Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Denver

Two Cities Exploring ‘Innovative Transport Financing’ For New Rail Lines

By Elana Schor | Apr 14, 2010 | No Comments

The House transportation committee is holding a hearing today on "innovative financing" for infrastructure projects — a topic near and dear to lawmakers who continue to hunt for a politically feasible, sustainable strategy for funding a new six-year federal transport bill. Riders in Dallas, where a public-private partnership could be the ticket to a new […]

Eyes on the Street: Livable Streets a Mile High

By Noah Kazis | Jan 28, 2010 | 8 Comments

A little end-of-day action from the Streetsblog Flickr pool, courtesy of BeyondDC: Here’s Denver’s 16th Street Shuttle, also called the MallRide. Check out those three low-floor doors for easy-on, easy-off boarding and alighting. The MallRide travels up and down a mile-long pedestrian mall — the only vehicle allowed there — arriving every 90 seconds. It’s […]

Tweeting Live from the Congress for the New Urbanism in Denver

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 11, 2009 | 1 Comment

OK. I’ve finally succumbed to Twitter and I’m using it to keep track of interesting quotes, observations and tidbits at the 17th annual Congress for the New Urbanism conference in Denver. There’s a lot of great stuff happening here and plenty of interesting people. I’m not sure how much of that I can convey in […]

On TV Tonight…

By Aaron Naparstek | May 20, 2009 | 15 Comments

For those who are not tuning in to the American Idol season finale tonight (Kris is going to win, watch), here are two shows worth looking out for: PBS’s Blueprint America series will be airing "Road to the Future" tonight at 8pm in New York City. Check your local PBS station for times. Part of […]

Americans, David Brooks, and “The Dutch Option”

By Alex Marshall | Feb 19, 2009 | 19 Comments

Denver’s FasTracks transit expansion will add more than 100 miles of rail and BRT service. Ben Fried got it exactly right about the errors that riddled Tuesday’s David Brooks column. Brooks was so far off the mark, though, that it’s worth another look at the ways he misled readers. The core of his argument that […]