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Denver's changing neighborhoods

posted Thursday, July 9, 2009 2:42pm

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These all-new Rocky Mountain PBS short videos address the Denver Living Streets Initiative, an urban planning model that is helping to create a new wave of thriving neighborhoods in Denver.

A Living Street is a vital community place that supports mobility, human interaction, active lifestyles and prosperity through the thoughtful development of urban land near transit. The focus is on green living, community health, local economic growth, greater transportation choice and improved accessibility and connectivity for all users of the street (bikes, pedestrians and cars alike). For more information, visit denverlivingstreets.org/

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What's your point of view?

Richard
Monday, October 19, 2009 › 11:09am
Denver's rezoning shows that what most citizens want is to keep their neighborhoods unchanged and to restrict density to areas immediate to light rail stations. Hence, the citywide downzoning to single unit dominance and the imposition of duplex ghettos in areas where the zoning is currently R-3. Neighborhoods where single-unit chauvinists resist duplexes and ADUs, even though these forms have successfully integrated with single family homes for years, are deluding themselves that their plan is sustainable. It's not. Reducing Vehicle Miles is sustainable and that's everyone's job, not just the job of those whom the NIMBYS force to carry the load.

dave
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 › 7:14pm
I am tired of the one-way streets that focus only on the convenience and needs of people in cars. My neighborhood, Capital Hill is ruined by 13th Street. I hope Denver widens the sideswalks and makes it a two-way street.

Barb
Saturday, November 14, 2009 › 9:23pm
I live on So. University Blvd because it is close to the light rail. The Univ. Blvd buses run every half hour M-S and once an hour on Sun. You have to plan your carless trips, as long as you realize that sometimes the buses can be late. I am surprised that not many people use the rubber tire buses - must be a class thing. They are always clean and the drivers are good. I've been 100% reliant on buses/rail for seven years. As a native of Denver, I still find people are still too in love with their cars and the sprawl this city/metroplex suffers from, makes it extremely difficult to go carless. The bike idea sounds great, but at my age and with my bad knees and balance/dizziness problems, I'm not a good candidate for a bike - sorry. Cars still remain 1st choice for "Denverites".

Jim
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 › 9:38am
What a great concept. I hope it catches on all over.