INC Executive Committee Meeting September 10, 2018 1250 Humboldt St. Board Members Present: George Mayl, Loretta Koehler, Bridget Walsh, Maggie Price, Steve Nissen, Jane Potts. (quorum) Board Members Absent: Hank Bootz, Ernie Dietrich, Drew Dutcher. Committee Chairs Present: Greg Sorenson, Ean Tafoya, Cindy Johnstone, Joel Noble The meeting was called to order at 6:40pm by President George Mayl. Treasurer … Continue reading →
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.
At the most recent INC Transportation Committee meeting, the attendees voted 19 for, 0 against, with two city employees in attendance abstaining, to recommend the following position to the INC Delegation at the July 14 2018 meeting.
Nowhere is that conversation more ripe than in Denver where Denver B-Cycle, one of the nation’s first station-based bike share systems, calls home. We already have a well-used, well-known, and well-loved bike share system and the City and County of Denver is waiting to see how dockless fares in Dallas, Seattle, and even Aurora, before permitting dockless bikes to hit the streets. So, for now, we have just one bike share system. Nick provided a vision for what the future of that system may be.
Hilary Lenz, Program Director at A Little Help, discussed her non-profit group which connects seniors to neighborhood volunteers. A Little Help is “Connecting Neighbors to Help Seniors Thrive.” Volunteers can be matched with seniors, providing resources such as giving seniors rides to the pharmacy, shoveling snow, performing chores and handy help, teaching technology, running general errands, and performing home health care.
Our first presentation was from Stephen Rijo, Denver Public Works Transportation Transportation Demand Management program administrator. This very timely topic comes just as many discussions in neighborhoods and at City Council are turning towards how we can find ways to address congestion in our growing city (and our growing region, with a large number of trips coming in and out of Denver every day).
Will you rally with us on February 14th and join the Vision Zero Coalition in urging Mayor Hancock to address the inherent dangers of unsafe speeds on our streets? If high-speed traffic through your neighborhood has you begging people to “drive chill”, or to drive like their children live there, or if you simply believe that no one should take their lives in their hands simply by trying to get around town, this is for you!
The Vision Zero Love-In will be a truly multi-modal event, with bicyclists, pedestrians, and transit riders meeting in front of Union Station at 11:00 am and traveling together to the steps of the City and County building. Mayor Hancock will address the crowd at noon, and the rally will culminate with the delivery to the Mayor of hand-signed Valentines from Denver residents declaring their love for safe streets and support for the Safe Speeds for Denver campaign
