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The Denver Regional Council of Governments staff engages with member governments and partner agencies through collaborative learning opportunities and planning activities to prepare the region for emerging mobility.
Program overview
DRCOG staff leads an Innovative Mobility Set-Aside program to focus on preparedness, feasibility and planning. By investing in collaborative efforts to further innovative mobility, the region will address challenges associated with topics such as, but not limited to, curbside management, emerging modes, shared mobility, mobility as a service, transportation electrification, connected and automated vehicles, mobility data and mobility hubs. The program goals are:
- Prepare the region for advanced and/or emerging mobility.
- Invest in collaborative learning.
- Demonstrate new and/or innovative mobility solutions.
- Learn and transfer solutions throughout the region.
- Increase mobility and accessibility by providing innovative transportation options for travelers of all ages, incomes and abilities.
Funding availability
The organization's fiscal years 2024-2027 Transportation Improvement Program set aside program has budgeted $4 million in a four-year period to fund Innovative Mobility Set-Aside projects throughout the Denver region.
Program status
The first round of Innovative Mobility Set-Aside project proposals were solicited through a letter of interest form from September 5 through October 15, 2024. The Board of , Directors on December 18, 2024 approved the first round of projects after the projects were evaluated using the criteria outlined in the Policies for Fiscal Year 2024-2027 Transportation Improvement Program Set-Aside Programs document.
The projects selected for funding in the first round were:
- Bike +Data Fusion – City and County of Denver, and City of Boulder.
- Florida Corridor Micromobility Hubs – Arapahoe County.
- Docked Bike Share Feasibility Analysis – City of Golden.
- Curbside Digital Twin – City and County of Denver.
- Near Miss Analytics – City of Thornton.
- Mobility on Demand and Microtransit Study – Town of Parker.
- Central Area General Improvement District Mobility Hub Concept – Planning City of Boulder.
For additional information about the Innovative Mobility Set-Aside, contact Emily Lindsey at elindsey@drcog.org.