Agenda – INC Transportation Committee – Thursday, September 10th, 6:30-8 p.m Short Topics – 10 Minutes Each Denver Streets for People Summit Sept 16-19 — Denver Community Active Living Coalition The Third Annual Denver Streets for People Summit is a locally-hosted, globally-inspired conference centered on creating safer and more inviting streets and public spaces while reducing car dependency and fighting climate … Continue reading →
A video of the meeting is available on the INC YouTube Channel Thanks to committee member Jonathan Pitocco for taking notes! Bill Sirois, RTD Senior Manager and Julie Skeen, RTD Project Team presented on Reimagine RTD COVID presents immediate operational and fiscal challenges RTD will need to face, as well as medium- and long-term difficulties. This will lead to … Continue reading →
Agenda: 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:00:44 – RTD – Reimagine RTD 00:32:12 – Bicycle Colorado – Legislative Update 00:50:19 – Denver Streets Partnership – 20 Is Plenty 01:02:33 DOTI – Complete Streets Design Guidelines Key Links: – Reimagine RTD: http://www.rtd-denver.com/Reimagine – Bicycle Colorado: http://www.bicyclecolorado.org – Denver Streets Partnership’s 20 Is Plenty – http://bit.ly/20isplentydenver – DOTI Complete Streets Design Guidelines Draft & … Continue reading →
Meeting Notes – INC Transportation Committee, June 11, 2020 Our first virtual meeting featured two full-length topics and four five-minute “lightning talk” updates. The presentations are available on YouTube. Key points and links to presentation materials are below: Temporary Recreation Streets (T-RECS) — Jay Decker, DOTI Transportation & Innovation Manager During the stay-at-home orders due to COVID-19, Denver identified several … Continue reading →
Our meeting began with an amazing, thorough presentation by neighbor, architect, and masonry expert Diane Travis on how flagstone sidewalks can and should be maintained. In the face of the Sidewalk Repair program that, despite its benefits, threatens to cause the widespread loss of historic sandstone sidewalks, Diane wants to let people know that they can preserve and repair, rather … Continue reading →
Sam Sadle, with Lime, was one of the scooter companies that landed in Denver, was removed while the City developed a pilot program (explained below), and is now back in action.
During their first run, Lime found that for 40% of survey respondents, the scooter replaced a car, Lyft, or Uber ride. That means that scooters are not just a lot of fun, they’re serving as a viable transportation option. Most of the scooter trips are between 1 and 1.5 miles long, providing a quick option for short trips.
Our evening kicked off with Eric M Richardson of CDOT appearing to talk about the transportation funding initiatives that are the result of recent legislation and may appear on the ballot as early as this fall. Eric addressed the potential of the tax and bond initiatives allowing CDOT to move beyond a maintenance-heavy budget to new projects, as well as local city and county grant flexibility.
