Thread by @shayshinecastle

Last item of the night: An update on the CAN transportation project (Core Arterial Network)

documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocVie…

This is a plan to focus transportation improvements along certain arterial streets, where the most serious crashes happen.

Arterial streets: 17% of city streets, 67% of severe car crashes (44% on the 13 CAN corridors)

Arterials = Main thoroughfares, the main purpose of which is to move people through from one place to another

71% of jobs and 63% of residents are within one half-mile of the CAN

89% of residents in group settings (dorms, assisted living facilities, etc) are within a half-mile of a CAN street (which shows you who we put next to busy streets and who we allow to live in quiet neighborhoods...)

Arterials are our busiest streets, with the highest speeds (generally)

The point of the CAN work is to improve bus, bike and ped facilities along these streets, so they are safer.

Also important when you look at who lives there, in terms of equity.

Because these ARE some of Boulder's busiest and biggest streets, they've obviously been tapped for projects before this. But CAN was really a shift to these 13 arterials almost exclusively. boulderbeat.news/2022/03/12/spe….

That is still one of my favorite headlines of all time.

The city repurposed some funding and focus by:
- Update to Transportation Master Plan
- Neighborhood GreenStreets
- Neighborhood Speed Management
Also: Some Vision Zero projects within those two neighborhood programs

7 of the 13 CAN corridors already have funding for design or construction

Those aforementioned shifted projects freed up $1.2M for CAN work

3 of 13 CAN corridors (Baseline Road, Colorado Avenue, and Folsom Street) have street segments that are identified in the city’s Pavement Management Program (PMP) for future roadway pavement resurfacing.

"This offers an opportunity to design and implement safety and connectivity improvements along these three street segments in tandem with pavement resurfacing, a best practice for maximizing implementation and resource efficiency."

Ongoing/active work on CAN streets:
- 28th Street (Canyon to Iris)
- 30th Street (Ped/bike underpass at Colorado, protected bike lane Arapahoe to Colorado)
- Colorado Ave (Colorado and 28th intersection improvements)
- E Arap (multi-use path + transit stops, Foothills-Cherryvale)

- Baseline (ped signal at Canyon Creek Road, signal upgrades at Mohawk)
- 13th Street (15th/Iris enhanced crossing)
- Gunbarrel Connection (Valmont Road multi-use path, 61st to S Boulder Creek Path)

Future projects
- 30th St (multimodal improvements from Arapahoe to Iris and Colorado to Baseline
- Broadway (Transit Improvement) from Baseline Road to Table Mesa Drive
- Valmont Road (Bikeway Improvement) from Folsom Street to 28th Street
- Downtown Study

Not started yet, but soon are projects on Iris, Folsom and Baseline

On Baseline, for instance, resurfacing and bike lane protections will start this year. Future improvements (bus, bike, ped) will be 2023-2025

Benjamin: "We truly want you to be bold. We got your backs; we will take accountability and not pull the rug out."

That's it for this one. A pretty quick update.

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