Editing Denver (section)

===Walkability===
2017 rankings by [[Walk Score]] placed Denver twenty-sixth among 108 U.S. cities with a population of 200,000 or greater.<ref name=walkscore>{{cite web |url=http://www.walkscore.com/rankings/cities/|title=2017 City & Neighborhood Ranking |publisher=Walk Score |year=2017 |access-date=May 13, 2019}}</ref> City leaders have acknowledged the concerns of walkability advocates that Denver has serious gaps in its sidewalk network. The 2019 "Denver Moves: Pedestrians" plan outlines a need for approximate $1.3 billion in sidewalk funding, plus $400 million for trails.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pedestrian Program |url=https://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/denver-pedestrians/plans.html |website=Denver, The Mile High City |publisher=City and County of Denver |access-date=May 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513172950/https://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/denver-pedestrians/plans.html |archive-date=May 13, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2022, Denver voters passed Initiative 307, dubbed "Denver Deserves Sidewalks", to complete sidewalk construction and repair by shifting responsibility for sidewalk maintenance from property owners to the city and imposing a new fee on property owners based on the length of a property's sidewalk frontage,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Minor |first1=Nathaniel |date=November 14, 2022 |title=Denver sidewalk initiative backers have declared victory. Here's what may come next |work=Denverite |publisher=Colorado Public Radio |url=https://denverite.com/2022/11/14/initiated-ordinance-307-results-denver-deserves-sidewalks/ |access-date=February 1, 2023}}</ref> although the measure may be revised in the course of implementation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lopez |first1=Meghan |date=November 25, 2022 |title=Denver's sidewalk repair initiative could face big changes before it's implemented |work=Denver7.com |publisher=Scripps Media |url=https://www.denver7.com/news/politics/denvers-sidewalk-repair-initiative-could-face-big-changes-before-its-implemented |access-date=February 1, 2023}}</ref>