Participation informs transportation planning and tracks progress toward community goals
The City of Boulder is rolling out the next Boulder Valley Resident Travel Study, which has regularly measured changes in resident travel patterns over the past 30 years and informs city planning and policy efforts around transportation, regional partnerships, climate, housing and more. Starting Sept. 21 and continuing into October, a randomly selected, statistically representative group of Boulder Valley residents will receive a travel survey and diary in the mail, with options to respond in English or Spanish.
Participant data is confidential. The city is working with a research firm, POLCO, to conduct the survey independently.
"This is one of our most accurate reports of how people in Boulder are really traveling, and that accuracy matters to understand whether we're on track to meet community goals to be safe, be equitable, be reliable, provide travel choices and support clean air and our climate commitment," said Transportation & Mobility Department Director Blythe Bailey. "We encourage everyone who receives a survey to participate."
The study tracks changes over the years, such as the number of trips, trip type and characteristics, and mode of travel. The city compares results to regional and national benchmarks and interprets data in the Modal Shift Report. This resident-focused data is complemented by an employee travel survey, which the city regularly conducts in the years between the resident surveys to measure travel behavior of employees who live in and outside of the city and commute to Boulder for work. Learn more about Boulder’s vision to create a safe, accessible and sustainable multimodal transportation system on the Transportation Master Plan webpage.