Public Input Needed
The City of Colorado Springs is seeking public input on the strengths and weakness of its transportation system as part of ConnectCOS, a city-wide visionary transportation study to help meet the evolving needs of this growing community.
If you walk, bicycle, take transit, or drive a vehicle in Colorado Springs we want to hear your input about local transportation opportunities and challenges. Please submit comments by using the following tools by September 11th:
- A digital survey to gain insight into existing travel habits and preferences:
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- An online map tool that allows users to pinpoint specific areas that are easy or challenging to drive, walk, bike or take transit:
About the Project
Colorado Springs is launching a citywide visionary transportation study, ConnectCOS to help create a transportation plan that reflects the evolving needs of our community
The city has changed a lot since the last update to our major transportation plan (the Intermodal Transportation Plan) almost 20 years ago. Now is the time to review our current transportation system and develop a plan to ensure an efficient, accessible, safe, and well-connected network for people who drive, walk, bike and take public transit.
PlanCOS, the City’s comprehensive plan that was adopted by City Council in 2019, outlined big ideas to shape the future of our city. ConnectCOS will lay out the next 20 years of transportation planning, infrastructure, and improvements in Colorado Springs, bringing to life the goals, ideas and community values established in PlanCOS.
ConnectCOS is a year-long study that will involve a significant technical analysis, and robust community engagement effort, to identify and prioritize short and long-term transportation projects to ensure that people who live, work and play in Colorado Springs have an opportunity to participate in the study.
Draft Project Goals
There are six major goal areas that build on the full range of opportunities identified in ConnectCOS:
- Efficient
- Sustainable
- Reliable
- Accessible
- Connected
- Safe
Over the next several months the project team will continue to refine the goals of ConnectCOS to meet the needs of the community. Please check back soon to take our transportation survey that will help inform the final goals.
Project Schedule
The opportunity to provide feedback on this project will align with the three major technical milestones of ConnectCOS. These include:
- Early to Late 2020: In-depth Technical Analysis
- In this phase, the project team will collect data and analyze the existing transportation system of Colorado Springs. This will include a forecast of future conditions, a summary of the “State of the System” and other considerations to build on PlanCOS goals.
- Late 2020 to Mid 2021: Draft Scenarios and Priorities
- Using the data collected and input gathered from the community, the ConnectCOS team will identify areas of need and potential strategies to address them. Screening of the draft scenarios will take into account effectiveness, support for PlanCOS goals and input from the community to begin to develop and prioritize recommendations.
- Late 2021: Draft Plan
- Taking into consideration public input and stakeholder engagement, results of the technical analysis, initial design considerations, and identified priorities the draft plan will be vetted with the broader public before going to City Council for final review.
Get Involved
The City of Colorado Springs is seeking public input on the strengths and weakness of its transportation system as part of ConnectCOS, a city-wide visionary transportation study to help meet the evolving needs of this growing community.
If you walk, bicycle, take transit, or drive a vehicle in Colorado Springs we want to hear your input about local transportation opportunities and challenges. Please submit comments by using the following tools by September 11th:
- A digital survey to gain insight into existing travel habits and preferences: