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This page will be updated with neighborhood input on or before Nov. 15, 2025.
Noise from South Golden Road comes from vehicles moving at relatively high speeds, drivers accelerating after the round abouts into the straightaway, and people intentionally revving vehicles, often motorcycles, in order to produce sounds.
Golden’s air quality, particularly from fine particulate matter and ozone, is exacerbated by SGR traffic. Traffic contributes through vehicle exhaust containing fine particles (PM2.5) that can be inhaled, affecting people with respiratory and heart conditions. Vehicle emissions also contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that react with nitrogen oxides in the presence of sunlight to form ground-level ozone, a respiratory irritant. To mitigate these health risks to our families, we advocate for alternative transportation, regulated traffic, and ending the SuperCruise.
Key issues will include:
Key issues will include:
Addressing noise pollution
Measuring noise on South Golden Road & share data with the public
Using noise enforcement radar technology on South Golden Road
Adding traffic calming measures
Addressing air pollution
Measuring air quality on South Golden Road and share data with the public by completing set up of system at the Ulyssus and South Golden round about
Discouraging cruising and other driving without a destination/need
Address road design that leads to rapid acceleration
The Super Cruise Car Show
The Super Cruise Car Show
On the first Saturday of each month, this portion of South Golden Road, along with the section from the Johnson Road to Walgreens, is clogged with traffic. This disruptive event is attended mostly by people who do not reside in the City of Golden, but use our roads, require services from our law enforcement, pollute our air, and create noise pollution.
More details about proposed changes
More details about proposed changes
In accordance with surrounding cities and counties, we think Golden (the City) and Planning Manager should report on:
1) Air Quality - develop a particulate matter (PM) dashboard that is available to the public to share data from designated air quality monitors that have been installed along the SGR corridor. In addition to monitoring particulate matter (PM), the City shall add reporting on gasses to published AQ reports. Ozone, carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and any other typically tested gasses. Reporting on PM shall be annual and historical data on air quality shall be utilized for baseline comparisons.
2) Noise – the City will monitor noise daily along South Golden Road (SGR), measured by a one-hour Equivalent Sound Level Leq (h)metric or as otherwise approved by the Planning & Building Services Manager. The City will measure noise during both off-peak traffic periods and peak traffic periods, and twice per year: once during the busy periods of the school season and once during every Super Cruise on the first Saturdays of the summer. Additionally, instead of only providing averages, the City shall also include information on spikes or range of noise levels. The City will continue noise monitoring at various locations throughout SGR and the south Golden neighborhoods to adequately monitor noise levels along the roadway.
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