11.14.22 TAB Agenda 4 TIP Call #4 C I T Y O F B O U L D E R
TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD
AGENDA ITEM
MEETING DATE: November 14, 2022
AGENDA TITLE: Public hearing and consideration of a recommendation to City
Council on the proposed project submittals for the Denver Regional Council of
Governments 2024-2027 Transportation Improvements Program Subregional Project
Selection Process
PRESENTER/S:
Natalie Stiffler, Interim Director of Transportation and Mobility
Gerrit Slatter, Principal Transportation Projects Engineer
Valerie Watson, Transportation Planning Manager
Jean Sanson, Principal Transportation Planner
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Boulder is proposing to submit transportation project funding applications to the
Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) as part of the subregional 2024-2027 cycle
(Call for Projects #4) of the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The purpose of this
agenda item is to share the city’s proposed list of subregional project applications for council
review and consideration. This DRCOG TIP call for project applications will be issued
November 28, 2022 and applications are due January 27, 2023 to DRCOG.
With the input of the Transportation Advisory Board (TAB), the city’s proposed projects both
further the adopted Transportation Master Plan (TMP) and are competitive in terms of the
DRCOG TIP application scoring criteria. Projects are also in support of the DRCOG Metro
Vision Plan and will advance safety improvements to the Boulder Core Arterial Network (CAN)
and regional multimodal corridors. Staff have collaborated with TAB monthly since August
2022 to refine the proposed list of projects for submission and incorporate community and TAB
feedback and guidance.
The projects summarized in Attachment A of this memorandum are presented for TAB’s review
and consideration of a motion to recommend the Boulder City Council authorize city staff to
submit the following projects for the 2022-2025 TIP:
West Colorado Ave Multimodal Improvements (Regent Dr – Folsom St)
30th Street Multimodal Improvements (Baseline Rd – Colorado Ave)
Folsom St Multimodal Improvements Pre-Design (Pine St – Colorado Ave)
The following project previously recommended by staff at the September 12, 2022 TAB meeting
has been withdrawn for consideration:
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CO7/Arapahoe Ave & 30th Street Multimodal Intersection
BACKGROUND
DRCOG is the region’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) which is responsible for the
preparation of the TIP. The TIP is the primary mechanism by which federal transportation funds
flow to local governmental agencies and implements capital improvements to further completion
of the 2050 Metro Vision Regional Transportation Plan (MVRTP) which is the fiscally
constrained, long-range transportation plan for the Denver metropolitan region.
The TIP project selection process is typically conducted every four years by DRCOG in
cooperation with CDOT and RTD to identify the projects and management actions expected to
be completed by CDOT, RTD, local governments and other project sponsors. All projects
receiving federal funds must be in the MVRTP and the TIP and meet the requirements of the
Clean Air Act. In addition to being adopted by the DRCOG Board of Directors, the TIP must
also be approved by the governor and incorporated into the State Transportation Improvement
Program.
The City of Boulder has submitted for TIP funding since the program’s initiation in the 1990s.
Federal transportation funding provides an ability to complete priority projects in the City of
Boulder’s TMP by leveraging city transportation dollars and funding from other partners with
federal funding. Current TIP projects that are currently in final design or construction, or will
start construction in 2022-2023, include: the 30th & Colorado Bicycle and Pedestrian Underpass;
the North Broadway (Violet Avenue – US 36) Reconstruction; 28th Street Improvements (Iris –
Canyon); and the East Arapahoe Multi-Use Path and Transit Stop Enhancement projects. The
city is also receiving TIP funds to purchase six electric HOP buses, with expected delivery in
2023.
Applications from the city were also successful in receiving funding in previous calls for projects
of this current cycle of the TIP, including a $6,402,000 total grant award in subregional 2022-
2025 Call #2 for the 30th St Preliminary Design project, the Broadway Transit Priority
Intersections project, and the Baseline Rd Enhanced Transit Stops and Separated Bike Lanes
project. Staff await funding determinations for the regional 2024-2027 (Call #3) applications
submitted in partnership with other local jurisdictions for the CO 119/Diagonal Mobility and
Safety Improvements project (Boulder County submittal), the CO 119/City of Boulder & City of
Longmont local Business Access Transit (BAT) Lanes project (City of Longmont and City of
Boulder submittal), and the CO 7 Bus Rapid Transit Starter Service, Boulder to Brighton project
(Boulder County submittal).
