In recent weeks, changes in downtown Denver have been made to some protected bike lanes. Those lanes are meant to provide dedicated safe areas on the street for cyclists. Now, some of the vertical barriers have been changed, including those along the protected bike lane on Market Street.
The biking community said it’s a safety concern and is more dangerous now. But the city said the changes were made for several reasons.
The City Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, otherwise known as DOTI, said they removed several of the vertical barriers on corridors and replaced them with travel lane dividers. They added that travel lane dividers on the ground are easier to maintain because the vertical barriers kept falling. They also mentioned that the travel lane dividers are sturdier, reducing maintenance and replacement needs…