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Agenda for the new Mayor and City Council’s first 100 days in office
The Denver Streets Partnership has released an agenda for Mayor-Elect Johnson and the Denver City Council's first 100 days in office. The full agenda includes five high-priority actions that can be taken quickly to help address traffic safety, access, and the...
How Denver can meet the moment with Vision Zero
It has been six years since Denver adopted its Vision Zero Action Plan in 2017 and committed to the goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries by the year 2030. Since then, traffic fatalities have only gone up, from 51 people killed in 2017 to a high...
Our work in the 2023 Colorado legislative session
Between engagement related to Denver’s Municipal Election and the Colorado State Legislative Session, the first half of this year has been jam-packed. While the election is still underway, the legislative session wrapped up earlier this month. We’re excited to share...
The team takes NACTO 2023
Last week, the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) hosted its annual Designing Cities Conference here in Denver. Our team members were there throughout the week to discuss transportation issues, share about DSP’s work, engage with...
Join the movement for people-friendly streets!
Seeking new organizations to join the Denver Streets Partnership coalitionThe Denver Streets Partnership (DSP) was originally founded in 2016 as a coalition of community groups advocating for people-friendly streets in Denver. Since then, a lot has happened, including...
Celebrating a community win for traffic calming
13th and 14th Avenues through the Cap Hill neighborhood in Denver are dangerous, high-speed, one-way roads surrounded by homes and Cheeseman Park. For years, neighbors have asked the City to install infrastructure that would slow drivers down and force them to pay...
Empowered: Community is my covenant
Stephanie Puello is the founder of the Denver chapter of Black Girls Do Bike (BGDB), an organization supporting primarily Black women who have a passion for cycling. In our conversation, she talks about completing the TransAmerica Trail in 2016 and about seeking and...
Learn about our recent advocacy for overdose prevention centers
On March 1, our Policy Director, Molly, spoke at the Colorado Legislature in support of HB 23-1202, the Overdose Prevention Center Authorization bill, when it was in the House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services. This bill would permit...
Why the DSP Supports the Park Hill Golf Course Development Proposal
In addition to electing a new Mayor and several new City Council members this April, Denver voters will be deciding whether to lift the conservation easement currently on the now-defunct Park Hill Golf Course. Lifting the easement will allow redevelopment of this...
The Vision and Reality of “High Comfort” Bike Lanes
Editor's note: When writing the original version of this blog post, we inadvertently excluded some of the data collected by the students from our analysis. We regret this oversight and have updated the post below to include the data previously omitted, which provides...
Denver Moves Everyone: Lots to love, and one big missed opportunity
If there’s one thing Denver is good at, it’s planning. Over the last several years, the City has developed a whole suite of plans for our transportation system (see sidebar). Now the City has released a draft 2050 Strategic Transportation Plan, called Denver Moves...
It’s time to flip the script on Denver’s streets
In this blog post, the DSP's executive director, Jill Locantore, shares a perspective on sharing street space that disappeared after cars arrived on the scene in the 1920s—and needs to be brought back as more people walking, biking, rolling, and scooting move around...
Empowered: Tap into your resilience
Meet Brooke Goudy, Operational Manager and Owner of Rowdy Goudy, an organization dedicated to active living, health, wellness, and cycling. As an Alabama native fascinated by challenging the body, Brooke has always been active and takes pride in doing so. She recently...
Ask City Council to support the Freedom to Walk and Roll
“Jaywalking” is a concept that came about in the 1920s, when automobiles were still new to the streets. To keep sales of motor vehicles secure, and in response to public outcry over rising traffic fatality rates, auto manufacturers created the concept of a...
14th Avenue Open Streets Demonstration Results Report
The Denver Streets Partnership collaborated with the Civic Center Conservancy to host an Open Streets demonstration on 14th Avenue between Bannock Street and Acoma Street, south of Civic Center Park, in the Golden Triangle neighborhood on July 31, 2022. Our...
Empowered: Showcasing neighborhood champions
Our organization’s mission isn’t just about infrastructure like sidewalks, bike lanes, and bus lanes, but ultimately it’s about the people who use our streets and bring life to them every day. One of our core values is grassroots engagement: “We build relationships...
Gearing up for the 2023 municipal election
This spring, Denverites will elect a new mayor for the first time in 12 years and a number of city council members are either term limited or not seeking reelection. This means big change in Denver is on the horizon—and, if you know anything about the work we do, you...
Sidewalks, transit, art, advocacy events and more—that’s a wrap on 2022!
2022 is just about in the books, and it’s been a year to remember. I'm proud of our small but mighty team for the incredible work they've put into improving Denver for people. We’d like to share with you a recap of some of our favorite moments of the year.Jill...
Our comments on Denver’s West Area draft plan
Blueprint Denver is the City’s overarching land use and transportation plan that establishes a vision for how our city will grow over the next several decades, including goals for eliminating traffic fatalities; increasing transit, walking, and biking mode shares;...