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Loading Glossary… Fedde Jun 3 2025 at 9:07AM on page 116
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Yes, definitely a lot of (racing) noise/people ignoring pedestrians. It would be nice if they could prioritize traffic going over Mississippi vs Florida.
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Hamilton R. Jun 1 2025 at 12:26PM on page 174
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Yeah, I agree. Capping new buildings to 3-5 stories would help manage the rate of change for the currently majority single family detached homes. Ideally, in order to help create safe and welcoming streets, someone on a balcony should be able to shout down to someone on the street.
Hamilton R. Jun 1 2025 at 12:21PM on page 162
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I don't know if we've turned our backs to the river, it's more like the railroads and industrialists beat the rest of us to using it and polluted it so we couldn't make the most of it.
Hamilton R. Jun 1 2025 at 12:12PM on page 127
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Does this section need to be re-written given the state of national politics?
Hamilton R. Jun 1 2025 at 12:11PM on page 126
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Is there any way to reclaim Federal Blvd back from CDOT? I don't think we need a highway running through our backyard and it constantly puts our local interests as people living here against CDOT car-first mentality.
Hamilton R. Jun 1 2025 at 12:07PM on page 117
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I know the official boundary of the neighborhood is Jewell, but the functional boundary of the neighborhood is actually Evans. I just want to point it out because I think missing that limits the conversation about our neighborhood. For example, you wouldn't know it by this map, but there's a King Soopers literally 5 minutes drive for anyone living south of Florida.
Hamilton R. Jun 1 2025 at 12:03PM on page 116
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The roads are also really wide for the traffic volume, which encourages lots of speeding in the neighborhood.
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Hamilton R. Jun 1 2025 at 11:59AM on page 94
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If we're talking about safety, I think we'd be better of spending money on housing and community services than giving the cops another building to do nothing in.
Hamilton R. Jun 1 2025 at 11:53AM on page 84
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Will the final draft have higher quality maps here?
Paula Pinkley May 29 2025 at 9:37AM on page 1
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General Comment - In order to mitigate negative climate change and safety issues with high density structures that often retain heat and obstruct views, recommend they be set back with surrounding trees. Setbacks also allow for safer streets with clearer views for and of the vehicles entering and existing the complex and allow the sun to help melt ice and snow off the streets.
Daniel May 23 2025 at 9:44PM on page 121
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Garfield Lake Park has seen an uptick in motorbike and ATV use over the last few years, which are prohibited at city parks because they are unsafe and disruptive to wildlife. The installation of bollards on the paved entryways to the park (e.g., Newton & Louisiana, Lowell & Louisiana, Arizona & Lowell, King, and the five separate entryways via Mississippi), along with signage, could deter further usage.
in reply to Emma Hand's comment
Emma Hand May 20 2025 at 6:51PM on page 182
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Regarding the additional information listed for the neighborhoods. I dont see any context around the bullet points?
Emma Hand May 20 2025 at 6:49PM on page 182
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What is this referring to?
Emma Hand May 20 2025 at 6:41PM on page 171
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Same here drop shadows not needed
Emma Hand May 20 2025 at 6:40PM on page 170
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None of the other labels on graphics use drop shadows. I would remove these here they make it more difficult to see the map
in reply to Matt's comment
Emma Hand May 20 2025 at 6:19PM on page 28
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Agreed! Look into color palettes for visually impaired and ADA compliance for text contrast. A lot of the graphics are too low resolution to read as well. link
Emma Hand May 20 2025 at 6:09PM on page 11
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Currently looking to move to Ruby and would love to still be able to comfortably bike to downtown for work.
in reply to Kevin Dickson's comment
Lia C May 20 2025 at 11:43AM on page 66
Lack of ridership could be due to the lack of safe and comfortable bike infrastructure. Many people I hear from greatly desire this bike and pedestrian connectivity.
in reply to Connor Shea's comment
Lia C May 20 2025 at 11:36AM on page 58
Upzone the entire city at the same time.
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Lia C May 20 2025 at 11:32AM on page 43
Not to mention that good, reliable public transportation needs population to support it - the transit will be more likely to fail if there are not people there to ride it when it comes, or if there is not the tax base to support the infrastructure.
Daniel May 19 2025 at 7:26PM on page 141
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I strongly support installing and updating shelters at bus stops. Denver UV is very intense, and cover from the rain will make public transit more appealing for more people. Stop #13884 (Westbound Federal&Florida), for example, has no surrounding tree or architectural coverage.
