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More than two dozen family members and friends gathered to honor hit and run victim Chris Baker, whom a driver struck and killed at 70th Avenue and Federal Boulevard on January 19, 2021. Denver Streets Partnership Program Manager Emily Kleinfelter spoke during the candlelight ceremony, and later Denver Streets Partnership Executive Director Jill Locantore spoke with members of the media.

“Denver needs to provide bigger and bigger spaces for micromobility,” said Jill Locantore, adding, “There is no form of transportation that pays for itself without some subsidies from the government.”

Denver Streets Partnership chair Danny Katz is excited that CDOT will invest more than $7.4 million on Federal Boulevard and $10 million on West Colfax to improve streets for people walking, biking, and riding transit.

CDOT announced funding for Safer Main Streets projects on Colfax and Federal, and Denver Streets Partnership chair Danny Katz talked to Colorado Public Radio about it.

“There was some talk about, ‘should we close the parks?’ And that just seemed like the absolute wrong response,” says Jill Locantore, executive director of the Denver Streets Partnership,

VISION ZERO NETWORK: During the week of November 15th – 21st, Denver Department of Transportation & Infrastructure and Denver Streets Partnership hosted a virtual Facebook event to honor victims of traffic crashes and their families, and reaffirm our commitment to the fundamental principles of Vision Zero and making our streets safer for everyone, together.

Local partners like the Denver Streets Partnership are highlighting how transit supports their communities, giving actual riders the microphone, and working to ensure Congress’ federal relief package mirrors local priorities.

Denver Streets Partnership Advocacy Academy participants shared the importance of shared streets and why they should stay permanently. 

Thanks to a grant from (DOTI), the Denver Streets Partnership assisted four restaurants in standing up new outdoor dining areas to expand their capacity to serve customers amid COVID-19 social distancing rules.

DENVERITE – So far in 2020, 48 people have been killed trying to travel around Denver, according to the Denver Police Department. The numbers are bad each and every year, especially if you recognize, as the city government officially does under the banner of Vision Zero, that one traffic death is too many. Each year, advocates for […]

Streetsblog Denver: As a result of relatively wide lanes and limited pedestrian crossings, Colfax attracts drivers as one of the City’s main thoroughfares. The ease that comes with traveling Colfax for drivers also equals speed, making this busy street incredibly dangerous for pedestrians. Jill Locantore, Executive Director of the Denver Streets Partnership*, says in an […]

WESTWORD – A crowd of friends, family members, neighbors, church peers and safe-street advocates gathered on October 11 to remember Tim Campbell, killed by a driver who ran a red light at the corner of West Colfax and Irving while he was headed to the RTD bus stop in his wheelchair on September 11, 2020. […]

COLORADO POLITICS – When COVID-19 first hit, Denver residents flocked to city parks in droves to escape cabin fever from the new stay-at-home orders. For Jill Locantore, executive director of Denver Streets Partnership, this pandemic experiment represents the future of what Denver can be. “It’s opened people’s eyes to what parks can be like if […]

CHANNEL 7 – Denver Streets Partnership advocating for extra federal money for RTD

DENVERITE – A major portion of Denver has a guide for the next 20 years of change. The East Central Area Plan is supposed to guide growth and development in Capitol Hill, North Capitol Hill, City Park, City Park West, Cheesman Park and Congress Park over the next two decades. On Monday, Denver City Council […]

9News — If the Regional Transportation District (RTD) has to continue to cut service, nearly 100,000 riders could be without access to reliable transportation, according to a study from the transit advocacy group Transit Center. Cuts would also disproportionally impact riders of color the study found. Thirteen percent of Black riders would be impacted, though […]

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 […]

9NEWS — Some safe streets advocates have questioned whether a driver who hit and killed a man in a wheelchair crossing Colfax last week will face stiff enough penalties. Denver Police tweeted that the driver, Jeremy Compton, 31, of Wheat Ridge, was cited for careless driving resulting in death for failing to stop for a […]

Denver Streets Partnership and the city’s Department of Transportation & Infrastructure will host a “Streets for People Summit” from Sept. 16-19, with discussion oriented around creating safer streets, reducing car dependency and combating climate change.

DENVERITE – A west Denver community group has been navigating the challenges of building granny flats, add-ons to homes that add density and an additional housing option. Once construction was completed earlier this year, an inspector from the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure arrived for a final review. He determined that 20 yards or so […]