ANALYSIS
With the assistance of TAB, the city’s TIP development process used the following criteria to
determine the projects recommended for submittal to DRCOG:
Subregional Benefit: Projects located on or connecting to the Core Arterial Network
(CAN) that is a subset of Boulder’s Transportation Master Plan or regional multimodal
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Northwest Area Mobility Study (NAMS) corridor and provides benefit to multiple
municipalities
Vehicle Miles Traveled/Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Projects that increase person
throughput via high frequency transit and bicycle priority infrastructure
Safety: Projects located on the DRCOG High Injury Network corridor and high crash
locations
Equity: Projects that benefit equity population demographics
Project Readiness: Projects that have completed design drawings and/or city has a high
level of confidence the project can be completed within TIP timeframe
Cost Effectiveness: Projects that have the potential to leverage partner funds (mainly
CDOT, Boulder County, or CU Boulder) and timing of partner fund availability
The projects suggested for submittal were determined to advance the priorities of the city’s TMP
and reflect the priorities and principles of the city’s transportation investment policies, as well as
maximize the ability to receive funding under the DRCOG criteria. These projects are:
West Colorado Ave Multimodal Improvements (Regent Dr – Folsom St)
30th Street Multimodal Improvements (Baseline Rd – Colorado Ave)
Folsom St Multimodal Improvements Pre-Design (Pine St – Colorado Ave)
The CO7/Arapahoe Ave & 30th Street Multimodal Intersection project previously recommended
by staff at the September 12, 2022 TAB meeting has been withdrawn for consideration. Since
that time, staff have worked to address TAB feedback from August and September 2022 by
engaging consultant assistance and working internally across relevant staff to refine the
conceptual design of the intersection. These efforts are focused on reconfiguring vehicular
operations and the physical layout of the intersection to respond to TAB requests to further
address safety for people walking and bicycling, as well as reduce needed right-of-way
acquisition, and thereby, total project cost. Through this work, two primary considerations have
emerged that inform staff’s withdrawal of this project from consideration in this TIP Call #4:
Concurrent design efforts along 30th St and Arapahoe Ave – the design of the Arapahoe
Ave and 30th St intersection will benefit from being informed by these design efforts that
are either in progress or soon to commence. Staff wish to maximize the flexibility,
timing-wise, of designing this intersection in concert with these corridor design efforts
with the goal of implementing operational solutions that work for both corridors and the
full intersection itself.
Timeline for submission – A number of intersection elements have been identified that
require more in-depth study which would not be possible on the TIP Call #4 application
timeline. A feasible concept plan is a required component of a competitive application.
Staff have a high level of confidence that further analysis will result in a feasible concept that
aligns with TAB feedback to date. Staff will continue to refine the intersection design in
anticipation of future funding opportunities and related project synergies in 2023 and beyond.
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK
Several outreach efforts were implemented to notify adjacent property owners and the
community about the TIP submittal process and the projects being considered for the TIP. All
outreach efforts and information materials were provided in English and Spanish. There is a
project webpage that includes information about the TIP process, projects being considered for
submittal and opportunities for public input. A mailing was sent to approximately 4,712 property
owners, residents, and businesses adjacent to potential TIP projects and other interested
stakeholders in the community notifying them of the upcoming grant application process and
adjacent proposed projects. Community members were invited to review project factsheets and
informational videos, provide online feedback, and schedule virtual office hours with staff. This
information was also included in a city press release and social media postings by the city.
Fifty-three people provided verbal or written feedback online, through email, or via virtual office
hours. A diversity of mode choice was represented in responses to the questionnaire including
users of public transit, vehicle drivers, and those who walk and bike. Many people offered
suggestions on specific concepts to consider during the project design phases, with an emphasis
on pedestrian and bicyclist safety especially at crossings and intersections; separating vehicles
from bicyclists; improved transit facilities; and ensuring adequate traffic flow.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
The projects (detailed in Attachment A) supported by staff for submission for the 2024-2027
DRCOG Subregional TIP (Call #4) project selection process are:
West Colorado Ave Multimodal Improvements (Regent Dr – Folsom St) Note: Based
on TAB feedback and additional staff analysis, the concept design for this project has
been refined to reconfigure roadway layout and lane striping, reducing needed right-of-
way acquisition and thereby the total project cost from early estimates of $5 million to
$3.6 million.
