Bicycling advocacy group
PeopleForBikes pegged the protected lane on Arapahoe Street downtown as one of "America's 10 best new bike lanes for 2015."
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If only these plastic posts could talk. This one-mile project was languishing as a line on a map until the Downtown Denver Partnership business advocacy group, inspired by a trip to Copenhagen and a
wave of demand for better biking among downtown tech firms, rallied public support by creating a
one-day demo and leading a
successful crowfunding campaign that kicked off with an anchor donation from oil company Anadarko, among others.
The $36,000 raised through Ioby.org convinced Denver leaders that the public had their back. With their green light, city staff threw themselves into Arapahoe and its couplet street with a passion, rethought their bidding process and
cut the ribbon this month, less than a year after approval. Like Queens Boulevard, it's a national model for quick-build street projects.
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