Boulder Invites Community to Inform Next Phase of Baseline Road Safety Improvements

The City of Boulder has developed conceptual designs for the second phase of the Baseline Road Transportation Safety Project to make travel safer for everyone on Baseline Road from 30th Street to Foothills Parkway. Boulder invites the community’s input to inform the final design at an in-person open house on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, from 4-6 p.m. at the Boulder Public Library Meadows Branch (4800 Baseline Rd, Boulder, CO 80303). A virtual open house option and questionnaire will also be available via the project website from Aug. 19 to Sept. 16.

Community members can participate at the open house to provide input on future improvements and learn about the project, previous community input, completed and future work on Baseline Road, and how earlier improvements to the street will inform the next phase.

This second phase of work will continue work started in the first phase by building comprehensive infrastructure improvements, funded in part by a $3.2 million federal grant. Conceptual designs include completing the tall-curb protected bike lanes installed during first-phase work in 2023, better crossings for people walking and biking, “floating” bus stops to provide safer separation of bikes and buses, protected intersection improvements, improved signal timing, and improved visibility for all, especially at intersections.

The first phase began installing safety improvements at strategic locations before the distribution of federal funds by coordinating work along with scheduled city pavement maintenance from 28th Street to Foothills Parkway and on Mohawk Drive from Baseline Road to Pawnee Drive.

This section of Baseline Road is one of the top ten crash locations in the city for people walking and bicycling and is one of three priority corridors on the Core Arterial Network (CAN). The CAN is Boulder’s connected system of multimodal transportation — taking the bus, driving, biking and walking — improvements along Boulder’s main corridors that will help reduce the potential for severe crashes and make it more comfortable and convenient for people to get where they need to go.

Learn more on the project webpage or the Transportation & Mobility Department monthly newsletter.