West 6th Avenue Speed Reduction Striping

The City and County of Broomfield (CCOB) is considering striping West 6th Avenue to include bike lanes and narrow lanes to reduce vehicle speeds. Please read the project overview below and complete the short pulse survey to share your input, questions and/or concerns.

Project Overview

The City and County of Broomfield (CCOB) is considering a traffic mitigation and striping project along West 6th Avenue between Highway US 287 and Daphne Street.

The project seeks to address neighborhood concerns regarding vehicular speeding by implementing striping changes that would visually narrow vehicle lanes and add bike lanes as identified in the 2019 Bicycle and Pedestrian Assessment. Restriping the street is a low-cost form of traffic calming that can help slow speeds. Anticipated construction impact will be minimal and no road closure are expected.

Speed Reduction Interventions

Over the past 20 years, various speed control measures have been attempted on West 6th Avenue, including entry islands, striped parking areas, speed radar signs, and, most recently, flex posts. However, speeding issues still persist, as voiced by concerned neighborhood residents and evidenced in collected traffic data. This striping project implements another speed reduction tool, while also providing a multimodal benefit.

West 6th Avenue: US 287 to Kohl Street

As part of the project evaluation, CCOB completed a parking study indicating that parking within the public right of way is not highly utilized in the section of West 6th Avenue between US 287 and Kohl Street (under 20%).

To accommodate all modes of transportation and address neighborhood speeding concerns, parking on the north side of 6th Avenue between US 287 and Kohl Street is proposed to be removed, and a bike lane will be installed. Parking will remain on the south side of West 6th Avenue in this section, with a new bike lane installed. An image from the cross-section showing the proposed striping is below.

View the full set of striping plans from US 287 to Kohl Street.

West 6th Avenue: Kohl Street to Daphne Street

On West 6th Avenue from Kohl Street to Daphne Street, parking will remain on both sides of the roadway because driveways are distributed equally on both sides of West 6th Avenue, with parking utilization closer to 50%.

With this configuration, a bike lane will be installed uphill in the eastbound direction. Downhill, in the westbound direction, shared roadway markings are planned, indicating the safest place to ride for bicyclists.

View the full striping plans from Kohl Street to Daphne Street.

Public Engagement

To gauge community sentiment and hear comments about the proposed speed reduction striping, complete the pulse survey below by March 1. You can also ask questions at any time under the “Questions” tab below. If the project moves forward into construction, this page will be updated and residents will be notified by direct mail.