Safer Main Streets

Please Note: On March 19, 2021, Governor Polis signed SB 110, in which the legislature allocated $30M to make this program available statewide. It is branded under the Revitalizing Main Streets program. The information below includes the original guidance that was issued in the Region 1 (Denver Metro area) program in Fall 2020.

About the Program 

The Colorado Department of Transportation in collaboration with our planning partners at the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) developed the Safer Main Streets Initiative in 2020. This program was developed to support infrastructure projects that improve safety and accessibility along urban arterials (non-freeway corridors in the Denver Metro area), especially for vulnerable users who depend on a reliable urban street network, such as pedestrians, bikers, motorcyclists, transit users, the elderly, and those with disabilities. 

This program includes both safety and economic recovery goals that include:

  • Reduce fatal and serious injury crashes on the region’s transportation system
  • Support a transportation system that safely accommodates all modes of travel i.e. driving, taking the bus or any transit system, walking, and biking
  • Improve transit access and multimodal mobility
  • Support the development of connected urban/employment centers and multimodal corridors
  • Provide safe access to opportunity and mobility for residents of all ages, incomes and abilities, including vulnerable users

  • Help communities adjust to the “new normal” travel patterns caused by COVID-19 Play an important and immediate role in job creation/retention and small business investment

  • Play an important and immediate role in job creation/retention and small business investment