7th Street Active Transportation Corridor Study

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After community feedback and input, City staff presented updated 7th Street proposed alternatives to City Council during the Feb. 3 workshop. Review the modified proposed alternatives below or see the documents tab to the right:


Original feasibility options.

A graphic showing the four preferred alternatives along 7th Street. The four alternatives are: a raised protected bike lane in the northern most section, a raised trail in the Patterson Rd. to North Ave. section, a striped bike lane in the North Ave. to Ute Ave. section, and a raised trail in the southern most section.

The City of Grand Junction conducted a feasibility study to determine the best options for establishing and improving low-stress active transportation facilities along 7th Street, between the Riverfront Trail and Horizon Drive. This will offer a practical connection to the planned shared-use paths along 26 ½ Road (Horizon Drive to Summer Hill Way) and Horizon Drive (existing between 26 ½ Road and G Rd). Community outreach on the project included sending a press release to local media, creating and posting a Newsflash to the City website, and posting a link to the study on social media. Additional feedback was welcomed on a short online survey on EngageGJ.org which included an area for comments all of which closed on Wed., July 31, 2024.

A steering committee was also created including members of the community with a specific interest in travel along 7th Street and to help guide the study goals in relation to the Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan as well as recommend facilities, identify high-risk locations, review information received during the public outreach, and other tasks. The steering committee worked with the project team including the consultant, KLJ Engineering, and be supported by city staff with technical expertise in transportation, planning, emergency response, and urban forestry. Community members were also able to provide their feedback until July 31, on EngageGJ.org or by visiting pop-up booths during community events such as Market on Main.

7th Street Active Transportation Corridor

7th Street is a significant corridor for north and south travel for pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and personal vehicle traffic. This corridor provides access to Downtown Grand Junction, North Avenue, Colorado Mesa University, Tope Elementary, Grand Junction High School, Intermountain Health St. Mary’s Regional Hospital, several healthcare offices, clinics, businesses, Eureka Science Center, and the Art Center. With substantial dining and retail shopping within three blocks of 7th Street along North Avenue and three schools, this is a busy pedestrian area during school months. Grand Valley Transit utilizes the 7th Street corridor, providing bus service along routes three and seven. As one of the few corridors that allows the crossing of railroad tracks adjacent to downtown, 7th Street is the most popular corridor for accessing recreation and entertainment along the Riverfront Trail at Las Colonias.

Through the One Grand Junction Comprehensive Plan and Grand Junction Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan, the City of Grand Junction has identified the need to continue to develop a safe, balanced, and well-connected transportation system that enhances mobility of all travel modes along with the importance of installing low-stress, high comfort bike facilities along the active transportation corridors.

About the Steering Committee

The Steering Committee included representatives from the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce, Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado Mesa University, Downtown Development Authority, Grand Junction Historic Preservation Board, Urban Trails Committee, Grand Valley Regional Transportation Planning Office & Grand Valley Transit, One Riverfront Commission, District 51, Intermountain Health St. Mary’s Regional Hospital, The Art Center of Western Colorado, City of Grand Junction, business/property owners along the corridor, community members, and KLJ Engineering.

After community feedback and input, City staff presented updated 7th Street proposed alternatives to City Council during the Feb. 3 workshop. Review the modified proposed alternatives below or see the documents tab to the right:


Original feasibility options.

A graphic showing the four preferred alternatives along 7th Street. The four alternatives are: a raised protected bike lane in the northern most section, a raised trail in the Patterson Rd. to North Ave. section, a striped bike lane in the North Ave. to Ute Ave. section, and a raised trail in the southern most section.

The City of Grand Junction conducted a feasibility study to determine the best options for establishing and improving low-stress active transportation facilities along 7th Street, between the Riverfront Trail and Horizon Drive. This will offer a practical connection to the planned shared-use paths along 26 ½ Road (Horizon Drive to Summer Hill Way) and Horizon Drive (existing between 26 ½ Road and G Rd). Community outreach on the project included sending a press release to local media, creating and posting a Newsflash to the City website, and posting a link to the study on social media. Additional feedback was welcomed on a short online survey on EngageGJ.org which included an area for comments all of which closed on Wed., July 31, 2024.

A steering committee was also created including members of the community with a specific interest in travel along 7th Street and to help guide the study goals in relation to the Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan as well as recommend facilities, identify high-risk locations, review information received during the public outreach, and other tasks. The steering committee worked with the project team including the consultant, KLJ Engineering, and be supported by city staff with technical expertise in transportation, planning, emergency response, and urban forestry. Community members were also able to provide their feedback until July 31, on EngageGJ.org or by visiting pop-up booths during community events such as Market on Main.

7th Street Active Transportation Corridor

7th Street is a significant corridor for north and south travel for pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and personal vehicle traffic. This corridor provides access to Downtown Grand Junction, North Avenue, Colorado Mesa University, Tope Elementary, Grand Junction High School, Intermountain Health St. Mary’s Regional Hospital, several healthcare offices, clinics, businesses, Eureka Science Center, and the Art Center. With substantial dining and retail shopping within three blocks of 7th Street along North Avenue and three schools, this is a busy pedestrian area during school months. Grand Valley Transit utilizes the 7th Street corridor, providing bus service along routes three and seven. As one of the few corridors that allows the crossing of railroad tracks adjacent to downtown, 7th Street is the most popular corridor for accessing recreation and entertainment along the Riverfront Trail at Las Colonias.

Through the One Grand Junction Comprehensive Plan and Grand Junction Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan, the City of Grand Junction has identified the need to continue to develop a safe, balanced, and well-connected transportation system that enhances mobility of all travel modes along with the importance of installing low-stress, high comfort bike facilities along the active transportation corridors.