30th Street Multimodal Improvements (Baseline Rd – Colorado Ave) Note: Total
project cost is $7.3 million.
Folsom St Multimodal Improvements Pre-Design (Pine St – Colorado Ave) Note:
Total pre-design effort cost is $1.5 million.
Staff requests that TAB recommend submission of these proposed projects to City Council to
endorse for TIP applications to the DRCOG Subregional 2024-2027 (Call #4) TIP project
selection process.
TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD ACTION REQUESTED
TAB is asked to review the proposed projects and provide a recommendation to City Council to
endorse submitting the staff-supported projects for the 2024-2027 TIP.
Suggested Motion Language:
Motion to recommend to City Council to approve the proposed submittal to the Denver
Regional Council of Governments for the 2024-2027 Transportation Improvements
Program Subregional Project Selection Process
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NEXT STEPS
This item is scheduled for the December 1, 2022 City Council meeting for their consideration of
a motion of approval of projects to submit for funding. The remaining due dates for the 2024 -
2027 subregional TIP (Call #4) timeline are shown below:
November 28, 2022 Subregional application window opens
January 27, 2023 Subregional project applications due
February -- April 2023 Subregional project evaluation, scoring and selection
May – August 2023 Subregional projects amended into 2024-2027 TIP
ATTACHMENT
A – Subregional TIP Call for Projects (Call #4) – Project Abstracts
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Project Sponsor: City of Boulder
Project Title: 30th Street Multimodal Improvements (Baseline Rd - Colorado Ave)
Project Phases: Construction
STBG or AQ/MM: AQ/MM
Background/ Project Justification:
The 30th Street Multimodal Improvements (Baseline Rd - Colorado Ave) project will radically transform a
Critical Corridor into a safer complete street by building the southern end of what will be almost three
miles of protected bicycle lanes, improved and accessible pedestrian facilities, and transit priority along
a primary north-south travel corridor that connects local and regional trips to vibrant urban centers and
higher education campuses, significant retail, and local, university, and sub-regional transit service. The
project area has had minimal investment leaving the 18% of daily travelers who walk, roll, bike, or ride
transit using facilities that are substandard, not accessible, and offer little physical protection. Between
2015 and 2019, there were 287 crashes in the half-mile project area with five resulting in serious injury
or death, earning the project a Critical Corridor designation by DRCOG and a high priority for
improvements by City of Boulder City Council. This project will ensure safer transportation choices and
first-and-last mile connections span the entirety of 30th St and connect to current and planned
improvements on important east-west travel, transit, and MVRTP major project corridors: CO119/Iris
Ave and CO7/Arapahoe Ave, as well as Baseline Rd. This is important to the subregion because a
concentration of travel from the northern and eastern parts of the sub-region and surrounding counties
enter the city on these east-west corridors and connect to final destinations via critical north-south
corridors like 30th St. Additionally, the project provides high potential to address racial inequity to the
25% of corridor residents that are individuals of color, the 29% of corridor households that are low
income, and the 49% of corridor households that are housing cost burdened by providing safer non-
single occupancy vehicle transportation choices.
Project Description:
Thirtieth street provides important north-south connectivity and important first-and-last mile
connections for those living, working, and traveling to or within the City of Boulder. This corridor is also
important for its many connections to significant east-west sub-regional travel corridors: CO119/Iris
Ave, Valmont Rd, CO7/Arapahoe Av, and Baseline Rd. However, it is a DRCOG Critical Corridor and City
of Boulder City Council high priority for safety improvements because of the number of crashes (287),
and specifically severe injury crashes (5), that occurred along the corridor between 2015 and 2019.
If advanced now, the 30th Street Multimodal Improvements (Baseline Rd - Colorado Ave) project will fill
an important multimodal gap by connecting the 30th St and Colorado Ave underpass and protected
intersection, to be completed in 2023, to multimodal improvements on 30th St between Colorado Ave
and CO-7/Arapahoe Ave, to be completed in 2024. The project would also connect to planned protected
intersection elements at 30th St. and CO-7/Arapahoe intersection (which is a separate Call four TIP
application) and preliminary design work for 30th St from CO7/Arapahoe Ave to CO119/Iris Ave that will
begin in 2023.
