Transportation planners say changes could increase capacity by making transit, biking more attractive
A cyclist makes his way down South Broadway on Jan. 26, 2017 in Denver.
From the Denver Post
If you’re among the 32,000 or so drivers who travel on Broadway south of downtown Denver each day, you still may be sore about the six-block bottleneck that since last summer has squeezed four lanes of rush-hour traffic into three.
The situation was caused by the installation of a pilot two-way bike lane along the left curb of the one-way southbound street between Bayaud and Virginia avenues. The city made room for the bikeway and provided a buffer for cyclists by shifting the parking lane into one of five traffic lanes, one of which already was reserved for buses and right turns during afternoon rush hour.
All of this at a time of day that Broadway funnels the heaviest traffic out of downtown. And as frustrating as that has been for some drivers — while being hailed by bike advocates — that change is a signal of the future of commuting in Denver.
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