The Denver Streets Partnership is excited to officially welcome two new staff members to our team! Molly McKinley is our new Policy Director. Molly has served as the Vice-Chair of the Denver Streets Partnership Steering Committee since early 2020 and she is excited to...
By Jessica Vargas, Program Manager Almost five years ago, I started working for WalkDenver as only its third full-time employee. It doesn’t seem like that long ago that I was being welcomed into this small but dedicated team of advocates who wanted to create a more...
After over a year of community meetings and surveys, the West Area Plan is entering into the next phase of the planning process. Covering the westside neighborhoods of Barnum, Barnum West, Sun Valley, Valverde, Villa Park and West Colfax, the plan will serve as a...
Much of our time spent in public is spent on our streets. This is also where Denverites are most likely to come in contact with police while walking, driving, biking, socializing or just simply being present. Data and first-hand experiences have shown us that people...
For the third year, the Denver Streets Partnership released a report card grading Denver’s progress on meeting their own goals outlined in the Vision Zero Action Plan aimed at eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries. The Report Card focuses specifically on...
The most dangerous streets in Denver are major arterials, which are designed to move as many cars as fast as possible and are especially hazardous for anyone not in a motor vehicle. We can’t achieve Denver’s Vision Zero goal to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2030 without focusing attention on these streets, and the best way to make arterial streets safer while moving a lot of people is to prioritize transit.
When some of our team had the opportunity to visit Copenhagen a couple years ago, we were struck by how the city basically has just two types of streets: 1) Bigger streets with lots of people traveling by different modes, each with its own dedicated space—sidewalks for people walking; elevated, protected lanes for people on bikes; dedicated transit lanes; and lanes for people in cars. 2) Smaller shared streets, where all modes are allowed to mix together, but people walking and biking are prioritized and people drive so slow that everyone feels safe sharing that space.
We have an exciting update to share out of the State Legislature this week—the RTD Operations bill (H.B. 21-1186) passed both chambers and is headed to Governor Polis’s desk! The changes to the state statute in the bill are recommendations from the RTD Accountability...
On Tuesday, Denver’s Land Use, Transportation, and Infrastructure (LUTI) committee voted to send the micromobility program licensing proposals to the full City Council. Council will now have the opportunity to decide whether to allow Lyft and Lime to provide bike and scooter share in Denver.
This Earth Day, the Denver Streets Partnership along with dozens of national and local organizations have joined together to demand a historic investment in public transit in the U.S. to prioritize people and communities. COVID-19 presented unprecedented challenges...
Tell us about yourself. Where are you from, what brought you to Denver, and what do you love about the Queen City? I grew up in a very small town in Illinois, on the Iowa border, I moved to Madison, WI for college and it wasn’t long before I found myself biking around...
On March 25 the Denver Streets Partnership and Mile High Connects hosted Get on the Bus: Denver Transit Justice Forum. We convened thought leaders, transit users, and decision makers to talk about what could be possible for RTD with the potential of new funding from...
We’re supporting our small businesses in Little Saigon, Westwood, and East Colfax in repurposing space from parking to patios. Check out our new video!
Attacks on Asian Americans provide yet another reminder that safe streets are about so much more than infrastructure.
What if RTD gets more federal funding? Shontel Lewis joins us March 25 to imagine the future of public transit in the Denver region.
Starting March 16, Denver Community Active Living Coalition (CALC) will host weekly virtual discussions about the book Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America by Angie Schmitt.
We know you’re busy studying forecasts predicting somewhere between five inches and five feet of snow (or more!), so here are five quick reasons to clear the snow and ice from your sidewalk.
Update: They voted Yes!
We’re asking you to contact Sen. Michael Bennet and Sen. John Hickenlooper to ask them to support transit funding at the federal level.
We want to fund projects that promote physical activity and active transportation, so get creative!
Join us and Mile High Connects on March 25 as thought leaders, transit users, and decision makers discuss what’s possible with a significant amount of new funding for RTD.