Resources

The Westwood Via Verde is a three-mile neighborhood greenway project to connect existing and future community amenities and green spaces such as neighborhood bikeways, green streets, parks, and enhanced alleys. Project partners include the City and County of Denver, Westwood Unidos, BuCu West, D3 Arts, Groundwork Denver, Denver Streets Partnership, and many others dedicated to achieving a safer, healthier, and more connected Westwood.

Community members painted a street mural at the intersection of W. 41st Ave & Navajo St to promote neighborhood identity and a sense of place, as well as to provide a visual cue to drivers that children may be crossing the street on their way to or from school.

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Denver Streets Partnership has worked with a variety of community partners in West Denver to support the locally-owned businesses in the Little Saigon and Westwood areas. Small businesses are the lifeblood of any community and, in Denver, the places we’re trying to get to by foot, bike, or […]

We’ve partnered with Denver Community Active Living Coalition to install murals at the Castro, Monroe, and Valverde Elementary schools. Street art makes public spaces more attractive and safe, slowing traffic speeds and making the neighborhood welcoming to people walking and biking.  

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 and even unsafe place to walk. We’ve audited Colfax from West […]

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 and serious injuries as a Vision Zero city. This artwork supports a dialogue among residents, city officials, […]

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 dangerous barrier that separates the area from the rest of the city. […]

With the installment of bus-only lanes on 17th street, we wanted to give a shout out to all the bus drivers and riders who finally get their own piece of the road. We know our bus drivers work hard to get us where we need to go so we surprised operators with lanyards, coffee gift […]

Montbello residents deserve quality transportation options. We’re advocating for that on the Peoria Street Multimodal Improvements Stakeholder Group.

The FreshLo walking loop is a healthy living loop that connects community gardens and parks, schools, and the Montbello Cultural Hub with improved sidewalks, and street crossings, and bike lanes. 

CU Denver graduate students tackle walkability issues in northeast Denver For years, we have partnered with urban planning graduate students at the University of Colorado Denver to perform walkability assessments of various Denver neighborhoods. In 2017, students were tasked with evaluating the walkability of the Montbello neighborhood in northeast Denver. These assessments included analyzing the existing […]

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.

Many bus stops in the city lack even the most basic amenities such as seating, protection from the elements, and lighting. We recommend adding these amenities as short-term improvements that would enhance safety, comfort, and convenience for riders along RTD’s second-busiest corridor. On a long-term scale, we recommend much more substantial improvements to Federal’s roadway design and streetscape.

On October 3, 2019, the Denver Streets Partnership hosted a second Amazing Denver Mobility Race. This edition of the mobility race featured six teams trying to get from one end of downtown to the other during evening rush hour. Each team was assigned a different mode of travel and the champion would be bestowed a Pokey Award. Unlike the previous mobility race we hosted however, the goal was not to win. Because to “win” a Pokey Award, you had to come in last.

Better Block Jefferson Park took place on Saturday, June 23rd, 2012 in the old business district of Jefferson Park— on 25th Ave, between Federal and Eliot. The “Better Block” project was a community revitalization effort that temporarily demonstrates how to improve a commercial street with pedestrian and public infrastructure mixed with art, culture, pop-up businesses […]

Better Block Five Points demonstration on May 11th, 2013 was a huge success! An estimated 1,200 people visited Sonny Lawson Park during the event. Huge thank you to 150 volunteers and 30 community partners who helped us build the Better Block. Better Block Five Points in the Media: Denver Post KUVO Fox31 Denver Denver Post […]

Like many urban neighborhoods, northwest Denver is experiencing a true Renaissance. With new restaurants and businesses opening their doors there are more places to visit and more people moving in to enjoy these amenities. Residents would like to walk to local destinations but there are many barriers such as busy streets and poor sidewalk conditions. Safety is often a concern. […]

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 could transform West Colfax from a dangerous speedway for cars into a safe, economically vibrant, and livable street for all users. […]

Bus stops along Broadway aimed to celebrate transit riders during the Roll Out the Red Carpet event In celebration of the transit improvements to the Broadway/Lincoln corridor, the Better Broadway Coalition organized a Roll Out the Red Carpet event on Broadway on October 6 and 7, 2017. Various organizations decorated seven different bus stops between […]

In 2017, community members chose to install an intersection mural outside of an elementary school in Athmar Park. The design featured elements that celebrate the neighborhood’s history as a celery farm, its beautiful parks and lakes, and the rich cultural diversity that can be found in the area and at Valverde Elementary. The newly-formed Athmar […]