2026 Denver Scavenger Hunt
Join the Scavenger Hunt!
Try to complete as many of the following activities as possible, and share your photos, videos, and reflections on each activity.
- Take transit or ride a bike/scooter to buy groceries.
- Use a bike or scooter for an errand under 2 miles.
- Walk to a neighborhood coffee shop, school, library, or park instead of driving. Consider bringing a stroller or cart to push.
- Photograph the best bus stop you find and explain what makes it great.
- Photograph the worst bus stop you encounter and suggest one improvement.
- Find an intersection that feels unsafe to cross as a pedestrian, and articulate what makes it feel unsafe.
- Find an example of traffic calming in your neighborhood (speed hump, curb extension, chicane, mini-roundabout, etc.).
- Find a street with great shade and one with almost none.
- Complete a trip using only ADA-accessible routes. Note any barriers.
- Ride a bus you’ve never taken before, to a location you’ve driven to before.
- Wait at a bus stop for at least 15 minutes. Observe seating, shelter, lighting, traffic, and routing information.
- Time how long it takes to cross a major arterial on foot. Are there other people using the crosswalk who are slower than you?
- Ride a protected bike lane, an unprotected bike lane, and also part of a route without any bike lane (be careful!). Compare the experiences.
- Thank a bus operator or transit employee.
- Find a place where you would feel comfortable letting a child you care about comfortably ride a bike—and a place you clearly wouldn’t.
- Find a place where you would feel comfortable walking with a child under the age of 6, and a place where it would be less comfortable or dangerous.
- Find green infrastructure like a bioswale, rain garden, or permeable pavement.
- Count how many parking spaces you pass in one block versus homes or businesses.
- Take a train (light rail or commuter rail) to visit somewhere new to you.
- Visit a RTD rail station or transit hub, observe what’s within a short walking distance. Are there places to eat and shop, drink water, and use the restroom? Do many people live nearby? Are there enough people nearby for it to feel safe? Is there anything making the station unpleasant, like a highway?
- Ask someone waiting for transit, walking, or biking what one mobility improvement they’d most like to see.
- Find examples of middle housing in your community, both built before 2010 and after 2010.
- Find out what intersection daylighting is and find examples around your community. Are there specific intersections you think should be the standard?
- Find a raised/continuous crosswalk in your community and note location.
- Walk or roll past a school during morning dropoff. Does it feel safe for students to walk/roll to this school on their own?