In the battle for street safety, crossing guards are on the front lines. Their verdict: The streets outside of schools are extremely unsafe. One crossing guard in Denver decided to do something about it.

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is…a City Council Supporting Parking Reform

In this episode, host Tiffany Owens Reed talks with Council Member Paloma Delgadillo about her efforts to make her city of Broomfield, Colorado, more resilient.

Colorado Banned Most Occupancy Limits. Here Is Why It Matters

From college students trying to make ends meet to older individuals who need support from live-in caretakers, occupancy limits make life unnecessarily difficult for a lot of people. Colorado has passed a law that’s going to change that.

News, Trending, Top StoryAsia MieleszkoMay 23, 2024Incremental Housing, density, state government, colorado, housing crisis

How Colorado Won Gold in Land-Use Policy Reform

Last week in Colorado, advocates for people-centered cities and incremental housing pulled off a massive win, sending a bill package full of land-use reforms to be signed into state law. Here’s how they did it.

Inside the Notorious Gridlock of Colorado's I-70

Since the 1970s, the number of cars on I-70 between Denver and its surrounding resorts have jumped more than 500 percent, resulting in gridlock every weekend during ski season. Can this be fixed?

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 17, 2024upzoned, podcast, highways, colorado, traffic congestion

This Stroad’s Past Shouldn’t Seal Its Future

Why does a deadly stroad like this even exist in a city trying to achieve zero traffic deaths by 2030?

Top StoryAsia MieleszkoJanuary 9, 2024colorado, safe and productive streets, car crash, vision zero, stroad

Denver Crash Map Reveals the Deadly Toll of Stroads

An impressive interactive map put together by a citizen advocate in Denver tells a sad but familiar tale: Stroads are disproportionately deadly.

Top StoryBen AbramsonOctober 25, 2023safe and productive streets, car crash, maps, colorado, stroad, Crash Analysis Studio

Why Can’t We Have the “Perfect” Neighborhood?

Why is this “perfect neighborhood” in Longmont, CO, not easily copied in other places around the U.S.?

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsJune 28, 2023podcast, colorado, upzoned, neighborhoods

The Largest Independent Network of Community Gardens is Still Growing in Denver

For 45 years, this Denver organization has been seeding community, one garden at a time.

Community Stories, Top StorySeairra JonesMay 19, 2023community, community gardens, gardening, colorado

Colorado Housing Bill Targets Local Zoning, Spurs City-State Standoff

Colorado's governor is backing an ambitious plan to address the state’s housing, in a bill similar to ones passed in California and Oregon, and proposed in other states.

Denver Residents Won’t Be Satisfied Until I-25 Ramp Project Is Officially Canceled

The Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure has expressed interest in abandoning a controversial infrastructure project, but residents are wary of celebrating too soon.

Colorado Development Scheme Yields Billion-Dollar Debt

The town council in Castle Rock, CO, received a shocking briefing at a recent meeting: that their single, mid-sized region within a single, mid-sized state has accrued almost a billion dollars of debt. But how?

Roundabout Woes in North Denver

Design flaws in these Denver roundabouts are undermining their potential as tools for calming traffic.

Top StorySeairra JonesJanuary 11, 2023Roundabouts, safety, traffic engineering, colorado, transportation, safe and productive streets

Homeowners Struggling to Get Insurance in Wildfire-Prone Colorado

Insurance companies are starting to become wary of wildfire-prone areas of Colorado, leaving homeowners without enough funds to rebuild after a disaster occurs.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsDecember 7, 2022podcast, colorado, homeowners, disasters, natural disasters, upzoned, wildfire, home buyer

CDOT Leads the Way in Not Building Highways

Traffic headaches in Denver, CO, have caused the state to realize that widening highways just isn’t working, anymore. Instead, Colorado is making a huge shift in its transportation priorities.