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Bicycle Colorado

Bicycle and pedestrian safety policy, education and Denver Streets Partnership

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  • Research — reviewed programs, finances and impact evidence.

Updated: 2026-10-06

Summary

What do they do? Bicycle Colorado advocates for safe bicycling and walking, provides education and houses Denver Streets Partnership within the same legal recipient. Current legislative priorities describe proposed law and infrastructure changes, not completed construction or measured injuries avoided. The conditional reference combines finite safety-health benefits with signed commute, participation and public-resource effects.

Why we’re interested in this organization:

  • Original legal DBA and current annual expenses are verified.

  • Policy, public infrastructure and education mechanisms are distinguishable.

  • Separate engaged and downstream populations prevent charging every hypothetical road user advocacy costs.

Our main reservations:

  • Road-user beneficiaries, implementation and incremental attribution remain unmeasured.

  • Public agencies and other advocates can deliver part of the same safety improvements.

  • The homepage donation link is currently broken; no validated transaction route or marginal capacity is established.

What do you get for your dollar? $852K per DALY in Denver. DALY is our one-year comparison unit. QALY-based health gains and income-welfare equivalents retain their original assumptions; they are not measured clinical DALYs. Conditional whole annual recipient cost against partial transport-policy health and net resource benefits; not portfolio expected value or a marginal donation offer..

FY2025 original program descriptions and current legislative priorities; no verified annual unique causal policy-beneficiary count.

1. What do they do?

Bicycle Colorado, EIN 84-1201078, includes Denver Streets Partnership as an IRS-listed DBA, not a second charity. Whole annual work includes infrastructure/law advocacy, Share the Road, education and Safe Routes to School. No separate DSP expenses are added.

2. Monitoring and information sharing

The October2025 priorities explicitly state no target date for implementation. Municipal vehicle-fee permissions, trail funding proposals and traffic-law reforms are intermediate mechanisms, not built facilities, avoided crashes or household disposable gains. Request implemented local projects, agency/coalition roles, before/after injury exposure, county residence and net mode-change costs.

3. Qualitative assessment

The center hypothesizes 5,000 potentially affected statewide road users, .7 Denver share, .4 implementation and .2 incremental recipient contribution. Utility .002 per person-year for three years after two-year delay is an injury-health hypothesis, not a measured program coefficient. Public plans, baseline road funding and other advocates are alternatives; exercise benefits and direct education/event welfare remain unpriced rather than zero.

4. What do you get for your dollar?

Full FYending June2025 cost is $1,545,869. Center: 1.53 health QALYs and .278952 signed income-equivalent years, about $852K per DALY. A $100 annual net commute/resource gain after tax, benefits, equipment and time costs is judged and halved for positive overlap. Fifty engaged household proxies retain $10 immediate effort costs and stress even if policy fails. Distinct public implementation cost $50,000 and ten displaced-worker households losing $1,000 are judged, incremental-implementation gated. Actual-year effort and delayed resources remain separate; same-year participant gain/cost is joint.

Model, assumptions and sensitivity

Whole statewide recipient annual cost against partial finite safety-policy channel; direct education/event benefits unknown. Recognized DSP/other and all-program costs are scope sensitivities, not full policy or marginal costs.

Pinned ten-county Denver CBSA19740. Potential statewide road users and .7 local share are hypotheses; headquarters and DSP branding do not establish county-resident outputs.

b=implementation×incremental attribution. Health=(potential road users×b×injury utility×finite delayed duration−engaged participants×current harm)×Denver share. Household resources jointly logged by actual year; full current effort independent of policy benefit, distinct public/worker losses implementation-gated and geography applied once. Price=10C/(health+signed income).

