West Colfax Safety Project: 1st Survey Results

Lakewood CO

14 June, 2021

11:50 AM

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LAKEWOOD, CO — Lakewood officials are gathering community feedback on the city's West Colfax Safety Project, which aims to improve the main artery between Sheridan and Wadsworth boulevards. "This segment of West Colfax has the highest concentration of traffic injuries and deaths in Lakewood, and safety improvements, particularly for pedestrians, are urgently needed," the project's website reads. Nearly 600 people responded to the project's first survey. Here are the results: How safe do you feel by each mode of travel? 75 percent of pedestrians who responded feel unsafe walking on ColfaxTransit users tend to be more neutral67 percent of respondents feel safe driving on Colfax Respondents' top priorities for improving crossing safety: Improve crosswalk visibilityIncrease overhead lightingProvide a protected place to wait in the medianAdd signage guiding pedestrians to safe crossing points Don't miss the latest news updates in Lakewood: Free Lakewood Patch Newsletters and Email Alerts | Facebook | Twitter Respondents' top priorities for improving transit safety: Better light at bus stopsImproved street lights for walking to transitBus pullouts so that passengers are waiting away from trafficImproved sidewalk connections Top priorities for improving driving safety: Pedestrians cross in expected locationsA place for buses to pull out when stoppingBetter lighting for visibility and safetyLong left turn lanes so they don't back up Top priorities for improving walking: Consistent sidewalks on ColfaxBetter pedestrian lightingSidewalks with separation between pedestrians and carsReducing points of conflict, so there are fewer spots where pedestrians have to watch out for drivers What prevents you from walking in the area? (Top priorities) Too many cars/speedingNone or inadequate sidewalksLack of safe pedestrian crossingsLack of destinations I want/need to walk to Improving the overall experience, top priorities: Decorative or landscaped buffers to separate pedestrians and carsWider sidewalksImproved lightingDestinations (dining, shopping, parks and gyms) The West Colfax Safety Project is launching a second survey, which can be found here. The new survey focuses on people's top priorities for design elements, what they should look like and how the character areas should be defined. >> Learn more about the West Colfax Safety Project here.