We hosted Colorado's first tactical urbanism project back in 2012 and haven't stopped since! From larger, festival-like demonstration events to smaller neighborhood art projects like trail wayfinding signs and intersection murals, tactical urbanism is a fun way to...
The Via West Colfax pop-up neighborhood reimagined the Colfax-Federal cloverleaf as a people-friendly space. Aerial view of the Via West Colfax pop-up neighborhood on June 3, 2018. Image credit: West Colfax Business Improvement District This past weekend, the West...
August 3, 2019: Led by applicants associated with the Urban Land Conservancy, Radian/Placematters, and Park Hill residents, this project created a tactical urbanism project at 35th Ave & Holly St to increase community awareness of traffic calming needs along a...
July 27, 2019: Led by the University Hills RNO, District 4 Mobility & Streetscapes Working Group, Councilperson Black, and University Hills Plaza, this traffic calming pop-up project focused on the intersection of Yale Avenue and S Clermont Drive. We set up a...
July 23, 2019: Led by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods and the Bluebird District, this project aimed to improve safety on Colfax Ave using data collection, traffic calming, and pedestrian crossings at Colfax and Madison during the Bluebird District’s annual Tasty...
July 13, 2019: Led by a group of Denver residents in partnership with Children’s Hospital Colorado, the goal of the project was to raise awareness of Vision Zero by creating an annual, self-sustaining Vision Zero Art Festival. The inaugural year was hosted at the...
June 15, 2019: Led by Montbello Walks, Council District 11, and Montbello 20/20, this project installed traffic calming at the intersection of Andrews Drive and Tulsa Court. With just tires, beach balls, and painted roofing paper, this pop-up demonstrated how to...
May, 2019: Led by the WTS (Advancing Women in Transportation) chapter of the University of Colorado at Denver, this team aimed to advance Vision Zero on the Auraria campus through a colorful and eye-catching art installation along some of the busiest roads around...
In 2019 we partnered with the Denver Department of Public Health & Environment and Denver Public Works on the new Vision Zero Community Program. This exciting initiative gave teams of community members an opportunity to design a project to increase awareness of...
Pam Jiner got an early Christmas present – sidewalks on Peoria Street!
Local advocate and Montbello resident Pam Jiner was happy to see the safety upgrades to her neighborhood. But it will take a lot more than speeding tickets and incomplete crosswalks to make Montbello truly safe and accessible for everyone.
We invited community and city leaders to experience firsthand what conditions are like for those who travel the corridor on foot and envision what a safer street could look like.
Residents of the Valverde and Athmar Park neighborhoods have long known that speeding is a big problem in their area. We helped slow drivers down, temporarily installing traffic cones, old car tires, paint, and planters as traffic calming at three locations. Small...
We took Denver and Adams county leaders on a walk along Federal. The goal: for these decision-makers to experience firsthand what conditions are like for those who travel the corridor on foot.
When Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods (CHUN) contacted WalkDenver about how to address the issue of speeding in their neighborhood, we had the idea to use tactical urbanism to demonstrate traffic calming techniques that have been proven to increase safety. On...
Community organizations request funding commitment for Federal Boulevard in the 2019 City Budget
Neighbors come together and pitch in to make their streets brighter – and safer
Article by friend of WalkDenver, Madeline Keating Located in southwest Denver, the culturally-rich Westwood neighborhood is not exactly a pedestrian haven. Sidewalks tend to be missing or deteriorated, drivers tend to drive above the already high posted speed...
A walk along Peoria highlights Montbello’s lack of safe, convenient walking and biking access to the Peoria transit station