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Report Shows Increased use of bikes for commuting offers economic, health benefits

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…

Utah Health Department Releases Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan Guide

Utah Health Department Releases Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan Guide

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.…

Salt Lake City Installs Copenhagen Left Bike Turn Box

Salt Lake City Installs Copenhagen Left Bike Turn Box

This week Salt Lake City installed its first 'Copenhagen left' bike turn box for cyclists turning left from Main St. to 200 S. eastbound.…

Chip Seals and Bicycles in Salt Lake City – Final Call for Public Input Through November 18.

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…

Tim Young Departs as Jackson Hole Area Friends of Pathways’ Executive Director

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…

Emigration Canyon Share the Road Event Planned for October 8

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…

Bicycle Collective News

With cold weather comes warm hearts. Every winter Collective volunteers refurbish and provide hundreds of children’s bicycles to goodwill programs like Sub-for-Santa, Angel Tree, and more to be given as…

Mountain Trails Foundation News

By Ginger Ries Featured Trail: “Rusty Shovel: Fall has arrived and the trails are ablaze with color and teaming with wildlife. If you’re looking to do some leaf-peeping and moose-dodging…

Volunteers Needed For National Public Lands Day

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…

Sharing our Urban Canyons

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…