The City of Boulder is proposing major changes to the northern stretch of 30th Street to make the corridor safer for people who walk, bike or get around by means other than a vehicle.
The recommendation, released earlier this week, calls for protected bike lanes that would be separated from traffic with concrete barriers from approximately Canyon Boulevard to the Diagonal Highway. Currently, bike lanes on 30th Street are painted.
The plan would also reduce the number of vehicle lanes from four to three in sections along 30th Street, mostly north of Pearl Street. The southern stretch would keep four vehicle lanes, in part to avoid delaying drivers’ travel times and to maintain access for emergency vehicles, according to city officials…