INC Transportation Committee – March 11, 2021
Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation (INC) Transportation Committee met on March 11, 2021 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. The meeting was held virtually via Zoom. Agenda covered:
- Bikes on Broadway – James Colbert, DOTI Senior Engineer & Gaby Serrado, DOTI Project Manager
- The Denver Moves: Broadway projects have hit an important milestone, with the recently-presented near-final design for the Broadway South segment, its two-way cycle track, redesigned connections to the Cherry Creek Trail and to 7th Avenue, and safe connections in and out of the I-25/Broadway Station.
- Community input received wants raised concrete buffer; have used community input to inform design of the bike infrastructure.
- Bike lane was designed with CDOT and allows for special snow removal equipment to access bike lane.
- While DOTI has tried to speed up implementation of bike lanes in the City, Broadway is complicated due to reconfiguration of 10+ signals.
- Timeline: Final design anticipated to be complete mid-2021; construction design through late 2021; construction to start in 2022.
- Introducing DOTI’s New Director of Transit – David Krutsinger
- Denver is moving forward on transit efforts, including the 16th Street Transit Mall, in-progress BRT efforts on East Colfax and Federal, planning the overall capital improvements called for Denver Moves: Transit, targeted circulator service for underserved communities, micromobility implementation and working with RTD on Reimagine RTD. To focus on this work, DOTI has created a Transit Director position, and just this week has brought on board David Krutsinger to head the new division.
- Looking at enhanced bus networks and enhanced operating services complimenting RTD service for future planning (2040). Planning for transit will include a holistic view of the network, including complete streets for all modes and all users.
- Includes DOTI participation in micromobility and microtransit.
- Denver’s Micromobility Program – Nick Williams, DOTI Acting Chief of Staff & Stephen Rijo, DOTI Senior City Planner
- Last year, DOTI announced that they would be transitioning from the scooter- and bike-share pilot program with five micromobility providers to qualifying and selecting one or two licensees for the city. Under the new program’s goals, a higher level of geographic availability would be ensured, and provisions for ensuing low- or no-cost access to qualifying residents would be included.
- Anticipated launch date of April 2021 – want this to be a partnership with micromobility companies and DOTI; DOTI is viewing this a key connection to other modes of transportation.
- Operators are required to put 30% of vehicles everyday in Equity Areas of Need– operators share GPS information with DOTI to ensure compliance.
- Free rides and subsidies given to Denver residents.
- Operators are required to have at least 20% of fleet comprised of bikes. This balance was created with operators who are market driven. Bike are shown to have longer rides than e-scooters.
- Micromobility (i.e. e-scooters) are treated as bikes on where they can ride (not on sidewalks, in bike lanes, etc.)
- Bike Streets Project: 2 Mile Pledge & Stay Sane Loop Routes – Avi Stopper, Bike Streets Founder – bikestreets.com
- INC endorsed the Bike Streets map of existing comfortable neighborhood bikeways for all ages in 2019, and more recently heard about the app-based version of the map that is now available.
- Crowd-sourced map identified several nice loops of neighborhood bikeways for getting out and staying healthy and sane during the pandemic, when you have no destination but “out for a ride”.
- Launched the “2 Mile Pledge”, asking people to commit to an easy two miles worth of riding every week. Goal is to create behavior change towards cycling.
- 2050 Metro Vision Regional Transportation Plan – Lisa Houde, DRCOG – https://drcog.mysocialpinpoint.com/2050-rtp
- As the Denver region continues its rapid growth, the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) is updating its Metro Vision Regional Transportation Plan (MVRTP), a comprehensive vision for improving how we get around. Updated every four years, the plan includes:
- The region’s long-range vision for regional transportation through 2050
- Identification of transportation infrastructure and services needs based on population and employment projections
- Information on how federal, state and local funds will be spent on transportation modes, projects and services
- Details on projects across all modes of transportation projects including safety, active transportation, air quality, multimodal mobility, freight, and regional transit.
- As the Denver region continues its rapid growth, the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) is updating its Metro Vision Regional Transportation Plan (MVRTP), a comprehensive vision for improving how we get around. Updated every four years, the plan includes:
Next meeting:
Thursday, May 13th, 2021 — 6-8pm
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
