In celebration of the Broadway bike lane project’s completion, the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) will host a community bike ride along a 1.5 mile stretch of the protected bike lane on Saturday. 

The ride will begin at 7th Avenue and Logan Street and travel down the bike lane as a large group. The ride will end at the Illegal Pete’s at 270 S. Broadway where participants can get a bite to eat while city and community representatives deliver remarks. 

Speakers at Illegal Pete’s will include:

• Jill Locantore, executive director, Denver Streets Partnership
• Amy Ford, executive director, DOTI
• City Councilwoman Flor Alvidrez, District 7
• Luke Johnson, president, Broadway Merchants Association

Officially part of the Broadway Multimodal Improvement Project, the city kicked it off in October of 2022 in a celebration that attracted then City Councilman Jolon Clark and current District 10 Councilman Chris Hinds. Construction of the lanes began in May of last year, and the lanes officially opened in February. 

The bike lanes are not the only changes the nearly $15 million project brought to the 1.5 mile stretch of Broadway. The city also highlighted curb ramp and sidewalk improvements, streetscaping, better bus stop access and improved signage among others. 

In total the project cost $14.7 million, made possible by the voter approved Elevate Denver Bond and a $9.6 million grant from Safer Main Streets Initiative — a Colorado Department of Transportation project — in collaboration the Denver Regional Council of Governments.

Following the end of the bike ride and speeches, there will be a bit of a party, according to DOTI. Events include live music at Banded Oak Brewing and Illegal Pete’s and some businesses will have deals for participants, the department said. 

Residents and those wishing to participate may find more information online.