Protect Safe Streets Funding

In 2021, Denver doubled parking meter rates and created a Transportation & Mobility Special Revenue Fund to invest the incremental revenue—about $15 million annually—in pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and Vision Zero safety improvements. Instead of funding safer streets, the Johnston Administration has drifted from that purpose. Millions have been redirected to unrelated uses.In the City’s 2026 budget, the extra money you pay to park at meters is being used to help other people get out of their parking tickets!

We’re calling on City Council to get this fund back on track to prioritizing real safety investments by protecting revenue from being siphoned off for other purposes, and setting clear rules for how it can be used.