017 | 16 Comments

If the bus and train are lifelines for getting to work or the grocery store, prohibitively expensive fares can have disastrous effects. A one-way trip on an RTD bus or train runs $2.60 for a local trip and and $4.50 for a regional one. No peer city is higher except for Salt Lake.

Motorists have carte blanche at the Capitol, inside and out. Photo: David Sachs

Breaking Down What the State Transport Bill Does for Walking, Biking, and Transit

By David Sachs | Mar 10, 2017 | 10 Comments

"It's definitely a good step forward."

Leah Shahum, director of the Vision Zero Network, at Denver's Vision Zero Summit. Photo: Evan Semon

Expert: Traffic Deaths Are a Public Health Crisis and Equity Issue That Demand Hancock’s Leadership

By David Sachs | Mar 9, 2017 | No Comments

It's past time elected officials like Mayor Michael Hancock and City Council members, as well as city department heads, dealt seriously with an actual public health crisis: traffic deaths and serious injuries.

A recent backup on I-25. Image via Jayson Luber/Twitter

Are the Roads Working This Week? No.

By David Sachs | Mar 8, 2017 | 4 Comments

In this installment of "Are the Roads Working This Week?" we turn to Denver7 traffic reporter Jayson Luber's Twitter account. Luber keeps tabs on the morning and afternoon driving commutes every day. And just about every day, it seems, he has another case of bumper to bumper traffic to tell us about.

CDOT’s Blind Spot — Wider Highways and New Tech Won’t Cure Congestion

By David Sachs | Mar 6, 2017 | 10 Comments

CDOT Executive Shailen Bhatt told north Denver residents during a public meeting last month that more lanes will actually improve air quality.

How Kyle Clark informs viewers the A-Line is delayed. Image: 9News

Announcing a New Series — Are the Roads Working This Week?

By David Sachs | Mar 3, 2017 | No Comments

Cars and drivers are not in traffic. They are traffic.

That bright green line up top represents the raised bike lane coming to Brighton Boulevard. Imagine if it continued south, through the heart of the city and all the way to I-25 and Broadway. Image: DPW

It Shouldn’t Take Years to Complete the Broadway Bike Lane

By David Sachs | Mar 2, 2017 | 7 Comments

Though Denver's bike network has grown over the last few years, a safe, convenient, route to get north and south through the heart of the city has remained elusive.

The number of people killed while walking or biking on Denver streets is more than 50 percent higher than DPW's Vision Zero dashboard says. Source: Denver PD and DPW Vision Zero Dashboard

DPW’s Vision Zero Dashboard Seriously Undercounts Denver Traffic Deaths

By David Sachs | Mar 1, 2017 | 5 Comments

Denver Public Works puts the total number of people killed between 2012 and 2015 while walking and biking at 51. Documents from the Denver Police Department tell a different story.

The R-Line arrives at Florida Station. Photo: David Sachs

The R-Line Could Use More Walkable Development, But Freeways Make It Hard

By David Sachs | Feb 28, 2017 | 14 Comments

Like much of RTD's rail network, the R-Line covers a sprawling distance (22 miles) without always serving dense areas.

Fixing Denver Transit: Making a Place for the Bus

By David Sachs | Feb 22, 2017 | 17 Comments

The last time Denver Public Works gave buses their own space on a public street was 1982 — 35 years ago — when the 16th Street Mall opened.

Dense development around around the 10th and Osage RTD station includes homes and ground-floor businesses within walking distance of a grocery store, bike-share, a park, a student community center, and the Santa Fe Arts District. Photo: David Sachs

Meet YIMBY Denver — Volunteers Fighting for an Affordable, Walkable City

By David Sachs | Feb 21, 2017 | 13 Comments

You can add Denver to the list of cities with a group fighting to shape growth with more homes, less sprawl, and better ways to get around without a car.

Elyria, Swansea, and Globeville residents speak out against the widening of I-70. They wore bandannas to symbolize the air pollution the project will cause. Photo: David Sachs

North Denver Residents Make CDOT Director Bhatt Answer for I-70 Expansion

By David Sachs | Feb 17, 2017 | 27 Comments

Thursday night at Swansea Recreation Center, opponents of the I-70 expansion took over CDOT's open house, wearing black bandanas over their faces to symbolize the pollution they'd breathe should the agency dig a highway trench in contaminated soil.

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