About the Steering Committee

The Steering Committee included representatives from the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce, Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado Mesa University, Downtown Development Authority, Grand Junction Historic Preservation Board, Urban Trails Committee, Grand Valley Regional Transportation Planning Office & Grand Valley Transit, One Riverfront Commission, District 51, Intermountain Health St. Mary’s Regional Hospital, The Art Center of Western Colorado, City of Grand Junction, business/property owners along the corridor, community members, and KLJ Engineering.

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  • Share No on 7th Street Corridor Revisions on Facebook Share No on 7th Street Corridor Revisions on Twitter Share No on 7th Street Corridor Revisions on Linkedin Email No on 7th Street Corridor Revisions link

    No on 7th Street Corridor Revisions

    by Purpletbird, 5 months ago
    It troubles me that all of the small communities on the western slope feel they have to take their main thoroughfares down to one lane, add cyclist lanes, and parking on both sides. Both Montrose, and Delta have done this on their main streets. While it does slow traffic down, it creates more blind spots to be able to see pedestrians and cyclists. 7th street is a main thoroughfare in GJ. Both lanes are needed due to the volume of traffic that traverses the 7th street corridor. Downsizing this in a community that is growing would be a huge step... Continue reading
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    Meeting in Dec 3

    by dghiloni, 5 months ago
    I attended the community meeting at the art center this evening. They stated their plan and gave no time for public comments. They suggested you go around the room and place sticky notes with comments. Most comments I heard as I left the meeting is they don’t want to hear your comments. Their minds are made up. I was so disappointed the way the meeting was handled. The community should have the right to speak. They are spending our money. 4th and 5th streets are He an eyesore to our downtown. Please rethink your decision.
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    Some questions...

    by jbm127, 5 months ago
    Looking at the proposed Map and illustrations, I have some questions...


    1) Horizon to Patterson area: How are you planning on making entrances to the several homes and assisted living residences? The trees in the illustrations will certainly make it more challenging for drivers to get in and out of their locales. Why do we need more bike lanes in an area that already has them?

    2) Patterson to North: Who is going to be responsible for maintaining the easement between the road and the "Multi-Use Trail"? How much more property are the homeowners and business owners going to be... Continue reading

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    Need options for bike/ped in this corridor

    by Joel, 5 months ago
    I’m excited to see some ideas here for the 7th st corridor. I bike to work on CMU’s campus. My kids will be going to GJHS and will bike and walk through this corridor. Especially crossing 7th north to North.


    right now I am biking up a crappy alley until I get to North and then have to bike on either 7th or discontinuous sidewalks along 7th to get to the middle of campus. It is not great.


  • Share Leave 7th street alone. Bring back 4th and 5th streets. on Facebook Share Leave 7th street alone. Bring back 4th and 5th streets. on Twitter Share Leave 7th street alone. Bring back 4th and 5th streets. on Linkedin Email Leave 7th street alone. Bring back 4th and 5th streets. link

    Leave 7th street alone. Bring back 4th and 5th streets.

    by PamDoesntWant15MinuteCity, 5 months ago
    Leave 7th street alone. This city is getting too big for only one lane roads for our main corridors. We don’t want them. You do NOT have our permission to spend OUR TAX MONEY this way. We do NOT want GJ to become a 15 minute city. Aren’t elections coming up? Get ready to clean out your offices.
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    Bike lanes NO NO NO

    by alk811610, 5 months ago
    No no no … this was a disaster from the start on 4th and 5th streets. Trying to navigate this mess is a nightmare. I attend Downtown Vineyard and just turning from Grand onto 5th and then making a turn into the parking lot is terrible. Leaving the church on 4th is awful trying to decide which lane you are to be in so we have decided to turn left and traveled to 7th street on Ouray to not be in the mess. I was using 5th street the other day and a bus did not pull into the pickup... Continue reading
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    No thank you

    by Jschmi71, 5 months ago

    I went into the 4th and 5th St remodel and restructure with a very open mind, but very quickly decided that it was poorly executed. Taking away turn lanes, that pose no issue, at all (Grand and 4th), making it impossible for a service vehicle to turn onto a side street, especially if there is a car at the stop sign of said side street. The lack of viability of cyclists riding in the bike lanes, when there are cars parked in the "middle of the street" parking, and many more issues, that I can't think of, because I am... Continue reading

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    Please No!

    by RWILSON, 5 months ago

    I hope that the community can be heard before the city decides to move forward with making the decision to alter the flow of traffic on 7th Street. When I first heard of the idea that 4th and 5th would be altered the way that they have been, my first thought was "surely that is just a rumor, they wouldn't do such a thing with all the traffic we have" and yet, here we are and it is worse than I thought it would be. Traffic across the valley is consistantly increasing and we continue to see more and more... Continue reading

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    Please don't change 7th Street

    by SQ, 5 months ago
    As a parent of children in schools along 7th Street and a small business owner in the same area, nothing positive will come out of changing 7th Street as proposed. Has anyone from the city ever sat and watched the crap show that is drop offs at Tope and GJHS in the morning? These changes will only make those worse and more dangerous. It's nearly impossible to get to and from downtown or OM now with the craziness that was done to 4th and 5th Street so why in the world would you do the same thing to an even... Continue reading
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    Avoid the hazards of 4th and 5th

    by Amy G, 5 months ago
    Please do not add the bike lanes, parking, pilons, misaligned street crossings, and turn lanes that are currently on 4th and 5th street. I feel like I am driving through a video game obstacle course.


    I take 7th street almost daily. A middle turn lane/median would be helpful for cars who need to wait for oncoming traffic before they can turn. Currently, cars needing to turn get backed up and they block traffic flow heading north and south. I think adding bike lanes to this already very busy street is dangerous. There is a high risk for not seeing bicyclists... Continue reading

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