Santa Fe Streetscape Improvements

Summer 2023 Update

The Santa Fe Streetscape project is moving forward! The Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) will work over the next 18 months to create a final design for the full reconstruction of Santa Fe Drive between 6th Ave and 13th Ave. These improvements will focus on pedestrian safety and expanding sidewalk widths, building on improvements completed in 2021 to make Santa Fe safer. Your feedback will be critical to ensuring the success of this project! Please watch this space for more updates, or email Wesley.Dismore@denvergov.org to be added to our mailing list and receive updates.


Santa Fe Streetscape Schedule


Safety treatments implemented along Santa Fe from 6th to 14th Avenues in 2020/2021 included:

  • Reconfiguring Santa Fe from three travel lanes to two to calm traffic and reduce vehicle speeds; the reconfiguration will center the vehicle travel lanes and add a five-foot buffer between the on-street parking spaces and existing sidewalk to provide people with more space and comfort to walk.
  • Using bollards and paint at intersections to shorten the crossing distance for pedestrians
  • New signage to dedicate left turn lanes at the intersections of 6th, 7th, 8th, and 11th Avenues to accommodate traffic flow
  • Adding two “parklets” adjacent to the sidewalk to provide a place for people to sit and gather
  • New bike racks to provide people on bikes/scooters dedicated places to park and reduce conflicts with pedestrians on the sidewalk
  • Realigning bus stops for better placement and spacing to make bus travel more efficient
  • More seating, planters, and lighting enhancements to improve pedestrian visibility, safety and comfort
  • Reduction of the posted speed limit on this stretch from 30 to 25 mph.

Additionally, local artists Jennifer Chaparro, Alexi High, and Bimmer Torres painted street murals to further enhance the uniqueness of the Santa Fe corridor along the new placemaking buffer for pedestrians at the intersections of 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 12th Avenues.


Santa Fe Streetscape Design Study

Sante Fe Streetscape Preferred Streetscape Redesign