C
1545869 USD annual (observed). Explicit conditional judgment, not a measured causal recipient coefficient; adverse and null scenarios test this assumption. [finance]
N
5000 annual participant household-equivalent hypothesis (judgment). 5000 potential statewide road users is a conditional hypothesis, not annual native clients. [services] [cg-cost]
householdShare
0.5 model parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment, not a measured causal recipient coefficient; adverse and null scenarios test this assumption. [services] [cg-cost]
engaged
50 model parameter (judgment). 50 engaged household proxies judged; not all5000 road users participating. [services] [cg-cost]
implementation
0.4 model parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment, not a measured causal recipient coefficient; adverse and null scenarios test this assumption. [services] [cg-cost]
attribution
0.2 model parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment, not a measured causal recipient coefficient; adverse and null scenarios test this assumption. [services] [cg-cost]
q
0.002 model parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment, not a measured causal recipient coefficient; adverse and null scenarios test this assumption. [services] [cg-cost]
T
3 model parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment, not a measured causal recipient coefficient; adverse and null scenarios test this assumption. [services] [cg-cost]
g
0.7 model parameter (judgment). .7 Denver share judged, county output unknown. [services] [cg-cost]
delay
2 model parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment, not a measured causal recipient coefficient; adverse and null scenarios test this assumption. [services] [cg-cost]
r
0.03 model parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment, not a measured causal recipient coefficient; adverse and null scenarios test this assumption. [services] [cg-cost]
harm
0.0001 model parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment, not a measured causal recipient coefficient; adverse and null scenarios test this assumption. [services] [cg-cost]
resourceGain
100 model parameter (judgment). 100 net household commute/work resources after equipment, access, time, tax and benefits, not gross earnings. [services] [cg-cost]
overlap
0.5 model parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment, not a measured causal recipient coefficient; adverse and null scenarios test this assumption. [services] [cg-cost]
cost
10 model parameter (judgment). 10 immediate participant effort cost, not success-discounted. [services] [cg-cost]
baseline
30000 model parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment, not a measured causal recipient coefficient; adverse and null scenarios test this assumption. [services] [cg-cost]
payerPeople
10000 model parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment, not a measured causal recipient coefficient; adverse and null scenarios test this assumption. [services] [cg-cost]
payerBaseline
50000 model parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment, not a measured causal recipient coefficient; adverse and null scenarios test this assumption. [services] [cg-cost]
externalCost
50000 model parameter (judgment). 50000 distinct incremental public implementation resources, not proposed gross fee revenues. [services] [cg-cost]
displacedPeople
10 model parameter (judgment). 10 distinct affected worker households, incremental implementation-gated. [services] [cg-cost]
displacedGain
-1000 model parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment, not a measured causal recipient coefficient; adverse and null scenarios test this assumption. [services] [cg-cost]

central: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 1.53; all-population health QALYs: 2.19. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.28. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

clinical null: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 0.00; all-population health QALYs: 0.00. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.28. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

financial only: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 0.00; all-population health QALYs: 0.00. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.28. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

failed policy full effort: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 0.00; all-population health QALYs: 0.00. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.01. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

no attribution full effort: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 0.00; all-population health QALYs: 0.00. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.01. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

no exposure: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 0.00; all-population health QALYs: 0.00. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

no gift no exposure: Cost: $0; Denver health QALYs: 0.00; all-population health QALYs: 0.00. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

adverse: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: -0.77; all-population health QALYs: -1.10. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.74. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

unknown: Cost: unknown; Denver health QALYs: unknown; all-population health QALYs: unknown. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

no resources: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 1.53; all-population health QALYs: 2.19. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.04. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

short duration: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 0.52; all-population health QALYs: 0.75. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.07. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

five years: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 2.49; all-population health QALYs: 3.55. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.48. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

low attribution: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 0.38; all-population health QALYs: 0.54. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.07. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

high attribution: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 2.30; all-population health QALYs: 3.29. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.42. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

low implementation: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 0.38; all-population health QALYs: 0.54. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.07. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

implemented: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 3.84; all-population health QALYs: 5.49. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.71. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

half local: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 1.10; all-population health QALYs: 2.19. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.20. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

no local: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 0.00; all-population health QALYs: 0.00. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

no positive overlap: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 1.53; all-population health QALYs: 2.19. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.04. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

full positive overlap: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 1.53; all-population health QALYs: 2.19. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.60. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

negative overlap zero: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 1.53; all-population health QALYs: 2.19. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.68. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

negative overlap one: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 1.53; all-population health QALYs: 2.19. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.68. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

same year resource ledger: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 1.63; all-population health QALYs: 2.33. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.30. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

five year delay: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 1.40; all-population health QALYs: 2.01. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.25. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

no effort cost: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 1.53; all-population health QALYs: 2.19. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.28. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

high effort: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 1.53; all-population health QALYs: 2.19. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.23. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

no compliance cost: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 1.53; all-population health QALYs: 2.19. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.31. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

high compliance cost: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 1.53; all-population health QALYs: 2.19. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.20. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

no displacement: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 1.53; all-population health QALYs: 2.19. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.29. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

higher net resource gain: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 1.53; all-population health QALYs: 2.19. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.92. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

double cost: Cost: $3.1M; Denver health QALYs: 1.53; all-population health QALYs: 2.19. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.28. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

dsp and other recognized cost: Cost: $962K; Denver health QALYs: 1.53; all-population health QALYs: 2.19. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.28. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

all program recognized cost: Cost: $1.3M; Denver health QALYs: 1.53; all-population health QALYs: 2.19. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.28. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

half population: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 0.77; all-population health QALYs: 1.09. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.12. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

double population: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 3.07; all-population health QALYs: 4.39. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.60. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

failed policy worker loss gated: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 0.00; all-population health QALYs: 0.00. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.01. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

zero population effort remains: Cost: $1.5M; Denver health QALYs: 0.00; all-population health QALYs: 0.00. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.04. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

