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
A 2026 city council policy/programs update for Boulder, CO:
One of the main ways Boulder city council legislates is by meeting once every 2 years to create a short list of workplan priorities.
For 2026 it’s only a 1-year process as we transition to even year elections (good for turnout, yay!).
One of the main ways Boulder city council legislates is by meeting once every 2 years to create a short list of workplan priorities.
For 2026 it’s only a 1-year process as we transition to even year elections (good for turnout, yay!).
January 14, 2026 at 12:49 AM
A 2026 city council policy/programs update for Boulder, CO:
One of the main ways Boulder city council legislates is by meeting once every 2 years to create a short list of workplan priorities.
For 2026 it’s only a 1-year process as we transition to even year elections (good for turnout, yay!).
One of the main ways Boulder city council legislates is by meeting once every 2 years to create a short list of workplan priorities.
For 2026 it’s only a 1-year process as we transition to even year elections (good for turnout, yay!).
Nextdoor is right:
#Boulder should make bicycle security a priority.
One crucial step is to make it possible for riders to follow the city's own (and other experts' advice)—to lock your frame to a sturdy anchor.
To do that, we need an effort to retire the many racks around town that...
#Boulder should make bicycle security a priority.
One crucial step is to make it possible for riders to follow the city's own (and other experts' advice)—to lock your frame to a sturdy anchor.
To do that, we need an effort to retire the many racks around town that...
January 5, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Nextdoor is right:
#Boulder should make bicycle security a priority.
One crucial step is to make it possible for riders to follow the city's own (and other experts' advice)—to lock your frame to a sturdy anchor.
To do that, we need an effort to retire the many racks around town that...
#Boulder should make bicycle security a priority.
One crucial step is to make it possible for riders to follow the city's own (and other experts' advice)—to lock your frame to a sturdy anchor.
To do that, we need an effort to retire the many racks around town that...
The last week in #Boulder — with multiple power outages, destructive winds, extreme fire danger, and continued lacking useful explanations from Xcel — was brutal.
Many residents, orgs, and businesses have suffered and are still suffering.
Much work is ahead.
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
Many residents, orgs, and businesses have suffered and are still suffering.
Much work is ahead.
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
Hurricane-force winds return to the Boulder area in Colorado, uprooting trees and damaging roofs
On Friday hurricane-force winds returned to the Boulder area. It was just two days after a different wind event battered the Colorado city.
www.cbsnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The last week in #Boulder — with multiple power outages, destructive winds, extreme fire danger, and continued lacking useful explanations from Xcel — was brutal.
Many residents, orgs, and businesses have suffered and are still suffering.
Much work is ahead.
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
Many residents, orgs, and businesses have suffered and are still suffering.
Much work is ahead.
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
Reposted by Ryan Schuchard
IMPORTANT: NWS Boulder just issued a rare "Particularly Dangerous Situation" (PDS) Fire Weather Warning for Boulder, Hwy 93, and the Boulder + northern JeffCo foothills for tomorrow.
Winds: 85-110 mph. Bone dry.
This is a Fire Weather Warning with an exclamation point.
#COwx
Winds: 85-110 mph. Bone dry.
This is a Fire Weather Warning with an exclamation point.
#COwx
December 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
IMPORTANT: NWS Boulder just issued a rare "Particularly Dangerous Situation" (PDS) Fire Weather Warning for Boulder, Hwy 93, and the Boulder + northern JeffCo foothills for tomorrow.
Winds: 85-110 mph. Bone dry.
This is a Fire Weather Warning with an exclamation point.
#COwx
Winds: 85-110 mph. Bone dry.
This is a Fire Weather Warning with an exclamation point.
#COwx
Reposted by Ryan Schuchard
As expected, the Red Flag Warning on Friday has been given the Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) distinction by the National Weather Service for EXTREME FIRE DANGER in/near the Boulder and Jefferson County Foothills. Do not sleep on the fire risk Friday 5AM-Midnight! #COWX
December 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
As expected, the Red Flag Warning on Friday has been given the Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) distinction by the National Weather Service for EXTREME FIRE DANGER in/near the Boulder and Jefferson County Foothills. Do not sleep on the fire risk Friday 5AM-Midnight! #COWX
Re. High winds and power down in #Boulder:
We are experiencing a variety of impacts, including additional power outages and some minor injuries, from this wind event.
The single best place for information is the ODM website at boulderodm.gov
www.dailycamera.com/2025/12/17/x...
We are experiencing a variety of impacts, including additional power outages and some minor injuries, from this wind event.
The single best place for information is the ODM website at boulderodm.gov
www.dailycamera.com/2025/12/17/x...
