Boulder Invites Community to Public Open House for a Safer Folsom Street

The City of Boulder invites the community to the Folsom Street Safety Improvements Project Open House to provide input toward travel safety improvements on Folsom Street between Pine Street and Colorado Avenue. Community members can join in person on Wednesday, Feb. 12 from 4-6 p.m. at the Penfield Tate II Municipal Building, 1777 Broadway, Boulder, 80302 or online through a virtual open house option open from Jan. 29 through Feb. 19.

Folsom Street has a history of crashes, particularly involving people driving, with vulnerable road users — people walking, biking and rolling — disproportionately impacted by severe crashes. Folsom Street is also on the city’s High Risk Network where future severe crashes are most likely to occur. Participants at either open house can learn more about the corridor, view input collected so far, and comment on potential street safety improvement options and draft evaluation criteria. These options are informed by work that began in late 2024 to analyze technical data and collect feedback about community concerns, needs and ideas for the future of this important street.

Boulder is a Vision Zero city with the goal of ending serious injury and fatal crashes and reducing all other crashes. A Safe Streets Report found that 67% of serious or fatal crashes occur on arterial streets despite them making up only 17% of Boulder’s total street network. Based on these findings, the city is pursuing the Core Arterial Network (CAN) initiative, a years-long comprehensive roadway redesign effort toward safer, more connected and more comfortable travel on 13 arterial streets. This part of Folsom Street is a priority segment of the CAN.

Folsom Street is an important north-south corridor in central Boulder that connects homes, office spaces, restaurants, shops, grocery stores, parks and CU Boulder Main Campus to the city’s multimodal transportation network for walking, biking, driving and taking local and regional transit. View event details, a project timeline and FAQs on the project webpage and stay connected by signing up for the project email list.