Cycling Utah

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

The Cyclistien Conceptual Art Sells for Record Price at Auction - Cycling West - Cycling Utah New York City, NY (April 1, 2025) — A new piece of conceptual art The Cyclistien has sold for a record $6.5 million dollars, according to a statement by

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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Advocacy Alert: Anti-Safety Utah Bill Would Kill New Bike Lanes, Traffic Calming, and Harm Children in Salt Lake City in 2025 - Cycling West - Cycling Utah Bill Targets Salt Lake City Vision Zero Program that Seeks to Eliminate Traffic Fatalities A new Utah bill would threaten new bike lanes in Salt Lake City

We need to get Sub 4 passed/substituted. www.cyclingwest.com/advocacy/adv...

Advocacy Alert: Anti-Safety Utah Bill Would Kill New Bike Lanes, Traffic Calming, and Harm Children in Salt Lake City in 2025 - Cycling West - Cycling Utah Bill Targets Salt Lake City Vision Zero Program that Seeks to Eliminate Traffic Fatalities A new Utah bill would threaten new bike lanes in Salt Lake City

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.

Air Quality and Outdoor Cycling & Training - Cycling West - Cycling Utah By Sarah Kaufmann — What are the health risks of training in bad air? My agenda with looking into this research is in evaluating the health risks for a

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 - Cycling West - Cycling Utah By Kyle Harline and Cameron Carter, Bike Utah Policy Staff SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (January 16, 2025) — Utah lawmakers meet from January to March each year

Advocacy Alert: Bike-Related Bills in the 2025 Utah Legislative Session www.cyclingwest.com/advocacy/adv...

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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

Light & Motion - A US Based Bike Light Manufacturer - to Cease Operations - Cycling West - Cycling Utah January 10, 2025 — Light & Motion, a US based manufacturer of bike lights, announced in a statement on their website recently that they will be

Light & Motion to close shop: www.cyclingwest.com/news/light-m...

Montana Proposes Bill to Force Cyclists to Ride the Wrong Way in Traffic - Cycling West - Cycling Utah MONTANA (January 8, 2025) – Montana legislators introduced a bill on January 7, 2025 to force cyclists to ride the wrong way in traffic. House Bill 124 is

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Montana Proposes Bill to Force Cyclists to Ride the Wrong Way in Traffic - Cycling West - Cycling Utah MONTANA (January 8, 2025) – Montana legislators introduced a bill on January 7, 2025 to force cyclists to ride the wrong way in traffic. House Bill 124 is

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.

Cycling Can Make Seniors Healthier and More Independent - Cycling West - Cycling Utah Cycling can make seniors healthier and more independent − here’s how to design bikes and networks that meet their needs​ By Anne Lusk, Lecturer in

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What is the issue?