Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about transit

Hallelujah: RTD Launches Real Time Data on Local Bus Routes

By David Sachs | Jan 6, 2016 | 9 Comments

It’s been a long, long time coming. We’re talking years. But today RTD announced that transit riders can finally track their buses in real time. Before you get too excited, there are some caveats. The real-time data only works on local buses; RTD will launch the service for express and regional routes later this year, said RTD […]

Downtown Commuter Survey Reveals the Weakness of Denver Transit

By David Sachs | Dec 21, 2015 | 4 Comments

The Downtown Denver Partnership last week released the results of its commuter survey, an annual exploration of how people get to and from their workplaces downtown. DDP polled 5,740 commuters, which is almost 5 percent of all downtown workers. A plurality of people polled, about 41 percent, said they commute via transit. That’s less than the 44 percent […]

Does the Plan for I-25 and Broadway Do Enough for Biking and Walking?

By David Sachs | Dec 17, 2015 | 8 Comments

“The ‘Midtown’ of Denver.” That’s how a 95-page blueprint from various city agencies envisions the area around RTD’s I-25 and Broadway Station. The plan makes some exciting promises: Walkable, bikeable, transit-friendly streets and bridges would reconnect neighborhoods divided by I-25, the South Platte River, train tracks, and wide, fast roads. And planners want to create a new mixed-use neighborhood with housing, plazas, offices, retail […]

Low-Income Denverites Want Safe Streets Most, Have Least Access to Them

By David Sachs | Nov 23, 2015 | No Comments

The vast majority of Denverites would rather not depend on a car, but walking, biking, and transit infrastructure leave them wanting. That’s according to a study [PDF] released Friday by the Urban Land Institute called “Colorado in 2015,” which also found that low-income and Latino Coloradans are the least satisfied with the safety of walking and biking in their […]

Bright Spot in National Western Plan: New Bike/Walk Routes

By David Sachs | Nov 9, 2015 | 2 Comments

When voters approved financing for the National Western Center project last week, they gave Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration the go-ahead to create a new neighborhood in northeast Denver. The investment in a long-neglected part of the city is overdue, according to its supporters, who say the National Western Center will anchor economic development there. At the same time, state officials have […]

Eyes on the Street: Progress on the Lawrence Street Transit Island

By David Sachs | Nov 2, 2015 | 9 Comments

The protected bike lanes on Lawrence and Arapahoe streets are well on their way to completion, and so is an accompanying “transit island” that will help people waiting for the bus and people on bikes get where they need to go safely. The island, also known as a “floating bus stop,” gives pedestrians a safe haven […]

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