This guest commentary is by Allen Cowgill, a Denver advocate focused on safer streets and sustainable transportation. He is a member of the Denver Bicycle Lobby and is on Twitter at @AllenCowgill. The proposed Gray Street bike lane was quite possibly the perfect bike lane. Yet the original design never saw the light of day. Since the 2011 Denver Moves Bicycle Master Plan, the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) had identified Gray Street in the Inspiration Point neighborhood as a needed part of the bike network. The street is a connection for the Clear Creek Trail ..read more

This is the final post for Streetsblog Denver. The Denver Streets Partnership decided to end its operation of Streetsblog Denver as of January 31, 2022. Streetsblog USA assures us that all Streetsblog Denver content will remain online. To stay up to date on multimodal issues in Denver, please bookmark the Denver Streets Partnership blog — which now accepts guest commentaries! — and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We leave you with five guest commentaries to bid farewell to Streetsblog Denver: In Streetsblog Denver’s absence, local news has a responsibility to get out from behi ..read more

Sarah E. Moss, MPA (Photo by Alina Hokanson) Sarah E. Moss, MPA is a civic dreamer and doer and a strategist who solves policy and political puzzles. Her clients are advocacy organizations, political campaigns, and governments. This is her third stint as Streetsblog Denver’s interim editor on behalf of the Denver Streets Partnership. Connect with her online at SarahMossInc.com and on Twitter at @SarahEMoss. Once upon a time, I fell for a man. He had beautiful brown eyes, and his shy smiles revealed an adorable dimple. He also had a love of land use and transportation policy that matched — pe ..read more

This guest commentary is by David Sachs, founder and former editor and executive director of Streetsblog Denver. More recently he covered the city for Denverite and Colorado Public Radio. He and his family recently moved from Denver to Barcelona. Follow him on Twitter: @DavidASachs. Do you remember when climate change was covered in the news as an opinion? There were the people who said climate change was real, there were the people who said it was nonsense, there were the journalists who gave both sides equal play, and there was the general public that is, to this day, still coming to grip ..read more

This guest commentary is by Loren Hansen, a bicycle and public transit advocate with groups from Denver Bicycle Lobby to RTD Memes for Front Range Teens. You can read his blog Life on Denver Transit and follow him on Twitter at @LorenMHansen. My relationship with bicycles began in 2017. After looking on Google Maps, I saw that the fastest way I could reach my destination was by bike. At that point, I considered myself simply a bicycle commuter, not someone thinking about improving anything beyond my own commute. Vehicle traffic and challenges while riding seemed to me like individualized in ..read more

This guest commentary is by Stuart Anderson, Executive Director of Transportation Solutions. Innovative and forward-thinking businesses are beginning to realize that supporting reasonable commute options in the workplace helps employees save on commute-related costs while offering employees more travel choices. More choices improve employee recruitment and retention. Choices also help reduce single occupant driving, traffic congestion, and air pollution. Transit Solutions reports show a well-crafted commute program can reduce single occupant vehicle (SOV) travel by up to 15% without adding ..read more

Dear readers, I’m writing to let you know that the Denver Streets Partnership has decided to end its operation of Streetsblog Denver as of January 31, 2022. We were honored in December 2019 when the Streetsblog Denver board entrusted us with their labor of love and asked the Denver Streets Partnership/Bicycle Colorado to take over Streetsblog Denver from the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center. Thank you for your support during the transition and throughout the last two years. We did not make this decision lightly to end operations, and the biggest factor in the decision was the priority to ..read more

Join the Denver Streets Partnership at the Bike FROM Work Party TONIGHT at The Economist Apartments. Headlines will be going on a temporary hiatus. Until we’re back, follow The Denver Streets Partnership, Bicycle Colorado and our other partners for all your streets related news. Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area Bike to Work Day takes off across Denver Metro (Fox 31) Ditch the car one day this week for Bike to Work Day (Fox 31) Another Deadly Hit & Run In Denver Raises Questions About Street Safety (CBS Denver) Crash caught on camera highlights speeding problem on Denver street (Fox 31) Wom ..read more

Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area Denver hopes to update entire parking meter system by early 2022 while you’re at it, charge more for parking! (Fox 31) Pedestrian dies following Aurora hit-and-run crash; police search for driver (The Denver Post) Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m.: 48 (Good) Yesterday’s max: 74 (Moderate) Centennial State Cement Truck Crashes Over Guardrail Through Narrows On Highway 14 (CBS Denver) Palisade working with CDOT for new river access site (The Daily Sentinel) From Streetsblog Tuesday’s Headlines Are Ready for a Showdown (Streetsblog USA) America’s Most Toxic Car ..read more

Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area Medina Alert Issued For White Buick Encore, Suspect Vehicle In Hit & Run Crash the victim was riding a scooter when they were struck  (CBS Denver) Son mourns loss of construction flagger hit, killed in Denver (9 News) Man dies after hit-and-run in Aurora, police say (9 News) Man gets 15 years in driver death during speeding livestream (The Denver Channel) RTD to suspend L Line for 10 days (The Denver Gazette) Windscreens for Denver RTD’s new Colfax 15/15L bus shelters embrace line’s east-west connection (Mass Transit) Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m ..read more