30,000 Boulder County customers without power amid planned shutoff, 90 mph wind gusts
More than 30,000 power customers are without power following high winds and an Xcel Energy planned power shutoff.
www.dailycamera.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Re. High winds and power down in #Boulder:
We are experiencing a variety of impacts, including additional power outages and some minor injuries, from this wind event.
The single best place for information is the ODM website at boulderodm.gov
www.dailycamera.com/2025/12/17/x...
We are experiencing a variety of impacts, including additional power outages and some minor injuries, from this wind event.
The single best place for information is the ODM website at boulderodm.gov
www.dailycamera.com/2025/12/17/x...
What happened in Bondi is horrifying and hits hard in Boulder.
To target Jewish families celebrating Hanukkah is an act of hate that must be named clearly and rejected completely.
My heart is with the victims, their loved ones, and the Jewish community in Australia, in Boulder, and worldwide.
To target Jewish families celebrating Hanukkah is an act of hate that must be named clearly and rejected completely.
My heart is with the victims, their loved ones, and the Jewish community in Australia, in Boulder, and worldwide.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
What happened in Bondi is horrifying and hits hard in Boulder.
To target Jewish families celebrating Hanukkah is an act of hate that must be named clearly and rejected completely.
My heart is with the victims, their loved ones, and the Jewish community in Australia, in Boulder, and worldwide.
To target Jewish families celebrating Hanukkah is an act of hate that must be named clearly and rejected completely.
My heart is with the victims, their loved ones, and the Jewish community in Australia, in Boulder, and worldwide.
“Who is it for?”
That’s what to ask about new transportation tech coming to your town.
Thanks for that — and for coming to visit #Boulder, Sarah and Doug @thewaroncars.bsky.social!
@communitycycles.bsky.social
That’s what to ask about new transportation tech coming to your town.
Thanks for that — and for coming to visit #Boulder, Sarah and Doug @thewaroncars.bsky.social!
@communitycycles.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
“Who is it for?”
That’s what to ask about new transportation tech coming to your town.
Thanks for that — and for coming to visit #Boulder, Sarah and Doug @thewaroncars.bsky.social!
@communitycycles.bsky.social
That’s what to ask about new transportation tech coming to your town.
Thanks for that — and for coming to visit #Boulder, Sarah and Doug @thewaroncars.bsky.social!
@communitycycles.bsky.social
Tues 12/9/25 is Colorado Gives Day.
Through then, the Colorado Gives Foundation is matching first-time donations to nonprofits up to $100.
There are so many organizations working to strengthen communities that need help.
One is @communitycycles.bsky.social.
www.coloradogives.org/organization...
Through then, the Colorado Gives Foundation is matching first-time donations to nonprofits up to $100.
There are so many organizations working to strengthen communities that need help.
One is @communitycycles.bsky.social.
www.coloradogives.org/organization...
Support Community Cycles on ColoradoGives.org
You can make bicycling in & around Boulder accessible & safe for all! YOUR DONATION ensures that Community Cycles can: * Give bikes to people of all ages who need them* Reuse & recycle bikes & bike pa...
www.coloradogives.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Tues 12/9/25 is Colorado Gives Day.
Through then, the Colorado Gives Foundation is matching first-time donations to nonprofits up to $100.
There are so many organizations working to strengthen communities that need help.
One is @communitycycles.bsky.social.
www.coloradogives.org/organization...
Through then, the Colorado Gives Foundation is matching first-time donations to nonprofits up to $100.
There are so many organizations working to strengthen communities that need help.
One is @communitycycles.bsky.social.
www.coloradogives.org/organization...
Parents:
Getting your teen an #ebike?
Know the diff btw that and an e-moto.
E-motos are electric motorcycles.
E-motos are overpowered and underoptimized for most commuting.
E-motos are illegal basically everywhere in #Boulder, bike paths to streets to trails.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRfOeJs...
Getting your teen an #ebike?
Know the diff btw that and an e-moto.
E-motos are electric motorcycles.
E-motos are overpowered and underoptimized for most commuting.
E-motos are illegal basically everywhere in #Boulder, bike paths to streets to trails.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRfOeJs...
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Parents:
Getting your teen an #ebike?
Know the diff btw that and an e-moto.
E-motos are electric motorcycles.
E-motos are overpowered and underoptimized for most commuting.
E-motos are illegal basically everywhere in #Boulder, bike paths to streets to trails.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRfOeJs...
Getting your teen an #ebike?
Know the diff btw that and an e-moto.
E-motos are electric motorcycles.
E-motos are overpowered and underoptimized for most commuting.
E-motos are illegal basically everywhere in #Boulder, bike paths to streets to trails.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRfOeJs...
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.