To engage and partner with school communities to understand what barriers and challenges exist for students, families, and caregivers in the Mar Lee and Harvey Park neighborhoods to actively travel to/from school, and to encourage walking, biking, and rolling to students at our partnered schools.
In Fall 2022, Denver’s Department of Transportation began to engage with schools in the Mar Lee and Harvey Park neighborhoods to participate in a Travel Plan Study. Schools are selected by the SRTS Action Plan Prioritization and neighboring schools are then selected to maximize efficiencies.
Throughout the Fall 2022 semester, six schools confirmed interest in the Safe Routes to School program and during the Spring 2023 semester DOTI will engage with the respective school communities, conduct existing conditions analysis, collect traffic data, develop recommendations, and publish a final report with engineering, education, and encouragement recommendations. The schools participating in this study are:
DOTI's Safe Routes to School Program finished this work in the spring of 2024. The plan identified operational (traffic signal timing, roadway pavement markings, signs) changes that should be explored along with longer term infrastructure changes that DOTI is programming into the capital budget for engineering design and implementation. If you would like a copy of the Travel Plan Study for the schools reviewed for this Travel Plan Study, please send an email to SRTS@denvergov.org.
Updates and opportunities to engage will be provided on this website. If you have any questions, please connect with Denver’s Safe Routes to School program at SRTS@Denvergov.org.