We never see signs that say “Speed Up, You’re So Cool!”
Why is that? (Hint: cars are dangerous to children, dogs, cyclists, pedestrians, and other living things) #sb195sucks
Cycling street art sells for record at auction: www.cyclingwest.com/bicycle-art/...
Alleged Hit-and-Run Drunk Driver Crashes into Peak State Fit / CycleCafe
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We need to get Sub 4 passed/substituted. www.cyclingwest.com/advocacy/adv...
SB0195 is an awful bill that would kill bike lanes for at least 9 months in SLC. Please contact your representative today www.cyclingwest.com/advocacy/adv...
SLC needs to annex SSL.
Not going to either…
Please make your website better. It’s a disorganized, ad cluttered mess.
Today’s Salt Lake City air quality is unhealthy (for everyone). See our story on AQ and cycling: www.cyclingwest.com/fitness/coac...
It’s time to restart Salt Lake City’s pandemic slow streets program. This was an easy win for safe streets but was abandoned when life went back to “normal”. @slcmayor.bsky.social @slcmoves.bsky.social
They also quit writing daily editorials and only do these 1x/week, and pushed out a number of their top columnists including Paul Krugman and Charles Blow.
Apparently not. Bluesky’s ‘algorithm’ is still subpar.
SLC however seems to be allergic to traffic diverters (we have maybe 2-3 in the city) just like they are allergic to protected bike lanes. Slow streets could be implemented quickly (see Berkeley below ) if we had some gumption.
It’s time to restart Salt Lake City’s pandemic slow streets program. This was an easy win for safe streets but was abandoned when life went back to “normal”. @slcmayor.bsky.social @slcmoves.bsky.social
Advocacy Alert: Bike-Related Bills in the 2025 Utah Legislative Session www.cyclingwest.com/advocacy/adv...
Maybe a non-profit adjunct to @buildingsaltlake.bsky.social or ? See cayimby.org @idothethinking.bsky.social
Hey Utah pro-housing folks: is it time to form a group to advocate for this? Maybe UtahYimby? Kind of like @cayimby.bsky.social? @taylorwanderson.bsky.social @benjaminwood.bsky.social @devinzander.bsky.social @nicknslc.bsky.social @alerigolon.bsky.social @urbannehrd.bsky.social
Montana Proposes Bill to Force Cyclists to Ride the Wrong Way in Traffic - Yes, it's true: www.cyclingwest.com/news/montana...
Montana Proposes Bill to Force Cyclists to Ride the Wrong Way in Traffic - Yes, it's true: www.cyclingwest.com/news/montana...
The NYT’s coverage today was all about traffic, cars, drivers. It would be great to know if more people seemed to be taking the metro, train, bus, bike etc.
Doubles ridership, they are only adding 5% to the overall budget. What is good cutoff for free fare? 5%? 10%? That depends on how good those agencies are at finding funding. Charging fares in systems that have a low percentage is borderline performative.
Yes. For those systems where fares make up a small percentage of total budget (5-10%), it’s easier to move to a free fare model. Those transit agencies are good at non-fare funding revenue and an increase in ridership isn’t going to make much difference in there overall budget. If a 5% system …
Free transit isn’t just symbolic, especially for those who can least afford it. The ‘service first’ camp generally neglects those who can least afford to pay.
What evidence do you have to support this?
Great study on designing bikes and bikeways to make it easier for older people to ride.
Among seniors who did test rides, the most popular model was a single-seat three-wheeler. Biking even one hour a week can have signifiant benefits to health, balance, cognitive function, and overall wellbeing.
Other systems, like BART or NYC’s Metro, fares are a much higher percentage of budget, so free is much harder. Free reduces all sorts of barriers to ride, and where fares are a low percentage of budget transit should always be free. Transit is a public good. Time to treat it fully as such.
What is rarely considered in the free vs service argument is the percent of budget that actually comes from fares. Many transit systems (AC Transit, UTA) it’s only 5-10% at most of the budget. With any political will, this can easily be recouped by a small sales or property tax increase.
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What is the issue?
