The City of Boulder's transportation staff regularly collects data to monitor the effectiveness of its efforts to provide the community with a variety of safe and efficient transportation options.

Vision Zero

Vision Zero is the Boulder community's goal to reduce the number of traffic-related severe crashes (fatalities and serious injuries) to zero. The program uses a data-driven approach to increasing the safety of Boulder's streets.

The Safe Streets Report measures traffic crash data in the City of Boulder. It identifies trends in crashes, evaluates past safety improvement efforts, and provides an overview of the city's efforts to continuously improve transportation safety.

Transportation Report on Progress

The report measures the City of Boulder’s progress toward achieving the goals of the Transportation Master Plan. It is updated every two years and serves as an overview of where the city has made progress and where there are areas for improvement.

HOP Bus

The HOP bus is a community transit service through the heart of Boulder

Drive Time Studies

Drive time studies have been on pause since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A drive time study measures the time it takes to get across the City of Boulder during peak traffic hours, which are 7:30 a.m., noon and 5 p.m. The purpose of these studies is to determine how congestion on Boulder's major arterial streets is changing over time.

Modal Shift Report/Travel Diary Survey

The Modal Shift Report documents the results of the bi- or tri-annual travel diary survey administered by the Audit and Evaluation Division of the city. This survey has been conducted since 1990 and asks representatives from more than a thousand households in the Boulder Valley to track all their trips greater than two blocks in length for a 24-hour period.

This report tracks changes in the number of trips, trip type and characteristics, and mode of travel used over the years for Boulder Valley residents. Trip characteristics are also compared to regional and national data and are reported by standard demographic characteristics such as age, sex, student, owner/renter, type of housing unit, income, and car, bike and EcoPass availability.

Boulder Valley Employee Survey

The Boulder Valley Employee Survey (BVES) is a biennial survey of employees who work within the Boulder Valley. The BVES was designed to understand an important dimension of travel behavior within Boulder, that of employees who work in Boulder, but who may not necessarily live here.

The first survey of Boulder Valley employees’ transportation habits was conducted in the summer of 1991. This report tracks changes in the number of trips, trip type and characteristics, and mode of travel used over the years for Boulder Valley employees. Trip characteristics are also compared to regional and national data and are reported by standard demographic characteristics such as age, sex, owner/renter, income, distance from work, city of residence, job requirements, and car, bike and Eco Pass availability.