Ryan Schuchard
@ryanwithboulder.bsky.social
Climate solutions, safe streets, transpo + housing options, urbanism for efficient access, electrified. 🌎🚲🚌🏘️⚡️Dad of 2 mighty girls. 💥💥 City Councilmember for Boulder, CO. He/him. Newsletter & office hours: http://www.ryanwithboulder.com
I am so sorry to hear this terrible news. My deep condolences to Faith’s family, loved ones, the Broomfield community, and Colorado.
It is unspeakably tragic.
Rest in peace to Faith Winter, killed by a transportation system she was trying to making safe for others.
coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
It is unspeakably tragic.
Rest in peace to Faith Winter, killed by a transportation system she was trying to making safe for others.
coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
Colorado state senator killed in multi-vehicle crash south of Denver
Faith Winter, a Broomfield Democrat, was a fierce advocate for transit. She was entering her 12th and final year as a state lawmaker.
coloradosun.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I am so sorry to hear this terrible news. My deep condolences to Faith’s family, loved ones, the Broomfield community, and Colorado.
It is unspeakably tragic.
Rest in peace to Faith Winter, killed by a transportation system she was trying to making safe for others.
coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
It is unspeakably tragic.
Rest in peace to Faith Winter, killed by a transportation system she was trying to making safe for others.
coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...
On this Election Day, remember:
Opposition to public #transit is motivated by industries and investors who win when we’re dependent on cars.
The reason is simple: Reducing vehicle miles (#VMT) reduces statistical car sales and associated revenues.
jilladlergrano.substack.com/p/big-money-...
Opposition to public #transit is motivated by industries and investors who win when we’re dependent on cars.
The reason is simple: Reducing vehicle miles (#VMT) reduces statistical car sales and associated revenues.
jilladlergrano.substack.com/p/big-money-...
Big Money and the Fight Against Transit
Look Familiar?
jilladlergrano.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
On this Election Day, remember:
Opposition to public #transit is motivated by industries and investors who win when we’re dependent on cars.
The reason is simple: Reducing vehicle miles (#VMT) reduces statistical car sales and associated revenues.
jilladlergrano.substack.com/p/big-money-...
Opposition to public #transit is motivated by industries and investors who win when we’re dependent on cars.
The reason is simple: Reducing vehicle miles (#VMT) reduces statistical car sales and associated revenues.
jilladlergrano.substack.com/p/big-money-...
Your annual reminder that US streets and vehicles are generally not designed to keep pedestrians, especially small ones, safe.
So wonderful Halloween is the most likely day you’ll kill a child with your car, and someone will kill a child you care about with theirs.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
So wonderful Halloween is the most likely day you’ll kill a child with your car, and someone will kill a child you care about with theirs.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
October 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Your annual reminder that US streets and vehicles are generally not designed to keep pedestrians, especially small ones, safe.
So wonderful Halloween is the most likely day you’ll kill a child with your car, and someone will kill a child you care about with theirs.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
So wonderful Halloween is the most likely day you’ll kill a child with your car, and someone will kill a child you care about with theirs.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Boulder and Nederland area folks:
This Saturday, November 1, attend Nederland’s block party for revival and recovery!
This Saturday, November 1, attend Nederland’s block party for revival and recovery!
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Boulder and Nederland area folks:
This Saturday, November 1, attend Nederland’s block party for revival and recovery!
This Saturday, November 1, attend Nederland’s block party for revival and recovery!
Coming soon: 35 blocks of dedicated new bus lanes on one of #Boulder’s key intercity corridors—Arapahoe (also CO7) from 28th to 63rd!
bouldercolorado.gov/news/east-ar...
bouldercolorado.gov/news/east-ar...
East Arapahoe (CO 7) Bus and Turn Lane Signing and Striping Begins Oct. 23 | City of Boulder
bouldercolorado.gov
October 24, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Coming soon: 35 blocks of dedicated new bus lanes on one of #Boulder’s key intercity corridors—Arapahoe (also CO7) from 28th to 63rd!
bouldercolorado.gov/news/east-ar...
bouldercolorado.gov/news/east-ar...
