Why Affordable Housing Is So Important for Development Near Transit
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What happens when you build housing around transit, but it's not affordable to the people who ride transit the most?
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Denver
Denver Is Your 2017 Parking Madness Champ!
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Denver's monster parking crater is a classic of wasted urban potential: a huge swathe of land close to downtown, served by three light rail stations, and overwhelmed by massive parking lots for sports stadiums that barely get used much of the year.
Other Cities Look to Tear Down Their Old Highways, But Not Denver
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Denver has one of those golden opportunities that many American cities are seizing: An elevated highway that damaged neighborhoods is nearing the end of its life, giving the city an opening to repair the harm. Unfortunately, as Tanya has reported, Denver seems poised to double down on highway building instead. The city is looking to bury […]
Why Isn’t Bike-Share Reaching More Low-Income People?
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Earlier this week, Denver’s B-Cycle bike-share system came under fire for allegedly side-stepping low-income neighborhoods. The accuser was City Council Member Paul Lopez, and his complaint was not something that system operators necessarily deny: There aren’t many stations in low-income neighborhoods. The broader claim — that bike-share isn’t serving the populations that might benefit most […]
Theft and Vandalism Just Not a Problem For American Bike-Sharing
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Even as bike-sharing spreads across the United States, it remains dogged by one persistent doubt. Critics, and even some boosters, fear that the bikes will be routinely stolen and vandalized. It’s time to stop worrying about crime, however. In America’s new bike-sharing systems, there have been essentially no such problems. Fears that public bikes will […]
Will Bike-Phobic Dan Maes Cost the Colorado GOP Major Party Status?
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This is the third installment of Streetsblog Capitol Hill’s series on key governor’s races. Earlier we brought you stories about a candidate who likes bikes but isn’t sure about transit in Tennessee, and the choice between light rail and bus rapid transit in Maryland. Here we turn our attention to Colorado. Colorado is a classic […]