Churchill, of Greater Denver Transit, said Johnson was dealt “a really tough hand of cards,” but that the agency had fallen short. “I'm very thankful for her long years of service in that regard. But RTD’s post-pandemic ridership recovery is worse than almost any...
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Wash Park West Residents Call for City to Reverse Course on Road Diet
June Churchill, a member of the Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Committee and the DOTI advisory board, said Wash Park West is dealing with a “breach of public process,” and that she sees the new road diet as a plan to “spend more money to downgrade safety.” Like Alvidrez,...
Mayor’s Bicycle Advisors Finally Get a Meeting
June Churchill, a member of the MBAC once known as “Denver’s bike mayor,” pointed out that “there’s no major new bike projects” approved for Vibrant Denver bond funding, which cyclists had also noted before the bond measure was approved. Still, Johnston’s meeting with...
At least one citizen advisory board member has quit over DOTI walking back its Alameda plans
June Churchill, a longtime bike advocate and member of the board, said the new design “directly degrades left-hand turn safety compared to the original final design.” “I failed to see how there's a good engineering reason for these changes,” Churchill said. “This...
What Denver leaders heard at the ‘most intense public hearing’
June Churchill, the budget chair of the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Advisory Board, argued Johnston was treating the money as a “slush fund.” Churchill described the city’s overall budget as “fundamentally flawed.” The city has more assets than...
Denver’s Mayoral Bike Committee Grinding Gears to Meet With Mike Johnston
But MBAC member June Churchill, who was once named Denver’s “Bike Mayor” by a local lobbying group, tells Westword that the city isn’t leaning on the bike committee as much as she’d like. “Obviously, if you’re on an advisory committee, you want to do your job, which...