Hamilton R. May 18 2025 at 8:24PM on page 73
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Any talk about advancing Local or Regional BRT for Evans? I know most of it isn't technically in "Southwest" Denver, but for those of us south of Florida in Ruby Hill or Mar Lee, it's the only major East/West bus line within a reasonable walk.
Hamilton R. May 18 2025 at 8:21PM on page 71
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This intersection blows, no matter if you're a car or a bike. Could we get a roundabout here or something?
Hamilton R. May 18 2025 at 8:19PM on page 69
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Could we get a bridge here, connecting Ruby Hill via S Platte River Dr with the S Platte River Trail?
Hamilton R. May 18 2025 at 8:16PM on page 68
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Another thought. It might just be better to take the time and money that would be spent remediating Evans for pedestrians and just put it towards the pedestrian only crossings projects at Jewel & Illif instead. I don't know if you'll be able to put lipstick on the pig that is the Evans Ave bridge without a major tear down and rebuild.
Hamilton R. May 18 2025 at 8:14PM on page 68
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An easy way to increase pedestrian safety and comfort would be to remove the slip lanes for drivers exiting from Santa Fe Drive onto Evans and forbidding drivers to turn right on red. Almost every other time I have to cross the bridge on bike, I've been unable to cross with a walk signal, because I'm unsure if a driver will see me because they are only for checking for oncoming automobile traffic & not watching out for pedestrians.
Hamilton R. May 18 2025 at 8:09PM on page 68
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For what it is worth, I think making the connection at W Gill Pl would be the nicer of the two options.
Hamilton R. May 18 2025 at 8:07PM on page 67
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A great way to add greenery, reduce the danger of collisions, and lower traffic speed through the neighborhoods would be to replace many of the 2 and 4 ways stops with roundabouts, like the city has already done in the Speer & West Wash Park neighborhoods.
Hamilton R. May 18 2025 at 8:06PM on page 67
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An easy way to do this would simply be to change the sidewalk width standards from dictating widening cutting in towards properties and instead have them widen out into the automobile right of way. The roads are too wide and encourage speeding, so when widening sidewalks, we could create a road diet at the same time!
Hamilton R. May 18 2025 at 8:03PM on page 66
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I love providing separated space for pedestrians & cyclists, and I would also like to see more bridges in Denver include little jut outs for people to safely step out of the main path of a bridge and stop to look at phones or watch the river, trains, traffic, wildlife, etc.
For example, see the bridge over Bear Creek on the Bear Creek Trail @ 39°39'47.9"N 105°06'10.9"W
For example, see the bridge over Bear Creek on the Bear Creek Trail @ 39°39'47.9"N 105°06'10.9"W
Paula Pinkley May 15 2025 at 10:55AM on page 10
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As far as amenities along the Platte River trail either plant more trees in the sunny spots or add shade structures with water fountains. Also, please keep the trail natural, since there are numerous restaurants and/or coffee shops close to the trail with easy access for a bite and/or a refreshing drink.
Mara May 12 2025 at 8:46PM on page 54
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Also extending existing bike infrastructure should be prioritized. There are many places where the infrastructure just needs to be extended to be useful.
Mara May 12 2025 at 8:45PM on page 54
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Access to healthy, affordable, and culturally relevant food should be a key element of a complete neighborhood
Mara May 12 2025 at 8:42PM on page 50
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Can we add something here about keeping or preserving the structure of any historic or culturally relevant institutional buildings like churches or schools and even offer supports to help keep those buildings from falling into such a state of disrepair that they end up being demolished in the end. I can think of a few institutional buildings that could fit that description and it is a shame to see them stay vacant/underused and slowly rot away without any intervention.
Mara May 12 2025 at 8:36PM on page 46
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This is great, I think we really need to focus on not displacing businesses just as much as not displacing residents.
Mara May 12 2025 at 8:32PM on page 43
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YES, let's focus on accommodating innovative and needed options for multi-generational families and co-housing. But let's allow that in single family as well as multi-family housing. This is saying multi-unit and maybe that covers it, but I would like to be explicit that multi-generational and co-housing options can be thoughtfully done in single family areas as well. Back to that missing middle housing, let's not pidgeon hole anything.
