W Babcock - 19th to 15th

It's been awhile since you've heard from us on this project but we're back with an update! Thank you to everyone who shared feedback last fall. Your input has been an important part of how we’re approaching next steps.

Right now, we’re taking a fresh look at the scope of the project. The corridor presents a number of challenges, and we want to make sure the benefits of potential improvements are the best use of available resources.

As we plan for the next five years, we’re carefully considering funding priorities and where they can have the greatest impact. One option under review is scaling back the project—such as not building on the north side in order to preserve existing trees.

We’re also conducting a traffic evaluation to better understand what benefits improvements in this corridor could bring. The results of that study will help guide decisions as part of the upcoming Capital Improvement Plan.

Community feedback has played an important role in getting us to this point, and we welcome continued input as we evaluate the best path forward. Thanks for staying engaged with us!

Here are the results from the survey from October. We are currently working with our consultant to develop revised design plans that reflect the feedback we received through the survey and open house. Take a look at the results and let us know if you have any questions!

The orange bars are the average of the responses received during the open house and from property owners. We received 9 responses.

The gray bars are the average of the responses we received from the online survey posted on Engage. We received 19 responses.

Everything above 3.0 is considered high priority for responders and below is lower priority.

Simple Poll results with 89 responses.

• Standard Section – 44% preferred
• Shared Use Path Alternate – 33% preferred
• Neither – 24%

Thank you to those who attended the W. Babcock Open House last week. If you were unable to attend, there is still opportunity to share your input on the street design by completing the Proposed Improvements Survey online. Please complete the survey by October 31.

The Engineering department will continue to collect feedback from the survey and the Transportation Board over the next month. After we collect and analyze this feedback, we will provide direction to our design consultant to develop revised design plans that reflect the comments received. We anticipate the revised design plans to be completed early in 2025. Once these are complete, we will be hosting an additional round of engagement which will be announced here on Engage Bozeman. Be sure to subscribe to the page to stay informed of all engagement opportunities.

We are asking road users and adjacent residents to share their preferences on the street's lane configuration and bike and pedestrian facilities. Both options will have similar increase in vehicle capacity with safety improvements as well as decreased wait times at the 19th and Babcock intersections. Please take a look at the two design options below and complete the short poll!

Option #1: Standard Typical SectionOption #1 Standard Typical SectionDescription: The Standard Typical Section includes a drive lane in each direction separated by a center turn lane. It has on-street bike lanes on each side of the drive lanes with a standard sidewalk on each side of the street.

Option B: Shared Use Path AlternativeOption #2 Shared Used Path AlternativeDescription: The Shared Use Path Alternative includes a drive lane in each direction separated by a center turn lane. The alternative removes the on-street bike lanes in favor of adding a parking lane on the south side of the street. It has a standard sidewalk on the north side of the street with a shared use path on the south side of the street.