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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ballots for Boulder voters start heading to mailboxes Friday, October 2! Here are five reasons to re-elect me to a second term: www.ryanwithboulder.com/campaigns/vi...

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Whatever you care about for #Boulder, you’re more likely to get more of it when there’s more to go around. My latest newsletter talks about how to make our town financially strong. Read it and subscribe here: www.ryanwithboulder.com/newsletter

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Do you get my newsletter? Subscribe for a new kind of dispatch from me for the 2026 election season: www.ryanwithboulder.com/newsletter Each week-ish from now to November I'll be posting one hot take…

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Photos: Launch party with so many wonderful people working to make my campaign a success and our shared dreams a reality — including Boulder Mayor @aaronbrockett12.bsky.social (also running for re-election, and who I highly endorse) talking about our work together.

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

…and 3. Make our local government more predictable and effective. Learn more my plans, the progress I've made and am building on, and the diversity of people supporting it at www.ryanwithboulder.com.

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm running for re-election to Boulder City Council and I am SO EXCITED TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT. I love Boulder. My mission: Make it work for everyone, now and in the future. I'm working to: 1. Cut the costs of living 2. Adapt our community to a changing world it wasn't built for…

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I’m running for re-election! My mission: Make Boulder work for everyone, now and in the future. I aim to continue to: 1. Cut the costs of living 2. Adapt our community to a changing world it wasn’t built for 3. Make local gov more predictable and effective www.ryanwithboulder.com/campaigns/vi...

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Just signed up for a free detailed home assessment for #wildfire protection from the City of #Boulder. Assessments run 2 hours for a slot you schedule. Advice is voluntary to follow and can uniquely qualify you for home-improvement grants. Sign up here: www.bouldercolorado.gov/wildfireready

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Boulder’s newest multiuse path underpass is a beauty — at 19th and Upland Ave by Creat View Elementary School.

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I’m planning to run for re-election to #Boulder City Council. My first term wraps up at the end of 2026. I’m proud we’ve moved forward so much of what I came here for: * better housing and transportation options * safer streets * stronger energy and wildfire codes …

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

On my very first meeting as a city councilor in Dec 2023, we approved intersection traffic cameras for speeding. I don’t like fines. I’m skeptical of “smart” transportation tech. I worry about surveillance. But dangerous driving is one of the top killers in the US, and inhospitable streets are…

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The CO 7 Coalition will deliver a people-first transportation corridor with regional Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), a regional bikeway, pedestrian improvements, safety improvements, and first/last-mile connections for ~30 miles from Brighton to downtown #Boulder.

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Hold on my dear ones, here comes the dawn. That’s what hundreds of people came together in Boulder today to sing in an interfaith prayer walk. It was a vigil for Renee Good and Alex Pretti. It was a vigil for the dozens of others who have died in dealings with ICE,…

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

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!).

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

...don't accommodate modern #bicycle shapes/sizes (like cheap "wave" and “coathanger" designs) and swap them out with more accessible Inverted U racks that are bolted and properly spaced. That's basic hygiene for new buildings. Now our opportunity is to figure out how to deploy them more widely.

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

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...

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

“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

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

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...

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

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...

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Boulder and Nederland area folks: This Saturday, November 1, attend Nederland’s block party for revival and recovery!

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I love you, #Boulder. We deserve so much better. Together, we will create it. #NoKings Boulder, CO 10/18/2025

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

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

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

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. 😍

Millennium Harvest House. Credit: Daily Camera

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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.

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

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.

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

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.

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

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…

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

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.

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Memo packet: bouldercolorado.primegov.com/Portal/viewe... It’s been almost 10 years since the city implemented, and the then council retracted, similar safety measures on Folsom.

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

#Boulder city council is back in session and this Thursday (8/7/25) we have a big one: Council will consider approval as-is of protected bikeways and a road diet to #FolsomStreet, the third in a troika of safety/accessibility improvements to arterials by this council (after Iris and N 30th).

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

For years, research scientists have said to make life better and tackle climate change, cities should stop planning for cars and start planning for access. It's been crickets. Last week, #Boulder said "let's do it." On July 24, Boulder city council passed ordinance 8702, which…

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The jobs-housing balance? Not a lot of change there—it’s grown modestly since 2010, from 1.86 to 1.93 at last count. The verdict: Boulder isn’t full. It’s actually poised to become emptier. Via @brianckeegan.com boulderreportinglab.org/2025/06/29/b...

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Over the decades, Boulder’s population has grown slowly relative to the county—and at a slower rate vs the county compared to other university towns vs their counties. CU’s share of the city pop *is* up from 2010, but it’s not a deluge—the figure has grown from 29% to 32%.

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Is #Boulder, CO full? Let’s have a look at data. The 5th largest city in Colorado in 1960, Boulder is now #12. In 1970, 3% of all Coloradans lived in Boulder. By 2020, it was 1.8%. Boulder’s population growth rate was 7%+ in the 1970s. The rate declined to 0-1% today.

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

What an honor to cut the ribbon with Congressman @joeneguse.bsky.social for 750 tube-to-workers at Boulder’s 2025 18th annual Tube to Work Day. Much gratitude to the tubers who have gone before—and here’s to Boulder’s best tubing days being ahead. www.westword.com/arts/photos-...

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Last night #Boulder city council moved a package of parking policies closer to completion that will: * Eliminate “parking minimums” which unnecessarily force car parking and traffic into the city

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Job alert: #Boulder’s Transportation & Mobility director. A great opportunity to lead Boulder and city transportation (and #climate) practice into the future. I’ll be at @nacto.bsky.social this week if anyone wants a POV. Or DM me. jobs.crelate.com/portal/rafte...

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

One of the top ways to cut large amounts of GHG emissions in North America is to do things that can make life better anyway. -New Nature paper on 21 solutions for climate action and well-being together. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The # of high fire-risk days/year in #Boulder has grown from 14 in 2005 to 116 in 2022 and projected to be 192 by 2030. That’s from a new study specifically on Boulder commissioned by the city. This is a future we need to plan and build differently for. boulderreportinglab.org/2025/03/23/b...

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Thread My City of #Boulder colleagues and I are hearing a lot from immigrant and LGBTQ+ community members seeking reassurance that their local government will continue to support them. The answer is yes, without question. City of Boulder departments will continue to serve anyone in need. 1/x

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Thanks to all in #Boulder who have taken and will take time to point out street and other maintenance issues. Please be advised the best way to get a remedy for a practical issue is to report it to the Inquire Boulder portal here. Thanks for making things better! bouldercolorado.gov/report-issue

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Thread There’s never been a better day to commit to making your local community better. If you live in #Boulder, Colorado: * Apply to be on a board or commission. Deadline is January 31. bouldercolorado.gov/news/volunte... 1/

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Folks in Boulder looking to apply your masculine energy, here’s a chance: Seniors and others who require public transit need your help clearing snow from bus stops. Apply here to be the owner of a location: volunteer.bouldercolorado.gov/event/531135...

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

City of #Boulder is upping its game on engaging with the community to improve street design. For N 30th, staff is holding “chartettes” that bring the public plus depts from around the city org to come sketch things out in the drawing room. Really glad to see. bouldercolorado.gov/events/north...

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Ryan Schuchard @ryanwithboulder.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Been years since I’ve had much stock in the idea that some amount of disasters will mass-inspire people for climate solutions. Still, they lay bare that whatever your predispositions, you have a big stake in the resources and capacity of your local gov to be managing for the future.

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