INC Transportation Committee – Thursday, September 9th, 6-8 p.m
Register at https://bit.ly/INCTransportationSept2021

• Denver Deserves Sidewalks – Jill Locantore, Denver Streets Partnership Executive Director
  DSP has launched the Denver Deserves Sidewalks campaign, calling on the city to establish a sustainable funding source to repair, construct and upgrade citywide sidewalks. This campaign calls for what INC has long called for in our Transportation Platform and prior positions, and now may finally be the time when we can get decision-makers’ attention. Jill Locantore will introduce us to the campaign and its goals and share ways to get us and our neighborhoods involved.
• 20 is Plenty and Sidewalks Updates – City Councilman Paul Kashmann
  Councilman Kashmann has been a leading advocate on two of the items INC’s Transportation Platform calls for: slower default speeds in neighborhoods (20 is Plenty), and transitioning to a more successful way to pay for and implement sidewalk maintenance and repair citywide. What are the prospects for progress? We’ll hear his latest thoughts and advice on how to encourage action.
• Transportation Projects on the November Bond Ballot – Nicholas Williams, DOTI
  For the November 2, 2021 mail ballot election, Denver will be asked to vote on five general obligation bond questions, one of which proposes $61M in funding for 46 projects across six transportation project areas. In this timely segment, Nicholas Willams will give us a high-level overview of each project and let us know where we can learn more as we consider the ballot question and talk with our neighbors and networks.
  • Denver Elections will begin mailing ballots on October 8th. Update your voter registration by October 25th to be sure you get a mail ballot!
• State Regulatory Topics – Danny Katz, COPIRG Executive Director
  Colorado is in the midst of big actions regarding climate change and transportation — the single largest emitter of greenhouse gases in Colorado.  In implementing the state’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap, CDOT is working on rulemaking that will change transportation planning at the statewide and regional level. CDOT has also been directed to take land use into account when deciding on projects in order to have more environmentally sustainable outcomes. What are the regulatory pieces, how do they relate, how is it going and can residents and neighborhoods have an influence? Danny Katz will bring us up to date and recommend what we can do.