City of Boulder · department · T&M

Transportation & Mobility

“The Transportation & Mobility Department oversees multimodal transportation planning and operations, transportation capital projects, traffic engineering, transportation maintenance and the Boulder Municipal Airport.” source source as of 2026-10-30

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Who runs it

AI-read · unreviewed read by a model from the city's pages, the Charter, the code and the budget books; every quote checked against its saved source; not reviewed by a person. Hover a source for its words.

Researcher's note: Researched 2026-10-30. BRC Chapter 2-2 is cited from Municode node TIT2GOOR_CH2GEAD (the node TIT2GOOR_CH2AD returned HTTP 403). The Patch article (Apr 7, 2020) is a news report, not a city source; it is used only for the 2020 split of Public Works.

Head

Blythe Bailey, Director of Transportation and Mobility as of 2026-10-30 source source source

Answers to

City Manager. An administrative department under the City Manager. The Charter has the city manager appoint, and remove at pleasure, every department director; the director is responsible to the city manager. Head appointed by City Manager. source source source as of 2026-10-30

Legal basis

Charter Sec. 67(a) · governs · Department of public works source source
Charter Sec. 65 · authorizes · Administrative departments source
Charter Sec. 66 · governs · Directors of departments source
BRC 2-2-11 · governs · Traffic Engineering source source source
BRC 2-2-3(a)(3) · governs · Administrative departments (department of public works and utilities) source

Contact

303-441-3200 · transportation@bouldercolorado.gov · contact page source as of 2026-10-30

Boards and commissions it staffs

Community Working Group · convened it, as part of the Airport Community Conversation the department ran source
Transportation Advisory Board · staff liaison (the department director) source source source

Budget

from the city's approved budget books; each figure printed, to the dollar, in its source (hover a source for its words). A year may come from a different book or table than the next: the table says what each covers

Year	Basis	Amount	What it covers
2024	approved	$57,701,868	all funds: department 2024 Budget total on the department's summary page, 2024 Approved Budget source
2025	approved	$67,916,468	all funds: department 2025 Budget total on the department's summary page, 2025 Approved Budget source
2026	approved	$57,230,684	all funds: department expenses total, FY2026 Budget column of the 'Department Budget by Program and Expense Type (FY2024-2026)' table, 2026 Annual Budget (includes the Airport and the Capital Improvement Program) source source

Divisions

in the city's own words; heads only where an official source names them

Transportation & Mobility Administration
“Transportation & Mobility Administration is responsible for managing divisions and providing budgetary and administrative support and assistance to the overall department, including CIP Management.” source
CIP Management
“CIP Management is responsible for the management of capital projects from design to construction.” source
Business Services Division
“the Business Services Division (BSD), which is shared with the Utilities Department, and provides administrative, customer and financial services; non-CIP project management; GIS and asset management services; volunteer program management ; and system administration to the delivery of essential services.” source
Boulder Municipal Airport · Eric Vences, Airport Manager source
“Boulder Municipal Airport is a general aviation airport, providing business, private and recreational aviation services to the City of Boulder and surrounding communities.” source source source page
Transportation Maintenance
“Transportation Maintenance includes maintenance, operations and repairs to city streets, bike paths, medians, and underpasses, and contracted maintenance for state highways.” source page
Transportation Operations
“Transportation Operations carries out the legally required Boulder Revised Code duties of the City Traffic Engineer, as stated in BRC 2-2-11” source
Transportation Planning
“Transportation & Mobility Planning includes the planning, programming, and policy work of the department by encouraging Boulder to design and use the multimodal system, including transit and the operation of the transportation demand management system.” source
Transit Planning and Operations
“The city's transit program oversees and manages service agreements and funding requirements for the provision of enhanced transit services in the community.” source

What a resident can do here

services and programs, linked to the city's pages

Bus “The City of Boulder collaborates with both RTD and Via to plan and fund Boulder's local bus service.” source
Snow and Ice Response “425 miles of city streets and over 70 miles of multi-use paths are regularly cleared by the city and its partners when it snows.” source
Pedestrian Crossings (Crosswalks) “Crosswalks and other types of pedestrian infrastructure make travel around Boulder safer for everyone.” source source
Pavement Management Program “The Pavement Management Program (PMP) inspects and rates all 300 miles of the city's streets on a three-year interval to understand existing conditions and guide when and where to repair the pavement.” source
Shared E-Scooters and E-Bikes “Shared e-scooters and e-bikes — also known as micromobility — provide a fun and convenient way to get around Boulder without a car, quickly connect people to bus stops, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” source
Streetlights “The City of Boulder owns and operates about 5,100 streetlights.” source
Safe Streets Report “The Safe Streets Report provides an overview of the City of Boulder's efforts to continuously improve transportation safety.” source
Transportation Maintenance source
Transportation Safety – Vision Zero source
Airport Hangar and Tie-Down Leasing source
Submit an Aircraft Noise Comment source
Submit a request on Inquire Boulder “Report an issue” source