City of Boulder, CO

01/21/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/21/2026 17:49

Get to Know Transportation and Mobility Director Blythe Bailey

What drew you to Boulder?

The city's livability: featuring a strong focus on the outdoors, magnificent mountainous setting, leadership in city government, and presence of a strong urban university campus.

What do you love most about the work you do?

Assuring that people in Boulder have reasonable mobility options and can get to where they need to go safely and efficiently.

What attracted you to working in local government and what do you like most about it?

As a practicing architect, I typically created buildings for clients and then moved onto the next project, often times with limited interaction with how those buildings were used or occupied. In local government, the infrastructure of buildings, paths, streets and more is important, but how people thrive in and are supported by them is front and center. The ability to serve people directly in our human-centered environments has been very fulfilling.

What is something you love about Boulder?

The loop of Boulder Creek Trail to Chapman Road, then Realization Point and back down Flagstaff Road.

What have you learned from your time in previous roles that you will bring into your work? What is an important skill or perspective you bring?

Empathy: While I try to think holistically about how our streets are also public spaces for humans aged eight to eighty, I also recognize that individuals have their own unique perspectives that are tied to their neighborhoods and dependent on their background, accessibility, and economic mobility. I constantly strive to balance those individual perspectives empathetically with a systems approach to our streets and paths.

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