A Safer Baseline for a Thriving Community

La fase 2 ha comenzado. Visite la  página web del Proyecto de transporte y seguridad de Baseline Road  para conocer las oportunidades de participación comunitaria".

Phase 2 has kicked off! Visit the city's  Baseline Road Transportation Safety Project webpage  for community engagement opportunities.

Thank you for joining the Phase 1  Baseline Road Transportation Safety Project  On-Demand Open House! This project will make Baseline Road safer, more comfortable and more connected for all community members, however you choose to travel.

Scroll through the story of where we are, what’s next and how over 400 community responses are helping inform the future of transportation in Boulder.

Your lived experiences help shape our shared streets. Connect with Transportation & Mobility Department staff through a  feedback form , by signing up for  office hours  through early December or by  subscribing to email updates .

To learn the most about the project, scroll from the beginning to the end. To skip to specific sections, use the navigation bar at the top of the webpage. This website is mobile-friendly but best viewed on a computer. If you experience webpage issues, please email  sheeterd@bouldercolorado.gov .

The Baseline Road Transportation Safety Project (28th Street to Foothills Parkway) is a multi-year initiative to improve safety on one of the busiest and critical crash corridors in the city: a home to many key community destinations and services, including affordable housing, grocery stores, shops, health centers, houses of worship, and student housing for the University of Colorado Boulder.

The city is working in phases to start sooner and use funding efficiently. Phase 1 is on track with improvements being designed for construction during scheduled, city-funded pavement resurfacing in 2023. Phase 2 will include bigger design changes after the city receives a federal grant award in 2024.

In spring and summer 2022, staff identified a first phase set of safety and comfort improvements to combine with  pavement resurfacing work  scheduled for Baseline during 2023. This early work also made it clear that more improvements are needed than what can be done with paving alone. To help fund these important safety changes, the city has successfully competed for a federal grant from the  Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) . This funding will provide $3,122,000 for the project on top of the city’s $860,000 in local match.

Phase 1 improvements are on track to begin with scheduled, city-funded pavement resurfacing. Phase 2 planning, design, and construction of multimodal improvements will begin in 2024 when federal funds are received, with construction in 2025.

Each phase of important safety changes has its own schedule:

Since September, we’ve been engaging with the community through a transportation safety fair, walk and bike site visits, CU Boulder-related events and a questionnaire. Community and stakeholder feedback helps staff identify existing issues and develop a fuller understanding of Baseline to better improve it. Your lived experiences help drive safety improvements to Baseline.

Your input, combined with an analysis of existing conditions, helps inform the prioritization and placement of safety improvements in Phase 1 and 2.

The themes we’ve heard from the community highlight how bicycling on Baseline feels uncomfortable. With the help of this feedback, we're focusing Phase 1 on protected bicycle lane changes we can make quickly and efficiently by building on prior and scheduled improvements while we wait for federal funds, including:

The feedback form and office hours have closed. To connect with staff, visit the project webpage.

Staff will return in spring 2023 to share an update on the immediate Phase 1 safety improvements that will be included with street resurfacing in summer 2023.

After Phase 2 work begins in 2024 with the help of federal funds, the city will provide additional community engagement opportunities to weigh in on more substantive changes to the corridor to improve safety, comfort and connectivity for all road users.  

Sign up below to receive project and community engagement updates. For more information, please visit the project homepage.