After two years of upgrading bike lanes and paths on 30th Street between Aurora and Arapahoe Avenues, the City of Boulder’s transportation department rolled out plans at a Jan. 13-16 design workshop to gather feedback from the citizenry about further improvements between Arapahoe and the Diagonal Highway.
As one of the major north-south corridors — on a typical day, 30th Street sees 20,000 vehicles, 1,109 bus trips and 1,700 pedestrians and cyclists — according to city data. the city is focused on improving both safety and traffic flow. The city’s Vision Zero Action Plan survey found that 55% of people reporting travel safety concerns for 30th Street felt unsafe biking, while 27% felt unsafe walking.
Initial work has been done to identify and address the crash patterns on 30th Street, such as adjusting left-turn signal phasing at high-crash intersections. This 30th Street project will identify additional work to address the risk factors and common crash patterns.
The first phase of community engagement is ending, and the preliminary design phase has begun. At the last design workshop’s public session, the community saw for the first time four changes to three sections of the corridor: Arapahoe to Mapleton, Mapleton to Valmont and Valmont to the Diagonal Highway. Construction is underway, and the city anticipates the safety improvements to open by June 2025 at the latest.
This preliminary design phase from Arapahoe to Diagonal is being paid for by the city and a $6.4 million grant from the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG). The city […]
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