When complete, these projects will provide a complete north-south corridor of almost three miles of
Vision Zero proven crash countermeasures, including protected bicycle lanes, improved and accessible
pedestrian facilities, protected intersection elements, and transit priority.
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The project will also provide seamless connectivity to planned or near term multimodal improvements
on significant east-west sub-regional travel corridors: Baseline Rd from 30th St to Foothills Pkwy, to be
completed between 2023 and 2025; Arapahoe Ave through implementation of the East Arapahoe Ave
(CO7) Transportation Plan, in partnership with CDOT, Boulder County, and the City and County of
Broomfield; and Colorado Ave through recently completed and future planned improvements (a
separate call four TIP application).
These important first-and-last mile connections will provide safer transportation choices and first-and-
last mile connections for the thousands of people that walk (3,000), bike (700), and use public local and
sub-regional (700) and university transit, and over 24,500 vehicle drivers that move through this stretch
of 30th St on an average day, supporting local and regional Vision Zero and mode shift goals.
Funding Breakdown in $1,000s (by program year)1
FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 Total
DRCOG Requested Funds $1,100 $ $3,300 $4,400
CDOT or RTD Supplied
Funds2 $ $ $ $
Local Funds (Funding
from sources other than
DRCOG, CDOT, or RTD)
$275 $ $825 $1,100
Total Funding $1,375 $ $4,125 $5,500
Note: refined cost
estimating since abstract
submittal yields total
project cost at $7.3m
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Project Location/ Map:
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Project Sponsor: City of Boulder
Project Title: West Colorado Avenue Multimodal Improvements (Regent Drive – Folsom Street)
Project Phases: Design/Right-of-Way/Construction
STBG or AQ/MM: AQ/MM
Background/ Project Justification:
The West Colorado Multimodal Improvements project is a key active transportation link for those
traveling in the City of Boulder. Colorado Avenue moves several thousand students, community
members, and regional employees each day through connections to education and employment
centers, such as the CU-East and Main campuses with more than 70,000 students, faculty and staff, and
commercial land-uses along Folsom, 28th, and 30th streets. In fulfillment to city, subregional, and regional
goals for Vision Zero, active transportation, and climate, the city endeavors to build safer, more
comfortable, and convenient transportation choices and first-and-last-mile connections. To that end,
the city currently has projects underway at 28th St/Colorado intersection and 30th St/Colorado
intersection to build protected bike facilities and dedicated transit lanes. The West Colorado Avenue
project, combined with these intersection projects and other recently completed work, will complete
the west segment of the 30th and Colorado Corridors Study and provide almost a mile of connected and
protected bicycle lanes, intersection enhancements, and dedicated transit lane and associated facility
upgrades.
Project Description:
The West Colorado Avenue project will build out the multimodal complete street cross section for the
west segment of Colorado Avenue developed through the 30th and Colorado Corridors Study. This
section of Colorado Avenue is part of the city’s Core Arterial Network, which focuses improvements on
the city’s busiest roads to reduce the potential for severe crashes and make it more comfortable and
convenient for people to get where they need to go in the city. With a concentration of travel from the
sub-region and surrounding counties ending in the city, these low-stress first-and-last mile connections
will contribute to local, subregional, and regional Vision Zero and mode shift goals.
The West Colorado Avenue project, combined with the work that is currently underway at 28 th/Colorado
and 30th/ Colorado intersections, will construct Vision Zero proven crash countermeasures, such as
hardened separation for pedestrians and bicyclists from vehicles, intersection enhancements at Folsom
Street, pedestrian facility improvements, and transit priority in each direction along Colorado Avenue
through implementation of dedicated transit lanes, consolidation of transit stops to improve transit
reliability, installation of transit amenities to increase rider comfort and convenience, and construction
of a super transit stop adjacent to CU to accommodate the high number of transit users in this corridor.
