Transportation and transit polling in Colorado

Keating Research polls Colorado voters on transportation: transit and gondola funding, roads and safety, airports, and housing near transit, for cities, regional authorities, and the campaigns that carry their measures.

What we have polled

Telluride and San Miguel County · 2024

SMART gondola and transit funding, 3A

Property, sales, and lodging taxes raising $8.2 million a year so the regional transit authority can take over and eventually replace the Telluride–Mountain Village gondola and expand bus service.

Passed, 53% to 47%
Aspen and Pitkin County · 2024

Aspen/Pitkin County Airport

Dueling airport questions: 1C reaffirmed the county commissioners’ authority over the runway plan; Question 200 would have required a public vote before runway changes.

1C passed with about two-thirds of the vote; 200 failed
Denver · 2025

Vibrant Denver transportation bond, 2A

The transportation and mobility question in the five-part Vibrant Denver bond package, tracked for the campaign. Our final tracking poll had 2A at 61% yes; it passed with 63%.

Passed, 63% yes
Poll vs. result →
Aurora · 2026

Build Up Aurora

Sales tax questions including transportation projects, part of $264.5 million in city projects.

On the November 3, 2026 ballot

Client research is confidential. Numbers on this page come from public polls, released memos, news coverage, or certified results.

Public findings

68% supported allowing more housing near business districts, bus stops, and train stations (HB24-1313) in our January 2024 poll for Centennial State Prosperity; it was signed that May.

What we test

Transit, bus, and gondola funding
Roads, traffic safety, and maintenance
Airports and runway plans
Regional transportation authorities and the taxes that fund them
Housing near transit

How we poll

We draw samples from the voter file, set completes by quota to a likely electorate modeled for the election, and field by live phone, text-to-web, or both. Results come with a memo, topline, and full crosstabs, presented in person anywhere in Colorado and the Mountain West. How we poll →

Questions

Who polls on transportation measures in Colorado?

Keating Research has polled Telluride’s 2024 SMART gondola and transit measure, the 2024 Aspen/Pitkin County Airport questions, the 2025 Vibrant Denver transportation bond (2A, passed with 63%), and Build Up Aurora in 2026.

Can you poll a regional transportation authority?

Yes. We sample from the voter file inside the authority’s boundary, which often crosses town and county lines, and model the electorate for the election it is on.

Do you poll airport questions?

Yes. In 2024 we polled the dueling Aspen/Pitkin County Airport questions, where 1C passed with about two-thirds of the vote and Question 200 failed.

Special district polling → Local ballot measures → Ballot measure polling →

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Keating Research is a Colorado & Mountain West polling firm. You work directly with the people who design, field, and analyze your research. We travel throughout Colorado and the Mountain West for in-person work: client meetings, board and staff retreats, and presentations to city councils, commissions, and agencies.

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