Transportation Funding
Want safe sidewalks, bike lanes, and bus service that’s frequent and reliable? We do too! That’s why we advocate for the dollars to build out complete citywide bike, pedestrian and bus networks.
City leaders should do more than say they care about safe and equitable transportation – they should reflect it in the city budget. Every year we campaign to increase the funding for multi-modal transportation and hold the city accountable for implementing any committed improvements. Thanks to our efforts, we’ve seen significant revisions to the city budget elevating transportation as a priority. But it’s still not enough. We need a dedicated revenue stream for multimodal projects.
Here’s what we’ve been up to:
2020 Budget and Capital Improvement Plan
State of Transportation Report
Elevate Denver Bond
Related Resources
PRESS RELEASE: Groups call on CDOT to remove I-25 Central widening from long-term plan
PRESS RELEASE — Tuesday, June 14, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT Danny Katz, Executive Director, Colorado Public Interest Research Group (CoPIRG) danny@copirg.org | 608-215-0929 Juan Madrid, Colorado Clean Transportation & Energy Policy Advocate, GreenLatinos juanmadrid@greenlatinos.org | 970-658-6369 Molly McKinley, Policy Director, the Denver Streets Partnership molly@denverstreetspartnership.org | 919-588-9676 Replace it with investments in better transit, safer […]
PRESS RELEASE: First of $4 billion in transportation investments focuses on transit, biking, safety
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Groups call for expanded transit, not expanded highways
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RTD prioritizes equity and current transit riders in their new System Optimization Plan
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DSP asks CDOT to prioritize safety and multimodal transportation in Year 4 of their 10-Year Plan
Dear Executive Director Lew, On behalf of the Denver Streets Partnership (DSP), we are writing in regards to the reprioritization of Year 4 of CDOT’s 10-Year Plan. DSP is a coalition of community groups advocating for people-friendly streets in Denver. The members of our coalition believe in an equitable and vibrant Denver that guarantees our public spaces are designed for people. We believe that human dignity should be the guiding principle for the design of our transportation system so that everyone can thrive and connect to what matters most.
DSP asks USDOT to go beyond Title VI
December 1, 2021 Secretary Pete Buttigieg US Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 Administrator Nuria Fernández Federal Transportation Administration US Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 Deputy Administrator Stephanie Pollack Federal Highway Administration US Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC […]
DSP asks CDOT to prioritize safety and multimodal transportation in Year 4 of their 10-Year Plan
CDOT, RTD, local partners must come together for better public transit
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2022 Budget: DSP Comments
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We need bold action on climate.
The air has been on a lot of our minds this week. While it may be easy to simply blame our current air quality on wildfires, the truth is that these fires have become more prevalent as California’s climate has shifted to a drought condition. Without change, smoky skies may become the norm in the mountain west. […]