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Happy holidays from the Denver Bicycle Lobby.

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 changes like these can make a significant difference to pedestrian safety and comfort. […]

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 September 29, 2018, CHUN and WalkDenver hosted a pop-up demonstration on 13th Ave at […]

What’s the problem? Denverites need to be able to get around our city without driving: As our city population continues to boom, we have limited space for cars and therefore must make walking, biking, and transit more safe and convenient for everyone. Furthermore, one third of the population can’t or doesn’t drive, including all children […]

Community organizations request funding commitment for Federal Boulevard in the 2019 City Budget

Final Grade: C 2018 Fatalities:59 Denver showed progress but failed to meet many of their own 2018 goals for street safety improvements outlined in the Vision Zero Action Plan, missing opportunities to make improvements in Communities of Concern and along the High-Injury Network, failing to start substanial work on Smart City inter-section technologies or street […]

Athmar Park has many great assets but also has some challenges concerning mobility

Neighbors come together and pitch in to make their streets brighter – and safer

Federal Blvd is a critical north-south link on Denver’s west side connecting people to local cultural districts and regional destinations. The corridor has the 2nd highest ridership in the RTD bus system, and 26% of Denver residents, more than 16,000 people, live in adjacent neighborhoods.  Completed by the City in 2017, the Federal Boulevard Corridor […]

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 limits on major roads such as Federal, Morrison, Alameda, Kentucky and Sheridan, intersections are unsafe due to a […]

A walk along Peoria highlights Montbello’s lack of safe, convenient walking and biking access to the Peoria transit station

Cultivate Health is a partnership among Regis University, private real estate developers Urban Ventures and Perry Rose,\ the Chaffee Park neighborhood, and)several nonprofit organizations. The goal of Cultivate Health is to support the health and wellness of residents living in the multigenerational. mixed income community within a four-census tract neighborhood adjacent to Regis University. This […]