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Advocates urge faster safety fixes after DRCOG study shows frequent serious crashes on Sheridan Boulevard
Summary
At a DRCOG Regional Transportation Committee meeting, a pedestrian advocate and committee members pressed for quicker safety interventions on Sheridan Boulevard after a regional study identified thousands of crashes and dozens of serious injuries and deaths; DRCOG staff outlined corridor recommendations and said some segments are already in concurrent CDOT/Edgewater projects.
Alejandra Castaneda, a pedestrian-dignity advocate and member of the Sheridan Corridor civic advisory committee, told the Denver Regional Council of Governments’ Regional Transportation Committee that community members had learned a section of Sheridan Boulevard between West 17th and 26th avenues was excluded from the recent safety study and is being configured to prioritize vehicle flow rather than multimodal safety. “I beg you all to learn more and demand that people and safety be prioritized,” Castaneda said, calling attention to a pedestrian killed at the West 17th intersection last year.
Nora Kern, DRCOG’s program manager for subarea and project planning, presented the finalized Sheridan Boulevard Safety Study and the study’s key findings. “We looked at five years of crash data: over 4,000 crashes, 152 people seriously injured and 17 people…
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