HomeMy WebLinkAboutResponse To Constituent Letter - Mail Packet - 1/23/2024 - Letter From Mayor Jeni Arndt To Transportation Board Re: Use Of Roundabouts
Mayor
City Hall
300 LaPorte Ave.
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
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January 18, 2024
Transportation Board
c/o Aaron Iverson, staff liaison
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Dear Chair Cari Brown and Board Members:
On behalf of City Council, thank you for providing us with the January 5, 2024 memorandum
wherein you requested City Council consider the use of more roundabouts throughout
intersections in Fort Collins and provide staff with guidance from the LCUASS to do so.
Thank you for the expertise and perspectives that you bring to the Board and sharing them with
City Council.
Best Regards,
Jeni Arndt
Mayor
/sek
cc: City Council Members
Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Transportation Board
Cari Brown, Chair
Ed Peyronnin, Vice Chair
DATE: January 5, 2024
TO: Mayor Arndt and City Councilmembers
FROM: Cari Brown, Transportation Board Chair, on behalf of the Transportation Board
CC: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
RE: Endorsement of Roundabouts in Fort Collins
Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
The Transportation Board is writing to request City Council consider how the City decides when to install
roundabouts. The Transportation Board strongly advocates wider use of roundabouts throughout Fort Collins.
Roundabouts are proven to be safer; help reduce delay, provide more capacity at intersections, improve air quality,
and reduce ongoing maintenance costs as compared to traditional intersections. The Board believes installation of
more roundabouts and making roundabouts the default intersection choice will help the City achieve goals within
the Vision Zero Action Plan, Our Climate Future and City Plan.
Intersection design and decision guidance for staff is primarily found in the Larimer County Urban Area Street
Standards (LCUASS) document, which is approved by Council. LCUASS guides staff on what type of intersection
should be installed (standard with or without signals or a roundabout) depending on criteria like street
classification and traffic volumes. Currently LCUASS guides staff to consider roundabouts as an option. The
Board requests strengthening the language in LCUASS to make roundabouts the first choice when designing
intersections, with other traditional designs as a secondary option depending on engineering constraints and
guidance.
In conclusion, we respectfully urge the City Council to take action and instruct staff to develop updates for
LCUASS that will result in more roundabouts being installed in Fort Collins, in both newly developing areas as
well as when existing intersections are being rebuilt.
Respectfully submitted,
Cari Brown
Cari Brown, Transportation Board Chair