The success of this corridor will be defined by the leveraging of a real and costly asset: the transit opportunities being developed. Bicycle and pedestrian overpasses at State and 700E (supporting the only E-W dedicated bike path in the valley) will make this project an economic and community success by creating connection.
Dangerous conditions persist on state roads because the Utah Department of Transportation has chosen not to incorporate safety improvements in repaving projects under their “Orange Book Policy” for preventive maintenance. Under the “no changes” Orange Book Policy, the department ignores opportunities to make existing streets safer and more efficient.
Cutting out short auto trips and replacing them with mass transit and active transport would yield major health benefits, according to a study just published in the scientific journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
The new Utah Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan Design Guide is a tool that planners, advocates, and governments can use to make their community bike friendly.
This week Salt Lake City installed its first ‘Copenhagen left’ bike turn box for cyclists turning left from Main St. to 200 S. eastbound.
For the past several years, Salt Lake City has had an informal policy of not chip sealing bike lanes. Streets with bike lanes may be chip sealed, but the bike lanes have not been chip sealed. However, a January 2011 field examination of some streets that received this treatment four years prior revealed that the [...]
Tim Young Departs as Friends of Pathways’ Executive Director JACKSON, Wyoming. October 5, 2011 — Friends of Pathways (FOP) today announced to their membership and partners that Tim Young will step down as FOP’s Executive Director, after five years of leading the community, non-motorized advocacy organization. Young plans to look to new adventures in advocacy [...]
On Saturday, October 8th, Salt Lake County is planning a Share the Road event in Emigration Canyon from 9 am until 12 noon. – The safe and peaceful coexistence of multiple forms of transportation depends on predictability. Unlike many city streets, our beautiful canyon riding environments present cyclists and motorists with a more unpredictable and [...]
Mayor Ralph Becker is pleased to join the U.S. Forest Service, Salt Lake County and non-profit groups Save Our Canyons and the Cottonwood Canyons Foundation in issuing a call for volunteers to celebrate National Public Lands Day with a local trail restoration project on Saturday, September 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Many modes of transportation are frequently used in these canyons. In addition to cyclists other users include: drivers in motor vehicles, runners, equestrians, hikers, motorcyclists, those just on a scenic drive, dogs and the occasional moose. In order for each user group to be safe, we must all respect each other’s right to use the roadway corridor in a safe and thoughtful mann
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