5. Transportation and Mobility

The intent of the proposed annexation terms is to ensure that the needs generated by future development on CU Boulder South do not unduly impact the transportation networks that serve the community, iincluding the CU Boulder South property. Key terms relating to transportation include:  

• Primary accesswill be taken from the existing South Loop Drive, with a new access established to State Highway 93. The university will be responsible for obtaining all necessary permits, design and right-of-way acquisition necessary to establish access to the property.
  
  
  1. Secondary access will be taken from Tantra Drive, though it will be controlled (e.g., gated) and accessible only to emergency vehicles and transit. Electric busses will be prioritized along Tantra Drive.
     
     
• A trip cap program will establish a maximum number of daily automobile trips to and from the property. The total trip count was derived from a traffic impact study submitted by the university and limits trips to 5,550 daily trips for South Loop Drive and 750 daily trips for State Highway 93.
  
  
• Trip cap monitoring and enforcement mechanisms for annual monitoring and reporting, special event allowances, requirements for non-compliance and trip reduction strategies.
  
  
• A maximum parking ratio will be applied to residential and non-residential improvements, as will the city’s bicycle parking standards. Assuming development of 1,100 residential units and 750,000 square feet of non-residential space, there will be approximately 2,350 parking spaces on the property. The parking ratios are (a) one space for each attached dwelling unit and (b) one space for each 600 square foot of non-residential floor area. Development limitation such as a 2:1 ratio of residential to non-residential space (discussed in Development Zone question) and the trip cap will govern ultimate levels of development and, by extension, the maximum number of parking spaces on the site.
  
  
• Transportation Demand Management (TDM) strategies are identified and employed (e.g. shared micro mobility program memberships, a carpool and vanpool subsidy program and parking management.)
  
  
• A multi-modal mobility hub will be constructed by the university with minimum requirements for the hub that are based on the city’s Transportation Master Plan. Multi-modal mobility features are intended to provide seamless transitions between different modes of transportation.
  
  
• Site Access Improvements will be constructed by the university. Improvements under discussion include:  
  1.  a 12-foot wide multi-use path along the western boundary 
  2. South Loop Drive will be constructed as a “complete street” with a detached multi-use path and buffered bicycle lane. 
  3. The reconstruction of the existing Table Mesa Drive / South Loop Drive / US-36 off-ramp intersection.
  4. A new access to State Highway 93
     
     
• Off-site improvements will be constructed by the university in collaboration with city projects. Improvements under discussion include: 
  1. A cost-sharing arrangement for a new multi-use path underpass under Table Mesa Drive connecting the RTD Park-n-Ride lot to Thunderbird Drive.  
  2. Other improvements identified in the university’s traffic impact analysis.