It appears the fascists have decided that NREL is now an oil and gas research lab.

Get your tickets #bikeden #bikefrontrange

Why do I love living in Boston? Yo-Yo Ma playing the Bach cello suites before bringing Mayor Wu out to duet for an encore, that’s why.

What's especially fun about yesterday discovering my shoutout in Life After Cars, is that this evening I'm delivering a talk to @wesmars.bsky.social's class at CU Denver on my exploits in tactical urbanism, for I believe the 7th year in a row. I had to add a slide for the first time in a few years

Got my copy of Life After Cars this weekend and after a tipoff from Doug that there might be a surprise in there, I decided to check out the index. Just before Fietsersbond, good company! @thewaroncars.bsky.social

DBL Press Release after the Mayor’s team presents his final bond project list to Council tonight.

I almost got run over by a maniac in a 2500 this morning. First time in a long time #DemandMore

If the Josh Kraft campaign or superpac is going to unsolicitedly text me their nonsense about bike lanes in Boston, I sure as hell am going to text them back pictures of the dead. I’ve consoled hundreds because of our unsafe #Boston roads. Kick rocks. #Bospoli #VisionZero

Whose streets? #NoKings

It’s a beautiful evening in Denver, so I decided to take the long way home and ride around some neighborhoods I rarely visit. Rolled up to new-to-me Longtable Brewhouse and knew I was in the right spot @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Colfax BRT is really happening, and I couldn’t be more excited! This is the first canopy structure that I’ve seen, and it feels like they’re making really good progress. Still wish there was bike infra included as part of the project tho…

Before (2020) / After (2025) the Rue aux Ecoles Rue Charles Baudelaire in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. This street school was done in 2022, and is still one of the most picturesque.

This Thursday at noon, as part of the AIA Colorado COTE Committee, I'll be presenting on passivhaus with three other local architects. I'll cover its growth in Canada (BC) & in the US (east coast) and the state of policy in North America. Link below to register (free for AIA members) #0.6ACH

‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters planning ‘biggest day of action’

Back on the beat with a story about a dramatic upzoning for Cambridge. It's now legal to build up to four stories, by right, citywide, with an affordable-bonus up for two more stories. How Cambridge leapfrogged every YIMBY reform to build Haussmann for Harvard: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Thanks to some nudging from @bikewalkbus.bsky.social, I just sent in my letter of support for eliminating mandatory parking minimums citywide in Denver. Join me! bit.ly/NoParkingMins

Ugh.

Whose streets?

14th Ave in Cheesman Park was repaved last week, and then restriped with the same deadly three-lane one-way configuration. No bike infrastructure. @DenverDOTI are we doing #Visionzero or nah?

I'd like to congratulate @GeigerBiz on writing what is likely the laziest article on bicycle infra that I've read in a long time. This is a real throwback to the times when reporters did zero critical thinking and just reported NIMBY claims...

FOUND IT!!! We cruised the areas with encampments and found a guy sitting next to it on the sidewalk at Lawrence & 22nd. Two flat tires (which still hold air) and some missing tools, but otherwise intact. @NoSquish with the rescue pump. Woo hoo!...

Hey #BikeDen Our Ventana El Gran Jefe fat tandem was stolen out of our garage last night after our garage door opener malfunctioned and left the door open all night. It’s hard to miss, so let me know if you see someone who’s not me riding it.

I’m up in Victoria BC for the @PassiveHouseCan Conference, and I’ve got the whole day to explore tomorrow. What should I do/see? I’m out for a walk around downtown tonight before moving over to UVic for the rest of the week tmrw night. This bike lane on Superior St is gorgeous.

If you missed the book launch event for #KilledByATrafficEngineer earlier this week, @CUDenverENGR has posted the Q&A with Wes Marshall. https://youtu.be/t-3fvL8ZD1g?si=MoNYRLr-98Uc-PFK

Very much looking forward to the official book release of Wes Marshall’s #KilledByATrafficEngineer this evening at Ironworks Denver, where the @CUDenver Human Centered Transportation Program will also be launched. See you there!

I love how the new Populus Hotel from @studiogang is finishing up. Turned on its side, the relief provided by the textured facade looks familiar to these Denver eyes.

Anyone know what the story is with these Delaware DOT self-driving shuttles parked in a lot in RiNo?

