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Boulder to implement Transportation Maintenance Fee; staff plans outreach and a project dashboard
Summary
Following Council approval Oct. 23, Boulder staff outlined implementation steps for the new Transportation Maintenance Fee (TMF): rates will be tied to property trip generation, revenue will fund pavement, sidewalks, transit stops and safety assets, and staff will run community engagement (business outreach) and create a TMF dashboard to show spending and project status.
City staff updated the Transportation Advisory Board about the Transportation Maintenance Fee (TMF), which Council approved Oct. 23. Chris Hagelin, principal project manager for Transportation Mobility, said the fee will be charged to residential and nonresidential properties based on each property’s proportional use of the system (person trips) and will fund capital maintenance activities that are currently underfunded or unfunded, with primary focus on pavement and safety asset management.
Haglund said staff intend to use the TMF revenue for a range of activities including pavement repairs, sidewalks and multiuse paths, bridge assets, roadway markings and bus‑stop maintenance. Council directed staff to perform additional engagement focused on the business community; Hagelin said staff will work with the Boulder Chamber and Transportation Connections, pursue one‑on‑one meetings with major institutional stakeholders, and use community connectors to reach underserved populations. He described plans for online materials (a TMF web page and FAQs) and proposed a public TMF dashboard to show revenues, expenditures and the projects supported by the fee so the community can track outcomes.
Staff also noted implementation choices remain — integrating the fee with an existing utility‑billing system or using a new collection mechanism — and said that clarifying land‑use categories, handling exempt institutions, and finalizing the implementation schedule are high priorities. TAB members praised the dashboard idea and urged clear, proactive communication with businesses and institutions to explain why steady maintenance revenue is necessary to avoid costlier deferred repairs.
