denver streets partnership
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Downtown Denver Partnership cancels 2024’s ¡Viva! Streets
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The Downtown Denver Partnership on Thursday announced ¡Viva! Streets Denver, an annual business promotion event encouraging non-motorized modes of transportation, is canceled for 2024. The Denver Streets Partnership is calling for Mayor Mike Johnston and the Downtown Denver Partnership to “establish a reasonable permitting process,” to allow the event to go on this year, a…
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Denver residents seek renewed focus on ending traffic deaths: ‘Lives are at stake’
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Since Mayor Michael Hancock committed to eliminating traffic deaths seven years ago, Denver’s roads have only gotten deadlier. As Mayor-elect Mike Johnston prepares to take the city’s reins, Denverites are asking for change. More than 100 Denver residents squeezed into a packed rec room on Thursday evening for the chance to tell Johnston how he…
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Denver might lower some speed limits to 20 mph. Here’s where and why.
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The default speed limit on Denver’s unposted streets may soon be lowered after the City Council safety committee advanced the change Wednesday. If passed, the measure would reduce the default speed on unposted city streets from 25 mph to 20 mph. This would apply most specifically to neighborhood streets with no center line. The full…
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Denver needs to spend more for bike, pedestrian projects, group says
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Denver’s efforts to maintain walkable and bikeable streets are “woefully unfunded,” and its poor street design is a public health crisis, a mobility advocacy group says. The Denver Streets Partnership released a report Tuesday calling for the city to dedicate $40 million a year over the next 20 years to build out Denver bike, pedestrian and…
