Tag: Alameda Avenue
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Denver streets official pressed by councilmembers on change of plans along Alameda Avenue
Denver City Councilmembers pressed Amy Ford, executive director of Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, for details following a public outcry over changes to its “lane repurposing project” on East Alameda Avenue. Councilmembers wrote Mayor Mike Johnston last week after a television news story was aired, alleging that the city had succumbed to lobbying pressure…
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Former chief traffic engineer says DOTI was right to scale back Alameda ‘road diet’ plan
Was the city right to back off on its plan to narrow Denver’s busy East Alameda Avenue from four lanes of traffic to just two lanes — settling instead on a plan that eliminates a single lane and leaves two eastbound traffic lanes intact? Absolutely, said former Denver Chief Traffic Engineer Dennis Royer. Royer, who…
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‘Cars ruin cities’ signs in Denver were hacked, officials say
Denver transportation officials said an anti-car message that was displayed on traffic signs in Denver on Friday was the result of a hack. One sign, photographed by The Denver Gazette on Friday evening at E. Colfax Avenue and Lincoln Street near the Colorado Capitol, shared the message “Cars ruin cities.” “Yes, the sign was hacked,”…
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Wash Park neighbors celebrate a compromise in ‘road diet’ plan for Alameda
Neighbors in Washington Park took a victory lap Friday after Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure agreed to modify plans for a “road diet” that would have narrowed traffic along a heavily used stretch of East Alameda Avenue. The neighborhood group Act for Alameda told The Denver Gazette that a Thursday meeting with DOTI officials…
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As bike deaths spike, shop owners opposed to infrastructure changes decry bullying
Increasing numbers of fatal accidents involving pedestrians and cyclists in Colorado — up 78% over the past decade according to the State Patrol — are raising the temperature on a public debate over how bike riders can be better protected on roads around Denver. One party to the debate is crying foul, describing intimidation against…
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Wash Park neighbors in uproar over Alameda ‘road-diet’ project in Denver
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The City of Denver is readying a major slowdown and slimdown of vehicle traffic on East Alameda Avenue through a heavily traversed corridor north of Washington Park. That’s set off an uproar among some neighbors, who say it will force cars and trucks onto their…
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West Alameda Avenue closure starts Wednesday
Metro area drivers should expect a full closure of West Alameda Avenue at Navajo Street as BNSF Railway conducts rail repairs beginning at 6 a.m. on Wednesday and reopening at 7 p.m. on Thursday. The temporary closure will significantly impact east and west travel movements at this location, according to the Denver Department of Transportation…
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I-25 improvement project will cause overnight closures through summer
The project will repave the five-mile stretch of Interstate 25 from Alameda to 44th avenues