I’m making maps to add to a report we’re developing for the University of Denver Sustainability Council. The report recommends several transit improvements for the University of Denver campus, such as a new cycle track, bike/pedestrian signage, painted bike boxes, bike fixtations, curb cuts, green sharrow lanes, and new red crosswalks. You can read the report…
Year: 2012
DU: A Bicycle Friendly University
You probably didn’t know this, but a few months ago the University of Denver Transit Committee put in overtime hours in an effort to *officially* become designated as a Bicycle Friendly University (BFU).  We spent many days documenting the details of DU’s transportation infrastructure, and distilling them into clear and precise wording inside our very first…
New Sharrows!
The DU area is getting a lot of attention lately with the upcoming Presidential Debates. Â If you didn’t know, the University of Denver will host the first debate of the 2012 election season, when President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney will battle for control of the nation on October 3, 2012. One of the…
Denver: Bike to Work Tomorrow!
Fellow Denverites: Tomorrow (June 27, 2012) is Bike to Work Day! This is the one day (among others) that you should feel compelled to pull your bike out of the garage, pump up the tires, grease the chain, and pedal your way to work! There will be several breakfast and bike home stations located throughout…
Transportation Artwork
At a recent Sustainability Council meeting, DU student group The Social Brink asked if we’d like to participate in a community art project. The group organizes students around social entrepreneurship and innovation, and their aim was to transform several old doors into colorful representations of social change.  We volunteered to create a transportation-themed door, and decided…
DU Bicycle Friendliness Resolution Passed
Good News! This spring, Transportation Solutions published a Bicycle Friendly Universities report for the University of Denver. Â The report details a number of issues related to the bicycle-friendliness of the campus area, and recommends how the University can work to improve the safety and effectiveness of bicycling infrastructure for the DU community. In response, the…
DU Transportation Sustainability Survey
DU Students: Please take the DU Transportation Sustainability survey! https://udenver.qualtrics.com/WRQualtricsSurveyEngine/?SID=SV_55uusOZoUUZ2e8c&_=1 This is part of DU’s Sustainability and Transportation course, in which students studying the social and environmental elements of transportation and learning to promote healthier ways of meeting individual and community needs while reducing the social and environmental impacts of mobility practices.  The survey will investigate…
Bicycle Friendliness Resolution: Passed
Good news for Bicyclists and Pedestrians in the DU Area – the University of Denver Sustainability Council supports your transportation habits. This morning, during the University Sustainability Council’s May 2012 meeting, the DU Transit Committee presented a Bicycle Friendliness Resolution.  The resolution states the following: The University of Denver is committed to reducing its carbon footprint…
The Road Ahead 2012
“The Road Ahead 2012: Connecting Livable Communities” Videography by Ethan Crawford, RockyMedia
DS106 Hello World!
This is the first of several posts related to the DS106 course I’m taking as an open-internet participant. Here is a short description of DS106, taken as excerpts from the about DS106 page: Digital Storytelling (also affectionately known as ds106) is an open, online course …  you can join in whenever you like and leave whenever…