This sucks. Another data point confirming @holz_bau’s long-running argument that the ICC is irredeemably fucked. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/icc-iecc-building-codes-energy-climate_n_65f89e3de4b030e8357af5cc

Just rode from downtown to Cheesman Park along 12th Ave & I had an experience that was common for me riding in Boston, but rare in Denver: Riding faster than traffic on a narrow (but busy) urban street, passing ppl stuck in cars behind buses pulling over. Cycling is a superpower

Just finished my 7th(!) annual lecture on tactical urbanism to Prof Wes Marshall’s sustainable transportation systems class at CU Denver. And this year he’s got a book coming out! Preorder Killed By a Traffic Engineer with the discount code below.

I’m not usually one to cheer the demise of local media, but I’m rooting for the Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle to get ravaged by a PE firm and driven into bankruptcy.

Now that live in Cheesman Park, this rag appears in the mail, and the issue that arrived today is a doozy. Grade A incoherent bikelash content (front page baby!) about how the bike lobby (👀 @DenBicycleLobby) through @BikeWalkBus doesn’t care about sidewalks (or something).

Does it count as a midlife crisis that I recently bought a house with a big garage and I’m now getting all googly eyes when my winter commuter cargo bike search on CL surfaces a Transit Elf? It’s kind of a bargain...

This is a long shot, but does anyone in Denver have access to a forklift or bobcat w/ fork arms, that can lift 12’-13’ high, that would be interested in helping us bring the #Iceboxchallenge to the Webb Municipal building between Fri & Mon? The City of Denver wants to showcase it

Hoping for a speedy recovery to @FaithWinterCO, who frequently cycles to work at the Capitol. https://www.denverpost.com/2023/09/20/colorado-democrat-faith-winter-injured-bike-crash/

The premier design/construction sustainability methodology is set to remain undefeated. One ton of ice was placed in each pod one week ago, & halfway results for the #IceBoxChallenge on Denver Union Station Plaza are: Code pod: 1,305# remaining Passivhaus pod: 1,800# remaining

Interested in learning more about passivhaus? Come out tomorrow night (Tuesday) at 5pm where I’ll be there to answer questions, and then join us at Wynkoop Brewing across the...

I’m so excited to bring the #IceBoxChallenge to Denver Union Station Plaza, showcasing the power of ultra-sustainable, ultra-high performance, ultra-resilient buildings through passivhaus over the next 2 weeks. This leads up to the Passive House Network conference. #passivehouse

Here’s one to drive the parking aficionados wild. See you there.

Great story and fantastic pictures of the next viral #BikeBus, lead of course by @AllenCowgill https://denverite.com/2023/09/06/brown-international-academy-bike-bus/

First public meeting (in this case an open house) in ages. Cherry Creek and Speer Blvd vision study. A once in a lifetime opportunity to turn one of Denver’s great streets into a great space. 👀Snøhetta👀 as designer (with HDR) has me very optimistic.

Cambridge confirming my priors. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/29/metro/video-new-bike-lane-infrastructure-netherlands-was-actually-just-shot-inman-square-redesign/

Well, as I predicted in my interview with @nexton9news a few months ago, there’s yet another pedestrian bridge that is deteriorating by the day and will likely need to be closed without urgent attention. The already awful plywood deck now has a hole in it. cc @SteveStaeger

<<Is this a dream or reality>> Today on my way home, I bumped into @bikeinCO and we got to catch up over conversational side-by-side riding in the new Blake St separated bike lane. Living the future you’ve fought for feels really good.

These new mini circles that have been added to continue the 7th Ave Bikeway, are great. Let a million mini circles (and diverters) bloom through these n’hoods.

I don’t think I’ve ridden this 16th ST PBL through Cap Hill. Complete parking removal for PBLs on both sides. This is what I’m talking about!

New 17th St PBL is in, except for the first block between Wynkoop & Wazee, where the buffered bike lane is operating as designed thanks to The Oxford Hotel.

If I’m sitting and waiting for 30 minutes for a bus back to Denver at 10:45pm, I should be able to rest my back. And the Flat Iron Flyer stops need countdown clocks.

Incredibly excited to be up in Louisville, CO, site of the devastating Marshall Fire, for the Ice Box Challenge. As expected, the code-built pod was no match for the #passivhaus pod.

Anyone know if the bike racks on the Flat Iron Flyer will work on a bike with full fenders?