Media Coverage
“This was tried over 10 years ago and was a massive failure. It did exactly what the neighbors are worried about now, which is rerouting traffic into the neighborhood.”
— Dennis Royer
Denver Gazette 1/9/2026, "Former chief traffic engineer says DOTI was right to scale back Alameda ‘road diet’ plan"
"Closing down lanes of through traffic will make people go to the side streets. When they get frustrated, drivers just take a shortcut, and they go fast, which ends up making things more dangerous.” – Nanci Ricks
"As a restaurant, I can't really rely on just the people who live next door. We have to have people able to come here. If it takes them too long to get here... I will lose more business."
– Garrett Ladd
“[DOTI has] really listened… They were open to a solution that balances safety and neighborhood character. At the end of the day, this is what good community planning looks like.” – Rye Austin
"My worry is that these arterial streets [like Alameda] are critical to moving people in traffic around the city, and I think when you remove a lane from an arterial street, it’s like constricting an artery."
– Mark Berzins
9News 9/17/2025, "Alameda improvement project draws mixed reactions amid safety concerns"
"By making it harder to travel this corridor, DOTI is pushing drivers to divert to nearby residential streets, which will increase traffic and put pedestrians, cyclists, and families at greater risk."
– Kim Kolesar
Denver Gazette, 7/13/2025, "Guest Opinion: Planned Alameda Ave changes need to hit the road"