SB19-101 Summary

• Prohibits the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) or its enterprises from constructing or designating managed lanes (toll lanes, high occupancy toll lanes, or high occupancy vehicle lanes) on state highways unless thorough alternatives have been evaluated and found unfeasible or unsafe.

• Requires CDOT to evaluate multiple highway configuration options and alternatives before approving managed lanes, including shoulder narrowing, reversible lanes, weaving improvements, dedicated bus or truck lanes, smart traffic technologies, and traffic signal optimization.

• Mandates CDOT publish detailed, data-based findings demonstrating that all evaluated alternatives are unfeasible, too unsafe, or would not provide adequate capacity expansion and congestion relief compared to managed lanes.

• Requires CDOT to prepare and publish a public report on its website detailing public outreach results, including poll questions and responses, meeting summaries with written and verbal comments, and departmental responses before construction begins.

• Requires CDOT to annually summarize outreach reports to the House Transportation and Local Government Committee and Senate Transportation and Energy Committee, or their successor committees.