My latest #Boulder, CO city council update is out.
Lots going on, including automated traffic enforcement coming to more intersections this fall.
(It’s still free to drive the speed limit and obey red lights. 😀)
www.ryanwithboulder.com/campaigns/vi...
Lots going on, including automated traffic enforcement coming to more intersections this fall.
(It’s still free to drive the speed limit and obey red lights. 😀)
www.ryanwithboulder.com/campaigns/vi...
Ryan’s Review, a Boulder City Council Update: October 2025
An update from Ryan Schuchard on Boulder City Council
www.ryanwithboulder.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
My latest #Boulder, CO city council update is out.
Lots going on, including automated traffic enforcement coming to more intersections this fall.
(It’s still free to drive the speed limit and obey red lights. 😀)
www.ryanwithboulder.com/campaigns/vi...
Lots going on, including automated traffic enforcement coming to more intersections this fall.
(It’s still free to drive the speed limit and obey red lights. 😀)
www.ryanwithboulder.com/campaigns/vi...
In the 2025 #Boulder city council election, should voters focus on crime?
Maybe, and crime is a crucial issue.
But the data might surprise you.
Here’s Jill Grano on the numbers, and what’s been going on under this council and the previous one’s watch.
jilladlergrano.substack.com/p/crime-in-b...
Maybe, and crime is a crucial issue.
But the data might surprise you.
Here’s Jill Grano on the numbers, and what’s been going on under this council and the previous one’s watch.
jilladlergrano.substack.com/p/crime-in-b...
Crime in Boulder
The Real Story and What’s Already Being Done
jilladlergrano.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
In the 2025 #Boulder city council election, should voters focus on crime?
Maybe, and crime is a crucial issue.
But the data might surprise you.
Here’s Jill Grano on the numbers, and what’s been going on under this council and the previous one’s watch.
jilladlergrano.substack.com/p/crime-in-b...
Maybe, and crime is a crucial issue.
But the data might surprise you.
Here’s Jill Grano on the numbers, and what’s been going on under this council and the previous one’s watch.
jilladlergrano.substack.com/p/crime-in-b...
Nobody wants to pay more fees. But we also pay for substandard pavement conditions and deferred maintenance that costs more in the long run.
Well done to the City of #Boulder staff team to pass a transportation maintenance fee that will...
boulderreportinglab.org/2025/10/09/b...
Well done to the City of #Boulder staff team to pass a transportation maintenance fee that will...
boulderreportinglab.org/2025/10/09/b...
Boulder City Council approves $521M 2026 budget with new fees and cuts
City’s $521 million spending plan trims vacant positions, introduces new housing and transportation fees to close a $7.5 million budget gap.
boulderreportinglab.org
October 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Nobody wants to pay more fees. But we also pay for substandard pavement conditions and deferred maintenance that costs more in the long run.
Well done to the City of #Boulder staff team to pass a transportation maintenance fee that will...
boulderreportinglab.org/2025/10/09/b...
Well done to the City of #Boulder staff team to pass a transportation maintenance fee that will...
boulderreportinglab.org/2025/10/09/b...
News of the fire that has taken out Nederland's shopping center, and the beloved Wild Bear Nature Center, is devastating.
Thank you to first responders for containing it quickly and avoiding any loss of human life.
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
Thank you to first responders for containing it quickly and avoiding any loss of human life.
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
Fire destroys shopping center in Nederland, investigation set to begin Saturday at earliest
A fire destroyed the Caribou Village Shopping Center in Nederland early Thursday morning.
www.cbsnews.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
News of the fire that has taken out Nederland's shopping center, and the beloved Wild Bear Nature Center, is devastating.
Thank you to first responders for containing it quickly and avoiding any loss of human life.
