A scuttled road diet for Alameda Avenue has caused discontent within the advisory board for the city’s transportation department — including one resignation, with more possible.

Several members of the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure’s advisory board questioned the city’s commitment to safe roads during a board meeting where executive director Amy Ford defended the decision to make a last-minute change to a plan to reduce lanes on Alameda Avenue.

Earlier this month, DOTI altered a finalized plan that would have fully eliminated a lane on a stretch of Alameda Avenue that residents have described as unsafe for drivers and pedestrians alike.

Alameda is part of DOTI’s High Injury Network, which identifies the most dangerous streets in Denver.

In the revised plan, instead of

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