DENVER POST: The largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Colorado is transportation. As Colorado experiences multiple environmental calamities at once, it’s time Denverites find a sense of civic duty. We must allow our neighborhoods to change. And we must provide people with places to work, dine, shop, exercise and enjoy life, all within a short walk or bike ride from where we live.
When 5280 Magazine ranked Denver’s best neighborhoods, walkable neighborhoods earned the highest marks. Washington Park, the Highlands and South Park Hill all feature local businesses like restaurants, coffee shops, ice cream parlors and bookstores. According to Jill Locantore, executive director of the Denver Streets Partnership, people adore these neighborhoods, but few can afford them.
“People say ‘I care about climate change.’ ‘I care about air quality.’ ‘I care about traffic injuries and fatalities,’” says Locantore. “But do they care about how easy it is to park more than these other things?”
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