Boulder County Vision Zero Action Plan
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Project Overview
Everyone deserves to arrive alive. Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate all serious injury and fatal traffic crashes.
Recognizing the need for a coordinated approach to roadway safety, Boulder County, the City of Lafayette, and the Town of Superior (the Partners) jointly applied for SS4A grant funding to develop individual Vision Zero Action Plans tailored to each community while maintaining a shared commitment to reducing severe crashes and improving multimodal safety.
Each Vision Zero Action Plan (VZAP) is a detailed analysis of traffic crashes and risk factors in the county and specific recommendations to comprehensively improve transportation safety in the coming years.
Watch the following video to learn about the Boulder County, Lafayette, and Superior Vision Zero Action Plans:
Vision Zero Action Plans
As of August 2025, all three Vision Zero Action Plans have been adopted!
Final Plan Documents
Boulder County Plan – Adopted Aug. 28, 2025:
- Boulder County Vision Zero Action Plan Executive Summary
- Boulder County Vision Zero Action Plan
- Appendix A: Community Outreach Summaries
- Appendix B: Safety Analysis Technical Memorandum
- Appendix C: High Injury Network (HIN) Scoring Memorandum
- Appendix D: High-Priority High Injury Network (HIN) Facts Sheets and Project Recommendations – Group 1
- Appendix E: Systemwide Safety Analysis Memorandum
- Appendix F: Countermeasure Toolkit
- Appendix G: Funding Opportunities Summary
- Video Recording of Adoption Hearing, Aug. 28, 2025
- Staff Presentation of Adoption Hearing, Aug. 28, 2025
Lafayette Vision Zero Action Plan – Adopted July 15, 2025:
Superior Vision Zero Action Plan – Adopted Aug. 11, 2025
Community Engagement
Phase 1 Engagement (Summer 2024): The purpose of this phase was to identify how people travel in the study area and locations where they feel unsafe. Engagement took place through an online survey with an interactive map, at the Superior 4th of July Celebration, Nederland Farmers Market, Lafayette Art Night Out, and the Ride for Magnus Event, and at virtual public meetings.
Phase 2 Engagement (Winter 2025): In this phase, feedback was gathered on draft safety improvements through an online survey and at the Superior Winter Festival, Boulder Winter Bike to Work Day, Nederland TownTalk, and the Lafayette Public Library.
- Phase 2 Boulder County Engagement Summary
- Phase 2 Lafayette Engagement Summary
- Phase 2 Superior Engagement Summary
Phase 3 Engagement (Summer 2025): In this phase, feedback was gathered on the draft plans, which were updated based on input.
- Phase 3 Boulder County Engagement Summary
- Phase 3 Lafayette Engagement Summary
- Phase 3 Superior Engagement Summary
Next Steps
- Lafayette Vision Zero Action Plan adopted by City Council on July 15, 2025.
- Superior Vision Zero Action Plan adopted by Town Council on Aug. 11, 2025.
- Boulder County Vision Zero Action Plan adopted on Aug. 28, 2025
- All 3 agencies will now work to implement their respective plans.
FAQ's
Vision Zero is a transportation strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and serious injuries for people using all modes of transportation while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all. Vision Zero recognizes that humans make mistakes and therefore the transportation system should be designed to minimize the consequences of human error. The concept was first implemented in Sweden in the 1990s and has since then gained momentum worldwide. Learn more about Vision Zero.
Community engagement is a critical component of the project process. The project team conducted the first phase of community outreach in summer 2024 to learn about the Boulder County community’s transportation safety concerns. The second round of community outreach asked for feedback on the draft Vision Zero Action Plan recommendations for each jurisdiction.
You may submit a comment to the project team at any time.
This effort is led by Boulder County, Superior, and Lafayette (the Partners) who joined forces to apply for Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant funding to address regional traffic-related deaths and serious injuries. Each Partner will develop a Vision Zero Action Plan (VZAP) which will be a detailed analysis of traffic crashes and risk factors in the county and specific recommendations to comprehensively improve transportation safety in the coming years.
The project team will also solicit feedback from elected officials during study sessions and host Steering Committee Meetings (including representatives from Boulder County, Superior, Lafayette, Jamestown, Nederland, Ward, emergency/first responders, safety/active transportation advocacy groups, Center for People with Disabilities, CDOT, and more) to gather additional input.
Other jurisdictions in Boulder County are committed to Vision Zero and either have already completed a Vision Zero Action Plan or are working on one.
Additional resources are provided below:
- City of Boulder, Transportation and Mobility:
303-441-3200
City of Boulder Vision Zero webpage - Town of Erie, Public Works, Engineering Division:
303-926-2870
Erie Public Works, Engineering Division webpage - Town of Louisville: Public Works and Engineering Divisions:
303-335-4608
Email: PWorks@LouisvilleCO.gov - City of Longmont Transportation department:
303-651-8416
Longmont Vision Zero webpage - Town of Lyons, Public Works:
303-823-6622
Program Contact
Liv Lewin, PE
Email: visionzero@bouldercounty.gov
Phone: 720-564-2292
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