As a result, the project will provide safer and more comfortable transportation opt ions and first-and-last
mile connections for the 4,000 pedestrians, 1,750 bicyclists, and 684 public transit riders that travel this
corridor on an average day and reduce conflict and the potential for crashes with the more than 22,000
vehicles that travel the corridor. Further, the project’s complete street corridor would support the sub-
region’s strong first-and-last mile active transportation mode share (15% versus 8% for the entire
region) as population grows, per projections 30% by 2040.
Without these TIP grant funds the multi-modal Colorado Avenue corridor to connect the CU Main and
East campuses will leave an incomplete segment of safe, comfortable travel choices and create a barrier
to traveler’s choosing active transportation modes. Funding the West Colorado Avenue project will also
advance the connectivity of this vital east-west corridor to other important north-south corridors in the
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city’s broader transportation system such as Folsom Street, the recently completed protected
intersection improvements at Regent Dr., and the following efforts on 30th Street:
• The 30th Street Corridor Multimodal Improvements Project will extend the safer, separated
pedestrian and bicycle facilities and improved transit stops being introduced at the 30th and
Colorado Ave Underpass and 30th and Colorado Ave Intersection projects north to
CO7/Arapahoe Ave. Design work is underway with implementation scheduled to be completed
in 2024.
• The 30th St Preliminary Design (CO7/Arapahoe Ave to CO119/Iris Ave) project was recently
awarded TIP funds through the second call. This project will design a complete street corridor
that will extend north the safer, separated pedestrian and bicycle facilities and improved transit
begun at the 30th St and Colorado Ave intersection and continued through the above 30th St
Multimodal Improvements Project. Once implemented, these projects will extend the safer,
more comfortable, and convenient transportation choices implemented along 30th St north on
Colorado Ave for a total of two miles.
Funding Breakdown in $1,000s (by program year)1
FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 Total
DRCOG Requested Funds $720 $ $2,160 $2,880
CDOT or RTD Supplied
Funds2 $ $ $ $
Local Funds (Funding
from sources other than
DRCOG, CDOT, or RTD)
$180 $ $540 $600
Total Funding $900 $ $2,700 $3,600
Project Location/ Map:
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Visuals/ Images:
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Project Sponsor: City of Boulder
Project Title: Folsom St Multimodal Improvements Design (Pine St - Colorado Ave)
Project Phases: Design
STBG or AQ/MM: AQ/MM
Background/ Project Justification:
The Folsom St Multimodal Improvements Design (Pine St - Colorado Ave) project is being advanced to
provide enhanced multimodal north-south connectivity within the City of Boulder for local and
subregional travel. With a concentration of travel from the sub-region and surrounding counties
entering the city on connecting east-west corridors with planned MVRTP major projects (CO119/Iris Ave
and CO7/Arapahoe Ave), these low-stress first-and-last mile connections will contribute to local,
subregional, and regional Vision Zero and mode shift goals.
Folsom St, from Pine St to Colorado Ave, is an important linkage to economic, education, and job centers
such as Pearl Street and the downtown district, retail districts on Folsom, 28th, and 29th streets, the
University of Colorado – Boulder main campus, Whittier Elementary School, and the University Hill
commercial district and neighborhood. The project also has high potential to address racial inequity:
almost 28,000 people live along the corridor, many of which are vulnerable or historically underserved:
23% are individuals of color, 5% are 65 years old or older, 3% live with a disability; 40% are in low-
income households and 15% are in households with no access to a motor vehicle. The corridor provides
important access to opportunity and short trip opportunities by providing walkable, bikeable, and transit
supportive connections.
The current mode share reflects the DRCOG Active Transportation Corridor designation and the
potential for greater non-single occupancy vehicle use if safer connections were implemented: on an
average day though 17,450 vehicles are driven through the project area, an additional 4,000
pedestrians, 1,600 bicyclists, and 1,125 transit users also travel this one-mile project area, despite the
corridor offering little physical protection and few amenities for the most vulnerable road users.
Between 2015 and 2019, the project area had 404 crashes, 15 of which were severe and one a fatality.
These crashes earned part of the corridor a DRCOG High Injury Network designation (Pine St to Canyon
Blvd), prioritization for improvements in the city’s Low Stress Walk and Bike Network Plan (2019), and
inclusion in the city’s Core Arterial Network, which seeks to build safer, more comfortable, and
convenient transportation choices and first-and-last-mile connections on the busiest and most
destination rich corridors within the city, where the majority of severe injury crashes occur.