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
Thank you to first responders for containing it quickly and avoiding any loss of human life.
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
“In this moment of political, economic and climate turmoil, the #Boulder City Council has managed to keep our city heading in the right direction.”
That’s Daily Camera—endorsing all 4 incumbents for reelection out of 11. That’s:
Speer
Folkerts
Benjamin
Wallach
www.dailycamera.com/2025/10/05/c...
That’s Daily Camera—endorsing all 4 incumbents for reelection out of 11. That’s:
Speer
Folkerts
Benjamin
Wallach
www.dailycamera.com/2025/10/05/c...
City Council incumbents have Boulder on the right track (Editorial)
The Boulder City Council has shown itself to have the character and resolve necessary to lead these trying times. That is why, despite a strong field of candidates, the Daily Camera Editorial Board…
www.dailycamera.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
“In this moment of political, economic and climate turmoil, the #Boulder City Council has managed to keep our city heading in the right direction.”
That’s Daily Camera—endorsing all 4 incumbents for reelection out of 11. That’s:
Speer
Folkerts
Benjamin
Wallach
www.dailycamera.com/2025/10/05/c...
That’s Daily Camera—endorsing all 4 incumbents for reelection out of 11. That’s:
Speer
Folkerts
Benjamin
Wallach
www.dailycamera.com/2025/10/05/c...
God bless Portland.
Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.
October 2, 2025 at 2:42 AM
God bless Portland.
I’m grateful for the partnership btw #Boulder, @colorado.gov, and state+local leaders which is on the verge of bringing 2 new passenger train services to life:
* Commuter rail from Boulder Junction to Denver by 2029
* Boardings to Winter Park 20ish miles south of Boulder even sooner
* Commuter rail from Boulder Junction to Denver by 2029
* Boardings to Winter Park 20ish miles south of Boulder even sooner
September 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I’m grateful for the partnership btw #Boulder, @colorado.gov, and state+local leaders which is on the verge of bringing 2 new passenger train services to life:
* Commuter rail from Boulder Junction to Denver by 2029
* Boardings to Winter Park 20ish miles south of Boulder even sooner
* Commuter rail from Boulder Junction to Denver by 2029
* Boardings to Winter Park 20ish miles south of Boulder even sooner
The Millennium Harvest House Hotel in #Boulder has given way to central, no-car-needed housing for 1000ish CU students now being built. 🤩
TiL the old building lives on:
Thousands of truckloads are being reconstituted into 9+ miles of the new game-changing CO 119 bike path to Longmont. 😍
TiL the old building lives on:
Thousands of truckloads are being reconstituted into 9+ miles of the new game-changing CO 119 bike path to Longmont. 😍
September 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The Millennium Harvest House Hotel in #Boulder has given way to central, no-car-needed housing for 1000ish CU students now being built. 🤩
TiL the old building lives on:
Thousands of truckloads are being reconstituted into 9+ miles of the new game-changing CO 119 bike path to Longmont. 😍
TiL the old building lives on:
Thousands of truckloads are being reconstituted into 9+ miles of the new game-changing CO 119 bike path to Longmont. 😍
Reposted by Ryan Schuchard
Watching a panel on "urbanism as climate action." This is a huge, burgeoning field/idea/movement, but the desiccated boomer counsels who decide where climate funding goes are *clueless* about it and so it has to seek funding elsewhere.
September 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Watching a panel on "urbanism as climate action." This is a huge, burgeoning field/idea/movement, but the desiccated boomer counsels who decide where climate funding goes are *clueless* about it and so it has to seek funding elsewhere.
City of #Boulder has concluded its mega #parking reform.
Parking minimums are now gone. So all those patches of 200 square feet that home-builders have been required to install at a cost of $30,000+ per space can now be used for other things like vegetable gardens, bike parking, and housing.
Parking minimums are now gone. So all those patches of 200 square feet that home-builders have been required to install at a cost of $30,000+ per space can now be used for other things like vegetable gardens, bike parking, and housing.