Nathan Adams May 12 2025 at 7:42AM on page 28
627 S Lipan rezone miss by city council could have added diversity to Athmar Park
Nathan Adams May 12 2025 at 7:39AM on page 15
opportunity lost when city council votes no at 627 S Lipan St for 25 attainably priced townhomes on a lot that is vacant.
Nathan Adams May 12 2025 at 7:37AM on page 8
so the desire is to depress values to keep taxes low, there are far better ways to do this! This note in the plan is silly!
Nathan Adams May 12 2025 at 7:35AM on page 11
Love the comments for missing middle here. Please note city council just denied exactly this at 627 S Lipan in April 2025. Make those voices loud when you support missing middle and make sure your RNO is aware as well.
Mara May 11 2025 at 8:01PM on page 42
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YES, continue to provide ADUs and Tandem houses.
Mara May 11 2025 at 7:58PM on page 11
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YES, and we need to continue to maintain the existing parks along the river as well. Not just build them and then let the canals get filled with mud and weeds and let it get into disrepair. The parks along the river (Pasquinel's, Grant Frontier, Overland Pond) are often neglected and do not see the type of maintenance that other parks do. Would love to see more activation of those spaces too.
Mara May 11 2025 at 7:56PM on page 11
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What do you mean by "restore the natural protection" of the SPR? Maybe need to rephrase this to "Protect and restore the natural health of the south platte river"
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Mara May 11 2025 at 7:54PM on page 11
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Agreed, I like this section overall but would love to see a clarification for specifically adding missing middle housing and allowing for a diversity of housing types, not just big duplexes.
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Mara May 11 2025 at 7:51PM on page 10
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Agreed! Industrial areas in the city is important and we have that in Overland as well. I like the balanced view of keeping the industrial character while also allowing for improvements like bike and ped connections and also encouraging industrial users that have heavy odors or health impacts (chemicals, plastic production etc..) to mitigate that impact for neighbors.
Mara May 11 2025 at 7:46PM on page 10
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We've looked into adding a community orchard or garden, similar to what Barnum has done, but it's difficult to get water and a site. Long term could it be feasible to map out the areas that could be used for community gardening that the City could also provide water to? Also it would be nice to have a neighborhood food map including grocery stores and local markets that shows how far away some residents have to walk/bus/drive to get to healthy food. I would love to see the City prioritize access to food in the same way they prioritize access to parks etc.../
Pro Car Denver May 10 2025 at 8:33PM on page 60
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This whole section should be scrapped. It reads like it was written by someone whose end goal is to ban all cars, and take away people’s personal freedoms. Why is so much being done to punish motorists when the VAST majority of the population prefers to travel by car? All of these proposals are designed to benefit pedestrians and cyclists (who make up a TINY percentage of commuters in this and all areas of Denver) at the expense of motorists, the majority.
This area does not need any bike/walking “improvements.” It’s plenty bike-able/walkable as is. What it DOES need, however, are improvements for car traffic.
What IS needed: road expansions, additional lanes, raised speed limits, more free parking in areas, better highway connections, better light timing, a higher speed arterials (esp. north/south), removal of speed bumps and existing “traffic calming” measures, etc.
What would harm transportation in this area even further: ANY form of “traffic calming” (aka making vehicle travel worse to make bike/bus travel look better), BRT routes (waste of taxpayer money), bike lanes, lowered speed limits, narrowed roads, widened sidewalks at the expense of car space, removing parking, etc.
This area does not need any bike/walking “improvements.” It’s plenty bike-able/walkable as is. What it DOES need, however, are improvements for car traffic.
What IS needed: road expansions, additional lanes, raised speed limits, more free parking in areas, better highway connections, better light timing, a higher speed arterials (esp. north/south), removal of speed bumps and existing “traffic calming” measures, etc.
What would harm transportation in this area even further: ANY form of “traffic calming” (aka making vehicle travel worse to make bike/bus travel look better), BRT routes (waste of taxpayer money), bike lanes, lowered speed limits, narrowed roads, widened sidewalks at the expense of car space, removing parking, etc.
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Nathan May 7 2025 at 1:29PM on page 54
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1000% agree with this - we have overbuilt roads throughout the neighborhood. Expand sidewalks into the roads rather than into properties.
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Nathan May 7 2025 at 1:28PM on page 43
In the interest of good housing policy, I agree.
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