How We Listened
The City of Boulder conducted community engagement for the Moorhead Avenue Mobility Enhancements project from December 2023 to March 2024. Staff collected community feedback and shared initial designs at two in-person events, a Corridor Walk (Jan. 6) and an Open House (Feb. 13), and a virtual questionnaire with open house materials available for review via Be Heard Boulder (Feb 28 to March 6)*. Event notifications were posted throughout the neighborhood and online, and shared with Creekside Elementary School, Martin Acres Neighborhood Association (MANA), Neighbors United of South Boulder (NUSoBo), High Mar Apartments, Alvarado Village, Coronado Apartments, Union Baseline, and other corridor-adjacent properties. City staff also presented to the Transportation Advisory Board (TAB). The Jan. 8 TAB recording and Feb. 12 TAB recording are available online.
Staff conducted additional outreach to residents adjacent to proposed splitter island locations to ensure that questions or concerns about access or mobility were addressed.
*Materials from the in-person open house and virtual questionnaires available upon request.
What We Heard
At the corridor walk on Jan. 6, city staff heard from community members a desire for traffic calming and more comfortable bike facilities on Moorhead Avenue. Residents and neighbors also expressed concerns of limited visibility at pedestrian crossings and transit stops due to on-street parking. 28 community members attended the walk and talked with city staff for over an hour.
The majority of community members who attended the in-person open house and responded to the virtual questionnaire in February and March expressed support for elements of the design: the restriping design, traffic calming measures, intersection visibility and bus stop access improvements, and connections to 27th Way and Table Mesa Drive. About 30 community members attended the in-person open house and 71 community members responded to the virtual questionnaire. There was not a clear preference for one type of traffic calming device over another between online questionnaire respondents and in-person open house attendees who filled out a comment card. Through both the open house and questionnaire, some neighbors voiced preferences for additional traffic calming and improvements to the bike lanes. These may be considered as separate projects in the future.