The project will complete preliminary design and associated community engagement for Folsom St (Pine
to Colorado). To advance city and regional goals for Vision Zero, preliminary design will include Vision
Zero proven crash countermeasures such as protected bicycle lanes, intersection enhancements,
pedestrian facilities, and transit facility upgrades. Designs will link to previously implemented
countermeasures along this key north-south corridor: protected bicycle lanes from Valmont Rd to Pine
St and planned improvements on Colorado Ave between Folsom St and Regent Dr.
Project Description:
The Folsom St Multimodal Improvements Design (Pine St - Colorado Ave) project is being advanced to
provide enhanced, continuous multimodal north-south connectivity within the City of Boulder for local
and sub-regional travelers by extending completed and planned enhancements and protection for
bicyclists, pedestrians, and transit users.
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The project will design important first-and-last mile connections to the corridor’s many jobs by building
upon the corridor’s local and regional transit connections. The corridor hosts 26,125 jobs in urban,
economic, and job centers including the University of Colorado – Boulder (CU) main and east campuses,
Naropa University, retail on Folsom St, 28th St and 29th St, and the downtown business district and Pearl
Street Mall. Folsom St is served by high quality transit through HOP north-south service on Folsom St
and east-west service on Pearl St, and JUMP east-west service on Arapahoe Ave. The HOP is a critical
local all-day circulator service providing from 12- to 20-minute headways throughout the week. The
JUMP provides local and regional service with 15- to 30-minute headways throughout the week. These
routes provide transit to an average 1,125 riders each day on Folsom St, and an additional 52 and 126
riders making east-west connections on Pearl St and Arapahoe Ave within the project area. These
transit services provide connectivity to key destinations in Boulder and provide important service within
the Boulder County sub-region, including connections to Lafayette and Erie.
Folsom St between Pine St and Colorado Ave provides key links to the city’s extensive network of
pedestrian and bicycle multimodal infrastructure through on street and off-street facilities, including the
Goose Creek Multi-Use path to the north of the project area and the Boulder Creek Multi-Use Path in
the southern section of the project area. As a result, 4,000 people walk and 1,600 people bike through
on an average day.
Despite the important transit and multimodal connections Folsom St provides, it is part of the city’s Core
Arterial Network (CAN). The CAN utilizes a Vision Zero approach to improving high-traffic arterial
streets where many first-and-last mile connections are made, and where the majority of severe crashes
in the city occur.
Historically, some travelers have been more vulnerable to severe crashes than others. The project has
high potential to address these inequities: the corridor houses 27,788 residents, 40% of whom are low
income and 23% of which are individuals of color, and 10,333 households, 59% of which are housing
cost burdened and 15% of which do not have access to a motor vehicle.
The Folsom St Multimodal Improvements Design (Pine St - Colorado Ave) project will design for safer
and more comfortable first-and-last mile connectivity and make it easier to choose non-vehicular forms
of travel, thus reducing the potential for severe injury crashes and greenhouse gas emissions, and
furthers local, subregional, and regional mode shift goals.
The project also has the potential to fill gaps in connectivity within the city’s network by linking to recent
and future improvements: recently completed (2021) protected bike lanes (Folsom St, Valmont Ave to
Pine St) and future planned improvements (West Colorado Ave Multimodal Improvements (Regent Dr –
Folsom St) - submitted through a separate call four TIP application).
Funding this project now will advance designs to improve and complete important multimodal
connectivity and complete improvements to an entire north-south CAN corridor. As a result, this project
will be part of transforming the city’s higher traffic volume streets to a connected system of protected
bicycle lanes, intersection enhancements, pedestrian facilities, and transit facility upgrades, and help
reduce the potential for severe crashes to occur and make it more comfortable and convenient for
people to get where they need to go along Boulder’s main corridors.
Funding Breakdown in $1,000s (by program year)1
FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 Total
DRCOG Requested Funds $1,200 $ $0 $1,200
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CDOT or RTD Supplied
Funds2 $ $ $ $
Local Funds (Funding
from sources other than
DRCOG, CDOT, or RTD)
$300 $ $0 $300
Total Funding $1,500 $ $0 $1,500
Project Location/ Map:
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Visuals/ Images:
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