Neighborhood Speed Management Program

In 2020, staff installed NSMP projects at the following locations:

• Boulder Meadows (Avocado Road and Persimmon Drive Speed Humps)
• Evergreen Avenue (Speed Humps)
• Ithaca Drive (Speed Humps)
• Pawnee Drive (Speed Humps)
• South 40th Street (Speed Humps)
• South 44th Street (Speed Humps)
• Upland Avenue (Chicane Experiment)

​Staff is completing final design on the 26th Street and 55th Street NSMP Projects and will install these projects in 2021. 

26th Street Recommended Design

Please review the:

• Recommended Design for the 26th Street NSMP Project (Kalmia Avenue to Norwood Avenue)    and the
• Recommended Design for the 26th Street NSMP Project (Norwood Avenue to Jay Road)   .

Submit an online comment here regarding the design of either or both sections.

 

55th Street Recommended Design

Please review the Recommended Design for the 55th Street NSMP Project .

 

Submit an online comment here regarding the design.

Review Information from the Three Neighborhood Meetings

The first two of three neighborhood meetings for both projects included information on the NSMP, planning process and timeline, and the existing conditions. 

• 26th Street NSMP Project Neighborhood Meeting 1 (held May 15): Review the Existing Conditions Map for 26th Street between Kalmia Avenue and Norwood Avenue  and the Existing Conditions Map for 26th Street between Norwood Avenue and Jay Road.
• 26th Street NSMP Project Neighborhood Meeting 2 (held July 17):   Review the:
  • Alternative 1: and speed cushions between Norwood Avenue and Jay Road ,
  • Alternative 2: Medians between Kalmia Avenue and Norwood Avenue and medians between Norwood Avenue and Jay Road .
  • View a matrix of considerations for the two alternatives.
• 26th Street Neighborhood Meeting #3 (held Sept. 19):  Review the recommended design and comment above. View the  meeting materials here.
   

• 55th Street NSMP Project Neighborhood Meeting 1 (held May 16):  Review the Existing Conditions Map.
• 55th Street NSMP Project Neighborhood Meeting 2 (held Jul. 11):  Review the:  
  •   speed cushions  alternative
  • and chicanes  alternative .
  • View a matrix of considerations for the two alternatives.
• 55th Street Neighborhood Meeting #3 (held Sept. 18):  Review the recommended design and comment above. View the meeting materials here.

City staff accepts NSMP applications year-round and evaluates them on an annual basis.  The next deadline for application evaluation will be in Summer 2021.  Please use the links on the upper right-hand corner of the page to access the online application and neighborhood petition.

Here are a few key pointers:

• Only residential and collector streets are eligible for participation in the program.  Eligible streets are in gray and blue on the NSMP Webmap.

• All applications requesting engineering treatments (such as speed humps and traffic circles) must include a neighborhood petition with signatures from 20 neighbors or 30 percent of households on the same block, whichever is less.

• Staff will review and rank applications requesting engineering treatments based on the criteria laid out in the NSMP final guidelines . All applicants will be notified of the ranking. Staff will then present a list of prioritized projects to the Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) for review.

• Projects with engineering treatments will be categorized as "simple" or "complex."

  • Simple projects are those that are expected to have a localized impact on reducing speeds, address speeding issues on a short segment of a non-critical emergency response route and have little effect on traffic diversion. They are also anticipated to cost less than or around $15,000. Simple projects will be implemented by staff after a recommendation by the Transportation Advisory Board.

  • Complex projects may include impacts to neighboring streets or other travel modes, be located on a designated critical emergency response route and cost more than $15,000. Complex projects must receive a recommendation to proceed from the Transportation Advisory Board and must also be approved by City Council.

• All applicants are eligible to receive educational materials and enforcement in their neighborhood.

You can read the program guidelines and review public feedback  about the guidelines from the June TAB meeting. You can also view higher resolution versions of the Critical Emergency Response Routes  (Attachment A) and City of Boulder Street Classifications map (Attachment B).

You can also sign up for NSMP Email Alerts.

• If you submitted an application by Nov. 24, 2017, and staff categorized your project as a complex project, your application is currently on the NSMP Complex Project list . Please verify your application petition signatures with this form.

• If you submitted an application between May 31, 2019 and February 28, 2021 staff is currently evaluating your application. Applications that qualify for engineering will be prioritized by TAB at the May 10, 2021 meeting.

• Applications submitted after February 28, 2021,  will be evaluated beginning in Summer 2021.