Broomfield Wayfinding Plan
Getting lost is no fun. A well-placed and well-designed wayfinding system can help you get around Broomfield more easily on foot or by bike. That’s why the City is kicking off the Broomfield Wayfinding Plan!
As a part of the Broomfield Wayfinding Plan, the City will develop wayfinding signs to help you know where to go, and find your way when you are walking or bicycling around Broomfield.
Share your input!
Your ideas and feedback will help create a wayfinding system that best meets the Broomfield community’s needs. Your input will inform recommendations for what destinations are on the signs, what the signs will look like, and where the signs will go.
How to give input
- Leave comments on the online survey and map (interactive survey and map will close August 13, 2021)
- Give feedback at an upcoming event – Find information about upcoming public meeting opportunities in the "Key Dates" section on the right of your screen.
- Join Broomfield Wayfinding Plan project staff at Broomfield Days on September 18 at Midway Park
- Leave a comment in the “Ask A Question” box on the bottom of this webpage
Watch the July 15 Virtual Public Meeting
Spread the word
The more input the City gets, the better Broomfield’s wayfinding system will be! Help spread the word about this Plan by encouraging three friends, neighbors, or coworkers to visit this webpage and to leave three comments on the online survey and map. Through sharing information about this Plan, you can help more Broomfield friends and residents make their voices heard.
What Is Wayfinding
The word “wayfinding” generally refers to how people find their way to where they want to go, such as to trails, schools, shopping, and other places. The City and County of Broomfield is currently developing a new plan, called the Broomfield Wayfinding Plan, that will create signs and identify specific locations for the signs to help you find your way. These signs and markings will be posted at key locations on trails, streets, bikeways, sidewalks, paths, and other places that you walk and bicycle. The signs will provide information, direct you to comfortable routes, and connect you with important destinations.
These signs and markings are intended to help people as you use active transportation, which includes walking, bicycling, using a wheelchair, using in-line skates or scooters, skateboarding, and jogging. Active transportation can also include other ways of getting around, such as using e-powered mobility devices including electric bicycles, mobility scooters, wheelchairs, one-wheel skateboards, and other devices.
Why does Broomfield Need Wayfinding?
In 2019, Broomfield developed the Broomfield Bicycle & Pedestrian Assessment which identified gaps in the existing bicycle and pedestrian network and developed a list of bikeway and pedestrian projects to close these gaps and better serve the community. During that process, residents expressed that they enjoy using the low-stress bikeways, trails, sidewalks, and other facilities. However, what’s needed next is wayfinding signage throughout Broomfield to help people feel comfortable and know they are on the right path to their destination while walking and bicycling. The Broomfield Wayfinding Plan will ultimately identify four to six priority corridors for the near-term implementation of wayfinding and then incrementally build out a citywide wayfinding system over the long term.
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Active Transportation Wayfinding Goals
The Active Transportation Wayfinding project has two distinct goals it is seeking to achieve. The first of which is to establish consistent sign standards and the second looks to accelerate Broomfield’s ability to deploy signage within the community.
- Identify walking and bicycling destinations and determine sign locations to help you get there. The City wants to hear from you! Where do you walk and bicycle? Do you sometimes get lost, or wonder about the best route to get where you’re going? As a first step, the City wants to learn from you about where you walk and bicycle and to identify where to put wayfinding signs to help you find your way.
- Design wayfinding signs. As a second step, the City will be creating a standard design for the wayfinding signs (colors, size, fonts, icons, etc.) to make finding locations throughout Broomfield easy, identifiable, and consistent for residents and visitors.
Together, these two parts will help City and County staff implement a citywide wayfinding system to encourage more Broomfield residents and visitors to walk and bicycle, and give you confidence that you know where you’re going!