Everyone is welcome! We discuss a range of transportation, transit, and streets topics, build connections with the agencies and organizations involved, and ensure that neighborhood input is included in plans at all levels! Attendees do not need to be INC delegates. You are welcome to participate even if your neighborhood organization is not a member of INC, or you are not active in a neighborhood group. Please pass on this invitation to anyone who might be interested in joining the committee — they can use this form to be added to our growing e-mail list!

We have a very full and informative meeting this month, covering a range of topics including current mobility options, long-range funding & prioritization for transportation investments, how we prioritize use of our streets and how we care for (or fail to care for!) people getting around.

I hope you can join us, and please share this meeting notice with the people and groups interested in transportation topics in your area.

Good news, everyone! The INC Delegation has voted to officially lend INC’s support to the Denver Deserves Sidewalks campaign! Many thanks to the advocates — many of whom are INC Transportation Committee regulars — who put together this ballot initiative with the leadership of Denver Streets Partnership.  The petition signatures to get it onto the November ballot are being turned in today, and the “Vote Yes” campaign will begin in August. Find out more about the initiative, how to bring information to your groups, and how to support the effort at the Denver Deserves Sidewalks web site!

See you Thursday at 6pm via Zoom!

— Joel

INC Transportation Committee – Thursday, July 14th, 6-8 p.m. via Zoom
Register at https://bit.ly/INCTransportationJuly2022

• Denver Moves Everyone 2050 Update – Taylor Phillips, DOTI Associate City Planner
  Denver Moves Everyone 2050 is a citywide plan identifying transportation solutions that will make it easier to get where we want to go. The plan will prioritize equitable and safe solutions for Denverites, and seek to improve the movement of goods and services ensuring you have access to everything you need. To accomplish this vision, the plan will focus on improving all the ways we travel – whether rolling, walking, bicycling, taking transit or driving – and all the ways we manage traffic and freight. At our meeting this month, City staff will present an overview of Denver Moves Everyone, findings from the State of the System Report, and some of the exciting tools that have been developed through this planning effort.
• Micromobility Update – Stephen Rijo, DOTI Principal City Planner
  This month, we’re going to get an update on Denver’s Micromobility program from Stephen Rijo. We last heard from Stephen when the current two-vendor bike and scooter share program was nearing completion.  We’ll hear an update on how the program is going — key metrics they look at, feedback from the community, and progress on vendor-provided micromobilty corrals.  We’ll also hear about other elements of the micro mobility program, and a view into what’s next.
• Future of Shared Streets – Jay Decker, DOTI Transportation Innovation Manager
  During the pandemic, Denver experimented with various shared street models. Learning from these installations, Denver will soon be kicking off a permanent shared streets program, and we’re going to be among the first to hear about it at our July meeting. Starting with a recap of the temporary program and its results, Jay Decker will let us know about the timeline and resources for the permanent program, and connect with us on community engagement and analysis opportunities. 
• Freedom to Walk – Allen Cowgill & Jacob Smith
  Did you know that a disproportionate about of jaywalking tickets are given to people of color in Denver? Allen Cowgill with the Denver Bicycle Lobby and Jacob Smith, a Vision Zero and Mobility Justice Community Organizer, will present some important information about the this topic and about their in-progress conversations about regulatory change in Denver. To support Denver’s look at this mode and racial equity topic, they have important lessons and data from places like Kansas City and Virginia that have decriminalized walking.

2022 Meeting Schedule
Calendar ahead! Our Zoom meeting schedule for 2022 (meeting links to be sent with each meeting announcement) is:

• Thursday, September 8th — 6pm-8pm
• Thursday, November 10th — 6pm-8pm