Santa Fe Streetscape Improvements

NOVEMBER 2025 UPDATE
In November of 2025, Denver voters approved Vibrant Denver Bond 2A, which includes construction funding for the Santa Fe Streetscape project. City staff are working hard to generate a schedule for construction activities, and over the next 8 months we will finalize a 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

See the Santa Fe Sample Block Layout(PDF, 1MB)

Santa Fe Streetscape Schedule

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Santa Fe Streetscape Schedule - Espanol(PDF, 2MB)

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

• Read the draft plan(PDF, 9MB)
• Download for print with higher resolution spread layout(PDF, 12MB)
• Santa Fe Streetscape Preferred Streetscape Redesign
  
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