September 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
One of greatest gifts of being an elected official:
The chance to sit with ppl who didn’t vote for me & ask me to consider a reasoned alternative to my thinking—then talk.
It always makes me stronger.
There’s no room in the US for political violence.
The way to a better future is better ideas.
The chance to sit with ppl who didn’t vote for me & ask me to consider a reasoned alternative to my thinking—then talk.
It always makes me stronger.
There’s no room in the US for political violence.
The way to a better future is better ideas.
September 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
One of greatest gifts of being an elected official:
The chance to sit with ppl who didn’t vote for me & ask me to consider a reasoned alternative to my thinking—then talk.
It always makes me stronger.
There’s no room in the US for political violence.
The way to a better future is better ideas.
The chance to sit with ppl who didn’t vote for me & ask me to consider a reasoned alternative to my thinking—then talk.
It always makes me stronger.
There’s no room in the US for political violence.
The way to a better future is better ideas.
Sometimes people fight “growth” while lamenting how long the list is to get senior housing.
Other times they seek you out at an event to say thanks for being persistent about improving transportation options and present with their gratitude a disco ball.
I will be donating to council chambers.
Other times they seek you out at an event to say thanks for being persistent about improving transportation options and present with their gratitude a disco ball.
I will be donating to council chambers.
September 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Sometimes people fight “growth” while lamenting how long the list is to get senior housing.
Other times they seek you out at an event to say thanks for being persistent about improving transportation options and present with their gratitude a disco ball.
I will be donating to council chambers.
Other times they seek you out at an event to say thanks for being persistent about improving transportation options and present with their gratitude a disco ball.
I will be donating to council chambers.
Great news: #Boulder Junction’s getting a burst of new transit service.
Depot Square Station opens Aug 31 to serve DEN airport (AB2), downtown Denver (FF4), & more.
Thanks RTD & partners for making it happen.
+ Great kickoff event @boulderchamber.bsky.social
www.rtd-denver.com/community/ne...
Depot Square Station opens Aug 31 to serve DEN airport (AB2), downtown Denver (FF4), & more.
Thanks RTD & partners for making it happen.
+ Great kickoff event @boulderchamber.bsky.social
www.rtd-denver.com/community/ne...
Boulder route updates with August service changes
Boulder route updates with August service changes
www.rtd-denver.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Great news: #Boulder Junction’s getting a burst of new transit service.
Depot Square Station opens Aug 31 to serve DEN airport (AB2), downtown Denver (FF4), & more.
Thanks RTD & partners for making it happen.
+ Great kickoff event @boulderchamber.bsky.social
www.rtd-denver.com/community/ne...
Depot Square Station opens Aug 31 to serve DEN airport (AB2), downtown Denver (FF4), & more.
Thanks RTD & partners for making it happen.
+ Great kickoff event @boulderchamber.bsky.social
www.rtd-denver.com/community/ne...
My endorsements for the 2025 #Boulder city council election:
✓ Nicole Speer, PhD
✓ Lauren Folkerts
✓ Matt Benjamin
They are behind much of the progress our current council has made on housing, transpo, climate, inclusion, & the city’s financial strength—and they bring great prospects for more.
✓ Nicole Speer, PhD
✓ Lauren Folkerts
✓ Matt Benjamin
They are behind much of the progress our current council has made on housing, transpo, climate, inclusion, & the city’s financial strength—and they bring great prospects for more.
Boulder Progressives Endorses Folkerts, Speer, and Benjamin for Boulder City Council — Boulder Progressives
Boulder Progressives is proud to endorse Lauren Folkerts , Nicole Speer , and Matt Benjamin for Boulder City Council in the 2025 election. We are incredibly excited to get Lauren, Matt, and Nicole...
www.boulderprogressives.org
August 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
My endorsements for the 2025 #Boulder city council election:
✓ Nicole Speer, PhD
✓ Lauren Folkerts
✓ Matt Benjamin
They are behind much of the progress our current council has made on housing, transpo, climate, inclusion, & the city’s financial strength—and they bring great prospects for more.
