Seventh Avenue Bikeway Changes Have Drivers Confused, Cyclists Scared

New bike-safety improvements have been cropping up all over Denver, stirring a debate around whether the changes meet the aesthetic criteria of the neighborhoods they occupy — and if they’re even effective.

One of the city’s newest installations — a traffic diverter that was put in at the intersection of East Seventh Avenue and Pennsylvania Street — has been a topic of both controversy and confusion for people navigating it.

Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure installed the diverter earlier this summer with the hopes of making Seventh Avenue safer and more appealing for bicyclists and other non-car travelers. “The intent…is to reduce vehicle volumes and cut-through traffic on Seventh between Williams and Pennsylvania, where we have constructed a…