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

Issues · Transportation

Transportation · 2026

2026 · Transportation. This issue in: 2026 2023

People on the 2026 ballot who answered this cycle’s question. Answers from earlier years stay on those years' pages.

Do you support continuing to prioritize alternatives to driving, or do you think the city should shift more investment back towards roads and automobile capacity?

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2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Ryan Schuchard

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

these deadly crashes are not generally accidents. They're designed.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:21:28 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Tara Winer

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

In fact, I want to make this the e-bike capital of the world.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:22:18 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

Tina Marquis

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

So I absolutely do want to invest in other ways of transportation.

Speaker identified from speaking order; the moderator did not name them.

Transcript note: Third respondent; moderator named Tina immediately after (unpaid-parking remark).

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:23:57 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

16 on this ballot are not in the source for this question. Silence is not a no.

Core Arterial Network / Iris Avenue transportation question (wording partly garbled in transcript)

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City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Aaron Brockett

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

Absolutely, I support them. I've supported since Matt Benjamin and Rachel Friend brought it forward

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 51:45 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

Ryan Jamieson

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

it reduces the kinetic energy in the system which calms things down and makes it safer for people trying to turn left,

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 46:20 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

17 on this ballot are not in the source for this question. Silence is not a no.

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

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September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

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Taishya Adams

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

Yes on the Core Arterial Network / bus-only lanes, in their words below.

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 Brockett

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

Yes on the Core Arterial Network / bus-only lanes, in their words below.

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)

Sam Fuqua

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

Yes on the Core Arterial Network / bus-only lanes, in their words below.

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)

Jamillah Richmond

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

Yes on the Core Arterial Network / bus-only lanes, in their words below.

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)

Tina Marquis

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

Yes on the Core Arterial Network / bus-only lanes, in their words below.

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)

Lisa Ann Jacobs

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

No yes/no label: Wording is ambiguous in the transcript; not labelled.

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)

Jameson Goldstein

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

No yes/no label: Implicit; no explicit yes/no in this quote.

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)

Jameson Goldstein

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

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

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

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

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

No yes/no label: Transcript wording is garbled ('... options than can'); not labelled.

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)

Aquiles La Grave

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

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

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

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)

Ryan Schuchard

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

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)

Benita Duran

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

No yes/no label: Endorses the principles of the CAN; no explicit yes/no on the lanes.

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)

Benita Duran

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

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

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

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

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

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

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

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)

Scott Rendleman

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

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

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

No yes/no label: Says 'I do support' and adds a funding condition (grant dollars only). Not labelled because caveated.

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

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

No yes/no label: Supports 'in general' with a funding condition. Not labelled because caveated.

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

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

No yes/no label: Opposed 'the way it's going'; conditional, not labelled.

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)

Lynn Segal

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

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)

1 on this ballot are not in the source for this question. Silence is not a no.