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 Streets Partnership, released new bicycle and pedestrian count data demonstrating some Shared Streets have seen pedestrian and bicycle use of the street jump from 351 per day to 1,700, and called on Denver to maintain both Shared and Open Streets even if the stay-at-home order is lifted.
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