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SLC, UT
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Salt Lake Central Station - the best connected transit stop in the state - should be one of the most popular pedestrian areas in downtown. But instead, it is isolated from the rest of downtown and has mud puddles where there should be sidewalks.
We are squandering our potential.
Benjamin Wood retweeted
Salt Lake City has a security guard at the Liberty Park playground that’s been closed for over a year making sure that no kid uses it until the mayor can have a photo-op this evening.
Benjamin Wood retweeted
You know what actually this sucks. "The Point" simultaneously ruined the Blue line extension, and is now putting huge financial strain on FrontRunner 2X
Sheesh, just cut the new point station and problem solved axios.com/local/salt-lake-ci…
Benjamin Wood retweeted
The city of Ogden had similar conversations with UDOT about building a grade-separated pedestrian crossing in front of Ogden Union Station. The best UDOT would argee to is a landscaped median in Wall Avenue, to break up the cross walk into 2 parts, as seen in the render:
Benjamin Wood retweeted
SLC Council will be discussing a proposed e-bike ordinance during today's work session. The ordinance balances the transportation needs of cyclists with the need to keep our urban trails family & pedestrian (and horse) friendly. Meeting details linked.
slc.primegov.com/Portal/Meet…
Benjamin Wood retweeted
State leaders demanded the capitol city mayor solve a state problem and she just said okay, made a plan, and got to work.
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Great @CityWeekly piece by @swankmotron! #SLC is the best major league city in the USA, but the dog situation needs improvement. Too many people think their PETS are humans. Your ANIMAL needs to be leashed up- I don't want it touching me while I jog. Learn about legal liability
Also this week, Bryan Young calls out Salt Lake City dog owners who disrespect on-leash rules and clutter up the city's trails with poop. #slc #utpol cityweekly.net/news/off-leas…
Benjamin Wood retweeted
Advocating for big transit projects can be hard work with very slow results... but the progress is real!
Benjamin Wood retweeted
Typical discourse on X these days:
They say: SLC is now a liberal hellhole. Libs ruined it with their crazy leftist policies.
Tay say: In what way has it been ruined?
They: Just look around. I wouldn't walk down the street! Druggies are everywhere and there's a whale whose paint has the same colors as the trans flag!!
Tay: ... Downtown visits are up. City revenue keeps rising. City spending is way up too which I'm not stoked about. Home prices keep hitting record highs in the city...
They: OH YOU SAY HOME PRICES ARE UP LIKE THAT'S A GOOD THING.
Tay: Have a good day.
Benjamin Wood retweeted
Two big names in development have paired up to launch a new for-sale homebuilding company.
Gardner Group and Urban Alfandre have combined forces to focus on a variety of housing types in Salt Lake City, St. George and Boise.
READ:
buildingsaltlake.com/gardner…
Benjamin Wood retweeted
UDOT asked and Utah answered: more transit, better bike lanes, less road widening. cityweekly.net/news/udot-ask… via @CityWeekly and @BjaminWood
Benjamin Wood retweeted
And yet nobody is talking about what record low levels on Lake Powell look like on the ground: the restoration of Glen Canyon
Benjamin Wood retweeted
A hospital you need five lanes to cross to get to seems like a really great idea.
BREAKING NEWS: Intermountain Health has released detailed renderings for its planned hospital near Downtown Salt Lake City.
buildingsaltlake.com/intermo…
#utpol
Benjamin Wood retweeted
SLC's new council member to BSL: 'We need all kinds of housing' buildingsaltlake.com/slcs-ne… via @buildingslc and @Jacob_Scholl
Benjamin Wood retweeted
Why do I make fun of South Salt Lake (aka GoatHead City)?
One big reason is how it treats Parleys Trail at the S-Line.
Not only did the city eliminate the trail between State and Main streets, the signal priority makes clear cars are the priority over any other visitor.
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