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Denver Post – Seventy-six pairs of footwear, representing 76 pedestrians killed by motor vehicles in Colorado in 2019, were displayed side by side Tuesday in Denver to honor the dead and remind drivers to be cautious and vigilant. CDOT joined Denver Streets Partnership in sponsoring the display Tuesday at Union Station. A billboard campaign is […]

DENVER (CBS4)– The Colorado Department of Transportation is trying to spotlight the number of pedestrians killed in vehicle accidents with shoes. The Left Behind campaign draws attention to the 76 people who died while walking on Colorado streets last year. CDOT also partnered with Denver Streets Partnership to display 76 pairs of shoes at Union […]

DENVER — The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is remembering the 76 pedestrians who lost their lives in Colorado in 2019 with a new pedestrian safety campaign. “Streets connect us and can foster health, happiness and opportunity, but only if they are safe places for everyone,” said Jill Locantore, executive director of Denver Streets Partnership. […]

The Colorado Department of Transportation and Denver Streets Partnership joined this week to remember the 76 pedestrians who lost their lives in 2019, while also reminding drivers to use caution near pedestrians on Colorado roads.

The Denver Channel ran a segment on our work to help businesses in Little Saigon expand their seating outdoors.

DENVER – The Denver City Council will consider a bill to increase the sales and use tax by 0.25% and invest the revenue into strategies to “reduce carbon pollution and adapt to climate change.” If approved by the full Council in early August, the increase — which is estimated to generate about $36 million in its […]

“Overall, the consensus seems to be support for the work of the task force…our collective group responsibility is to work with the city to actually do the work to implement the strategies,” says Naomi Amaha, task force member and steering committee member of Denver Streets Partnership. “We know that completing the recommendations was just one phase of […]

Family and friends, community members, and safety advocates plan to walk, ride, and roll on S. Marion Parkway this Friday in remembrance of Alexis Bounds on the one-year anniversary of her death after a truck driver struck and killed her while she was riding her bike.

Denver is expanding outdoor dining and closing streets to help restaurants, but some retailers are worried they won’t benefit. The public appears to be on board with the shift toward a pedestrian and bike focus. An April survey by Denver Streets Partnership, a coalition that works to develop people-friendly streets in the city, found that […]

More buses, bike lanes and energy-efficient buildings — paid for with higher parking prices and maybe a sales tax — would come alongside more walkable places, according to the city’s latest climate guide for the future. Naomi Amaha with the Denver Streets Partnership sat on the task force. She acknowledged that the group is asking […]

May 8, 2020 – Across the world, the coronavirus pandemic is offering city planners a rare opportunity to rethink urban transportation to both accommodate social distancing and be more eco-friendly. Bicycle advocates are jumping at the chance to push for expanded cycling networks. From New York to Denver to Paris, which closed the Rue de […]

May 13, 2020 – In early April, Denver closed four streets in order to give people more space for walking, cycling, and enjoying the outdoors during these difficult times. In total, 26.1 miles of roadway were made mixed-use in response to the pandemic. Good data collection on this new infrastructure is essential to justify changes, capture usage […]

May 8, 2020 – A group of restaurant industry professionals and representatives have gotten together to send Mayor Michael Hancock a message: We’ll need more outdoor seating in order to survive. The group, which includes the directors of business improvement districts along Colfax Avenue and Federal Boulevard as well as many restaurant owners, has sent a […]

April 24, 2020 – More than a thousand Denver residents desire more space for outdoor activities while having to maintain physical distancing, a new Denver Streets Partnership survey found. After polling more than 1,400 city residents, Denver Streets Partnership, a coalition of community groups advocating to “reclaim Denver’s streets for people,” found that more than half of […]

April 24, 2020 – Tired: Motorists owning Denver streets. Wired: Sharing the public assets — even just a little — with others. That’s how the Denver Streets Partnership, an advocacy group for sustainable transportation modes like walking, biking and public transit, characterizes the city’s CVOID-19 experiment. Fueled by overcrowded sidewalks and parks from Denverites escaping […]

April 24, 2020 – Denver residents are taking to the streets for fresh air and recreation during the stay-at-home order. Among the first cities in the country to open streets to pedestrians to slow the spread of COVID-19, Denver now has 15.9 miles of newly designated roadways, plus an additional 10.2 miles of roadways inside city parks […]

April 24, 2020; DENVER – As Denverites prepare for another beautiful spring weekend under a stay-at-home order, a coalition of advocates for people-friendly streets applauded the City of Denver for being a national leader in designating street space to residents so they can walk, roll, and bike while maintaining safe physical distancing. The coalition, the […]

DENVER – On Wednesday, the Denver Streets Partnership (DSP), a coalition of organizations that advocate for people-friendly streets, recognized one of their members, Mile High Connects, for their outstanding role in responding to the COVID19 pandemic. In the last week, Mile High Connects has been able to get 2,000 masks and 240 face shields transferred […]

Restaurant owners in Denver’s Westwood and South Federal neighborhoods want the Denver community to know that they are open for business during the COVID-19 crisis, so they’ve launched two new online platforms to support these family-owned businesses.Westwoodfood.com highlights the best dishes from nine local Latin restaurants and LittleSaigonDenver.com provides access to all of South Federal’s […]

March 30, 2020 — For this month’s People Behind the Progress, we’re talking with Jill Locantore, the Executive Director of the Denver Streets Partnership and a leader in Denver’s Vision Zero movement. In our conversation we’ll talk about the work of the Denver Streets Partnership – ranging from pop-up traffic calming pilot projects as a […]