We are thrilled to announce that we have called the race for Ordinance 307! With over 80% of the votes counted, Denver Deserves Sidewalks is on a clear path to victory, with "YES" votes at over 55%! More numbers are coming in, but we feel comfortable enough with our...
Van Schoales is an education advocate, senior policy director at the Keystone Policy Center, and founding partner at Education Civil Rights Now. Denver Deserves Sidewalks (Initiated Ordinance 307 on the November 8 Denver ballot) would fund the construction and repair...
Jandel Allen-Davis, MD is the President and CEO of Craig Hospital in Denver, Colorado, a world-renowned rehabilitation hospital that specializes in neurorehabilitation and research for people with spinal cord injury and brain injury. Craig Hospital endorses Denver...
Tanniqua-Kay Buchanan is our Neighborhood Projects Coordinator. Part of her work is helping organize a lot of our major events to build and engage community, including Park(ing) Day. Read Tanniqua-Kay's reflections on this year's Park(ing) Day as well as thoughts from...
Jaime Lewis is a Transit Advisor for the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition (CCDC), the premier organization in Colorado advocating for disability rights. CCDC endorses Denver Deserves Sidewalks, identified as Initiated Ordinance 307 on Denver's November 8 ballot....
It’s no secret that we want to help more Denverites get out of their cars and out walking, biking, rolling, and taking transit around town. A barrier for a lot of people can be that they have a lot of things (or kids!) to carry, and this is especially true for...
“Walking unquestionably, and almost immediately, brings me into direct relationship with human and planet landscapes that are inherently too wondrous to be defined, too expansive to be fully grasped, and in the end, full of stars.” This is an excerpt from our friend,...
We’re excited to share the efforts of local advocates and community members who want to make Denver’s streets better for people. This is a guest post from our friend Avi Stopper, founder of the Bike Streets Project, about the new Bike Streets initiative called VAMOS....
The Denver Streets Partnership is pleased to release our 2023 Election Policy Platform. We presented this document at a briefing on September 29, 2022. You can find the full Policy Platform document at this link. Video recording of Policy Platform Briefing:
Congrats to the winners of the first annual Denver Streets Partnership Awards! We are so grateful to these advocates for the amazing work they have done in support of people-friendly streets. More photos from the Better Block Jefferson Park 10-Year Anniversary...
By Brad Revare As a Central Park dad, I commute seven miles to downtown to work by bike. I also ride with my toddler in search of playgrounds and ice cream on the weekends. When I bike alone or with my kid throughout Denver, I value the comfort and security of a...
The Keith B. Kester memorial fund will match donations 3:1, up to $24,000. Click Here to Donate Now To honor my dad and carry forward his commitment to giving back to the community, I am committing $24,000 that I inherited from my dad as a 3:1 match for any donations...
2022 Vision Zero Call to Action Petition The Way to Zero Traffic Deaths is on the Bus: 2022 Vision Zero Call to Action Add your name to this petition to show your support for Denver Streets Partnership's 2022 Vision Zero Call to Action. Read: Vision Zero: Our 2022...
Contact: Jill Locantore, jill@denverstreetspartnership.orgEntry Deadline: 5 pm, April 14, 2022 Project Overview The Denver Streets Partnership (DSP), in partnership with the Federal Boulevard Business Improvement District (BID), is seeking an artist to design and...
The Denver Streets Partnership and Bicycle Colorado team welcomed four new full-time team members this year, beginning in March 2022. Learn more about each new teammate below (and head to the Bicycle Colorado blog for more!). Tanniqua-Kay Buchanan Neighborhood...
Given RTD’s limitations, we believe that this is the right decision-making philosophy, and support the adoption of this plan in its current form, so long as any service changes will not result in a reduction of current Access-a-Ride service area…
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...
The following remarks were delivered by Jill Locantore, Executive Director of the Denver Streets Partnership, on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at Denver City Council's Safety, Housing, Education & Homelessness Committee. Good morning, I am Jill Locantore,...
January – We spent the first pandemic winter helping small businesses transform parking lots to restaurant patios on East Colfax, Morrison Road, and the Little Saigon Denver district. We even made a video about it. February – The Lunar New Year celebration on South...
Good evening, I am Jill Locantore, Executive Director of the Denver Streets Partnership. Thank you all for coming together this evening with members of the Denver Streets Partnership, Denver City Council, and the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure...