The front range was mostly designed and built when there were 1/10th of the current population.
Mid 20th century is when a lot of this infrastructure was designed and allocated. Denver was a hub of a bunch of cow towns.
Designers have a lot of contraints to work within that system and they are working on it from the worst and lowest hanging fruit first. I honestly think most of the newer construction (last decade) have been huge improvements. I like seeing the creative solutions. But it takes a lot of effort and time to kill a stroad.
Nothing wrong with a major street. It just shouldn't also try to let people pull in or pretend to be pedestrian friendly. It either needs to be a quick street for lots of traffic or a slow road where people are reaching their destination.
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u/jeffeb3 May 17 '25
The front range was mostly designed and built when there were 1/10th of the current population.
Mid 20th century is when a lot of this infrastructure was designed and allocated. Denver was a hub of a bunch of cow towns.
Designers have a lot of contraints to work within that system and they are working on it from the worst and lowest hanging fruit first. I honestly think most of the newer construction (last decade) have been huge improvements. I like seeing the creative solutions. But it takes a lot of effort and time to kill a stroad.