Counterfactual: Existing transport agency plans, public funding, other coalitions, route choices and baseline road safety absent added recipient advocacy.

Attribution: Separate .4 implementation and .2 recipient incremental attribution judgments; priorities and legal proposals are not delivered safety outcomes.

Unknown traffic exposure, projects/implementation, causal injury utility, mode-change resources, public payer incidence and next-gift capacity.

Sensitivity

  • clinical null: $5.6M per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • financial only: $5.5M per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • failed policy full effort: no finite positive estimate. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • no attribution full effort: no finite positive estimate. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • no exposure: no finite positive estimate. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • no gift no exposure: no finite positive estimate. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • adverse: no finite positive estimate. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • unknown: no finite positive estimate. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • no resources: $1.0M per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • short duration: $2.6M per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • five years: $522K per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • low attribution: $3.5M per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • high attribution: $567K per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • low implementation: $3.5M per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • implemented: $340K per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • half local: $1.2M per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • no local: no finite positive estimate. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • no positive overlap: $1.0M per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • full positive overlap: $725K per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • negative overlap zero: $1.8M per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • negative overlap one: $1.8M per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • same year resource ledger: $803K per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • five year delay: $932K per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • no effort cost: $850K per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • high effort: $878K per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • no compliance cost: $840K per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • high compliance cost: $891K per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • no displacement: $848K per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • higher net resource gain: $630K per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • double cost: $1.7M per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • dsp and other recognized cost: $531K per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • all program recognized cost: $707K per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • half population: $1.7M per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • double population: $421K per DALY. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • failed policy worker loss gated: no finite positive estimate. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.
  • zero population effort remains: no finite positive estimate. Conditional finite local transport-safety policy channel; residents, incremental implementation, clinical utility and net resources judgments. Legislative priorities and road-user advocacy are not completed infrastructure or measured injury reduction.

Unresolved inputs

  • Implemented local projects and unique exposed road users
  • Agency/coalition counterfactual and recipient attribution
  • Clinical injury utility and persistence
  • Net commuting resources and public payer/worker incidence
  • Usable donation intake and marginal capacity

Health and income breakdown

For the modeled $1.5M: 1.53 health QALYs + 0.28 income-equivalent healthy years in Denver: $852K per DALY. Income equivalents are welfare comparisons, not observed QALYs or DALYs.

Method and caveats.

5. Funding and previous grants

Original full expenses FY2023 $2,089,992, FY2024 $1,785,914 and FY2025 $1,545,869; FY2023 adds $5,460 netted merchandise costs. The $962,129 FY2025 DSP/Share the Road/other program cost is not a narrowly allocated policy budget; all-program $1,282,839 is another recognized-cost sensitivity. Both exclude allocated full social costs. DonationUrl is null because the linked /donate-2/ route returns explicit404 on both hosts; no payment attempted. Fresh restricted marginal use and current capacity require confirmation.

Annual expenses

Organization-level spending, including programs, administration and fundraising. The research list averages three comparable, consecutive full fiscal years when available.

  • FY 2023: $2.1M; ein:84-1201078, 12-month period, IRS full functional expenses plus netted direct event expenses. Source
  • FY 2024: $1.8M; ein:84-1201078, 12-month period, IRS full functional expenses plus netted direct event expenses. Source
  • FY 2025: $1.5M; ein:84-1201078, 12-month period, IRS full functional expenses plus netted direct event expenses. Source

6. Sources

  1. Current legislative priorities and implementation caveat. Bicycle Colorado. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-10-06.
  2. Current legal recipient homepage and donor link. Bicycle Colorado. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-10-06.
  3. Original FY2025 IRS filing and DSP DBA. IRS original filing. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-10-06.
  4. Original FY2024 IRS filing. IRS original filing. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-10-06.
  5. Original FY2023 IRS filing. IRS original filing. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-10-06.
  6. Health and logarithmic income methodology. Coefficient Giving. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-10-06.