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 Is Trying To Fix Metro Denver’s Most Dangerous Roads
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.
Colfax Walk Audits
Colfax should be a walker’s paradise. It is lined with some of Denver’s most beloved shops, restaurants, cafes, bars, and concert venues. Its status as the busiest bus corridor in the city means it is usually teeming with pedestrians. But Colfax can be an unpleasant...
Vision Zero Community Art Program
The Vision Zero Community Art Project, led by by the Denver Vision Zero Coalition, brings together the community along Denver’s Colfax corridor to create public art installations that raise awareness of traffic safety and Denver’s commitment to end traffic fatalities...
Envisioning a new future for the Colfax-Federal Clover
The intersection of Colfax Avenue and Federal Boulevard, known as the Colfax Clover, was intended to provide quick access for large numbers of fast-moving vehicles. But for anyone trying to access Denver’s west side on foot, bicycle, or transit, the interchange is a...
Antiquated to Elevated: Reclaiming Colfax
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...
Remembering Tim Campbell With a “Ghost Wheelchair”
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...
Shared streets advocate hit and killed while crossing Colfax; why was the driver released from the scene?
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...
Lakewood Gulch Wayfinding
Thanks to our partnership with the West Colfax Business Improvement District, there is now multi-lingual wayfinding signage on the Lakewood Gulch! The project, West Colfax Connects, builds on efforts to improve pedestrian mobility to support access to businesses for local residents with the goal to connect West Colfax with surrounding neighborhoods, particularly Sun Valley as it undergoes major redevelopment.
Reimagine West Colfax
Reimagining West Colfax: From Demonstration to Long-Term Changes Report offers recommendations for making West Colfax better for people on foot and on bike. The Reimagine West Colfax Celebration was tremendously successful in demonstrating street design elements that...
Over the Colfax Clover Neighborhood Festival
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...
Vision Zero Community Program: Tasty Colfax Project
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...
2019 Vision Zero Community Program
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...
DSP Comments on the East Central Area Plan
An important step toward realizing the vision and goals embodied in Blueprint Denver is the development of more detailed plans through Denver’s neighborhood planning initiative. Recently the City released the latest draft neighborhood plan for the East Central area....
DSP Guiding Principles for Colfax BRT
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) on East Colfax is projected to lead to a dramatic shift in how people move along the corridor, with twice as many people riding the bus each day (50,000) compared to driving (25,000) by the year 2030. The East Colfax BRT project is therefore an...
West Colfax Pedestrian Crossing & Transit Improvements
In 2017, Denver voters approved funds through the Elevate Denver Bond Program to be used to make pedestrian crossing improvements to West Colfax, as well as improving the efficiency and reliability of transit along the corridor. [button...
Bus Rapid Transit on Colfax
The Colfax Corridor Connections project is studying potential long-term mobility improvements for East Colfax Avenue to enhance and revitalize this signature corridor. Through extensive citywide planning efforts and input from the community, the project has identified...