✓ Nicole Speer, PhD
✓ Lauren Folkerts
✓ Matt Benjamin
They are behind much of the progress our current council has made on housing, transpo, climate, inclusion, & the city’s financial strength—and they bring great prospects for more.
Progress check time for #Boulder city council.
My term goes through November 2026, putting my cohort somewhere between a little more than halfway done and rounding third base.
During the past 1.5 years this council has enacted at least two dozen measures to meaningfully improve #housing and…
My term goes through November 2026, putting my cohort somewhere between a little more than halfway done and rounding third base.
During the past 1.5 years this council has enacted at least two dozen measures to meaningfully improve #housing and…
August 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Boulder city council implemented new rules for open comment on Thursday (August 7, 2025)
Something I’d add to the reporting so far:
With the new format, council business beyond open comment was insulated from disruptions.
www.dailycamera.com/2025/08/07/b...
Something I’d add to the reporting so far:
With the new format, council business beyond open comment was insulated from disruptions.
www.dailycamera.com/2025/08/07/b...
Boulder City Council open comment chaos continues as protesters, commenters feel suppressed
Boulder City Council hoped that amending open comments would rein in unruliness. Instead, it only continued on Thursday.
www.dailycamera.com
August 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Boulder city council implemented new rules for open comment on Thursday (August 7, 2025)
Something I’d add to the reporting so far:
With the new format, council business beyond open comment was insulated from disruptions.
www.dailycamera.com/2025/08/07/b...
Something I’d add to the reporting so far:
With the new format, council business beyond open comment was insulated from disruptions.
www.dailycamera.com/2025/08/07/b...
Thanks to the nearly 100 residents of #Boulder who hand-wrote notes to support safety/accessibility improvements to Folsom Street.
Plus the so many others who’ve been working to move this project forward over the last decade.
Boulder city council approved it unanimously today.
Plus the so many others who’ve been working to move this project forward over the last decade.
Boulder city council approved it unanimously today.
August 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Thanks to the nearly 100 residents of #Boulder who hand-wrote notes to support safety/accessibility improvements to Folsom Street.
Plus the so many others who’ve been working to move this project forward over the last decade.
Boulder city council approved it unanimously today.
Plus the so many others who’ve been working to move this project forward over the last decade.
Boulder city council approved it unanimously today.
US streets are far more dangerous than they need to be.
But they don’t just design themselves.
And there’s a lot of variability in what gets done.
The accountability we should be talking more about is the accountability of city planners, executives, and electeds.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
But they don’t just design themselves.
And there’s a lot of variability in what gets done.
The accountability we should be talking more about is the accountability of city planners, executives, and electeds.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
Opinion | They Let Their Children Cross the Street, and Now They’re Felons
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
US streets are far more dangerous than they need to be.
But they don’t just design themselves.
And there’s a lot of variability in what gets done.
The accountability we should be talking more about is the accountability of city planners, executives, and electeds.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
But they don’t just design themselves.
And there’s a lot of variability in what gets done.
The accountability we should be talking more about is the accountability of city planners, executives, and electeds.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
Local government holds the keys to so much of our future.
And local journalism makes it work.
I’m so glad for all the public-minded local wonks and jocks out there making it happen.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
And local journalism makes it work.
I’m so glad for all the public-minded local wonks and jocks out there making it happen.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Why state and local politics matter now more than ever
Podcast Episode · Make Me Smart · 08/05/2025 · 24m
podcasts.apple.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Local government holds the keys to so much of our future.
And local journalism makes it work.
I’m so glad for all the public-minded local wonks and jocks out there making it happen.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
And local journalism makes it work.
I’m so glad for all the public-minded local wonks and jocks out there making it happen.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...