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Denver committee hears plan for Alameda demonstration after staff retools lane-repurposing design
Summary
City transportation staff told the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee they will run a temporary on-street demonstration to test two Alameda Avenue designs — the original full lane repurposing and a newly proposed partial design — after updated crash analysis and competing petitions prompted a re-evaluation; council members pressed for data, timeline and clearer community engagement.
Denver transportation staff presented alternatives for the Alameda Avenue redesign and told the City Council’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee they plan a temporary, on-street demonstration to test how each design affects traffic diversion, congestion and safety before finalizing the project.
Amy, a staff presenter, said the department conducted a detailed individual-crash mitigation review and used planning tools, but wants to move beyond modeled scenarios to “put them onto the road” with demonstration deployments so the city can “gather data and put it back” while measuring diversion, congestion, crash rates and pedestrian comfort. She said demonstrations…
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