Boulder VotesCity of Boulder · November 3, 2026
Election year: 2026

Same question, every candidate · League of Women Voters forum

What are your feelings about the bus-only lanes and the core arterial network (CAN)? Should Boulder continue prioritizing protected bike lanes?

Asked at the League of Women Voters of Boulder County City Council and Mayoral Candidate Forums, September 26, 2026.

Each page shows one forum question and every candidate we quote on it, in ballot order. There are no scores. We mark yes or no only when the candidate said it outright. A blank means they didn't, so read the quote. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording.

CandidateSaid yes/noIn their words
Lisa Ann Jacobs
So I am for bus lanes being driven by cars.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:36:34 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Taishya AdamsYes
And so I'm a yes to continuing to do the incredible work on the core arterial network and the protected bike lanes.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:37:21 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Aaron BrockettYes
Yes, I absolutely support our bus lanes and our core arterial network.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:38:20 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Jameson Goldstein
That means completing the core arterial network.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:39:38 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

I think it is important we place limitations on e-moto bicycles

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:39:50 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Fred Smith
And it's really mixed bag on bicycles.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:34:50 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Aquiles La Grave
So I'm an absolute supporter of safer alternative transiting options than can.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:35:44 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

We can't continue to make our visitors who are coming in by car feel punished

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 2:36:01 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Lee Gilbert
I call it the Folsom fiasco

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:08:43 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Sam FuquaYes
So I am a supporter of the CAN and the protected bike lanes.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:09:48 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Ryan Schuchard
the combination of your housing and transportation costs being less than 45% of your total income.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:10:17 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Jamillah RichmondYes
I'm a yes on the can.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:11:23 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Benita Duran
I believe in the principles and the guidance and the policies related to CAN.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:00:43 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

I just felt like people's voices were not being heard

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:01:15 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Rachel Rose Isaacson
I live 10 minutes down Broadway to get to my job, and I can't get to work on time with our current public transit system.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:02:07 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Dave Martus
So we need to measure it. It can't be permanent if it's not going right.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:03:07 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Scott Rendleman
The way that it's being implemented or planned to be implemented on IRIS is not what North Boulder wants.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:03:41 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

I am proposing that we have a trial of the North Boulder lanes where we use cones

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:04:10 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Jill Grano
I do support the core arterial network. I want to be careful, though, not to spend dollars outside of grant funding.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:04:46 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Ryan Jamieson
So in general, I do support the can. I would want it to be executed with somebody else's cash

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:05:58 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Lynn Segal
I'm opposed to the can the way it's going because we're developing this place so fast.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:06:22 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Growth is the problem. Area three, not developable, should not be used.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:06:41 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Tina MarquisYes
So first of all, I do support the dedicated bus lanes.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:07:24 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Yes or no refers to the Core Arterial Network / bus-only lanes, marked only when the candidate said it outright. A blank means they didn't say.

If a candidate isn't listed, we didn't quote them on this question. They may have been absent or not called on.