Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about transit

Mayor Michael Hancock at yesterday's Bicycle Colorado Moving People Forward conference. Photo: Piep van Heuven via Twitter

It Sounds Like Hancock Is Serious About Prioritizing People Over Cars

By David Sachs | Feb 7, 2017 | 16 Comments

Mayor Michael Hancock lent his most emphatic support yet to what he called "bold" investments in biking, walking, and transit in a speech he gave at Bicycle Colorado's Moving People Forward conference.

Transit Is Laughably Underfunded in Colorado

By David Sachs | Feb 3, 2017 | 5 Comments

Colorado spends less than 1 cent per person per day on transit. If that sounds like a paltry amount, you're right. The national average is 20 times higher.

Transit commuting was down 1 percentage point in 2016, while driving solo went up about 2 points. The share of people biking to work rose by just .1 percentage points while walking rose by .4. Image: Downtown Denver Partnership

Solo Car Commuters Now Outnumber Transit Commuters Downtown

By David Sachs | Jan 23, 2017 | 12 Comments

It's the first time car commuting downtown outnumbered transit commuting since reliable measurement began, despite two new commuter rail lines and a better regional bus service.

A rendering from a 1972 RTD planning document shows what personal rapid transit may have looked like. It never panned out, which is might be a good thing. Image: RTD

Subways and Pods: A History of Denver Transit and Why We Shouldn’t Obsess Over Tech

By David Sachs | Jan 20, 2017 | 4 Comments

What if, instead of light rail cars clanging alongside downtown traffic, Denver's trains burrowed underground? Or if Denver had a network of tracks elevated on stilts throughout the city that flung personal pods from neighborhood to neighborhood?

University Station, where car storage is king. Image: Google Maps

Retrofitting University and Colorado Light Rail Stations for People

By David Sachs | Jan 18, 2017 | 7 Comments

The two RTD stations are along the E, F, and H lines and combine for more than 9,000 trips per day. But ridership could be much higher if the stations were accessible.

The High Cost of Keeping Pretty, Pricey “Pavers” on the 16th Street Mall

By David Sachs | Jan 11, 2017 | 8 Comments

Should RTD continue spending big bucks to maintain the aesthetically pleasing but functionally flawed surface of the transitway on the 16th Street Mall? Nostalgia says yes, but common sense says no.

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