Creative outlet of @bjaminwood. Streets are for people. Bike+Train kills cars.
SLC, UT
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The draft “Planner’s Pledge” that @JeffSpeckFAICP added to the end of Walkable City is the most perfect distillation of new urbanism that I’ve ever seen.
Read this, commit to it, and join the fight of making our world a better place to live in. #utpol #slc
Reposting again because it's indicative of how the UDOT brain works. Just 200 people commute from Vernal to SLC. For Blanding, the number is effectively 0.
UDOT investing in Wasatch Front transit would move THOUSANDS, but they see the state as an expanse of dirt, not as people.
Bike Lake City retweeted
Finally catching up to logging this train. It blocked 800 and 900 South for an hour while also lurching forward halfway through to also block 200 South for half an hour. #BuryTheRails
Yo! Barricades down and sidewalk back open outside the Moss Courthouse on Main Street. #slc
The LDS Church at Redwood Road and 600 North where a fatal shooting occurred in January is on deck for redevelopment into townhomes. #slc
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Bike Lake City retweeted
Salt Lake City’s New 400 S Protected Bike Lane Under Attack cyclingwest.com/advocacy/roa… #utpol
Discount passes are great and by all means, let's get as many people using them as possible.
But discount passholders have a *higher* subsidiary per rider than standard passholders. Increasing the number of discount riders would mean LESS net operating revenue for @rideuta #slc
As the Utah Transit Authority proposes a 20% fare increase, a low-income advocacy group is asking the agency to take a step back and consider putting more resources toward increasing enrollment of available discount passes before hiking fares
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This is why you gotta dig into the details. Apparently @RideUTA’s long range plan contemplates abandoning high-frequency service to the state Capitol.
Those stops don’t do huge numbers, but the symbolic loss of legitimate bus service to the Capitol would be a big step backward.
This train was completely stopped but thanks to the 400 South Viaduct Trail I was able to make it to make it to my medical appointment. #slc
Bike Lake City retweeted
Cheesecake Factory populism is so weird to me because the rise of chain restaurants created over-the-top, replicable dining experiences, which eventually put the final squeeze on mom-and-pop restaurants, such as the US version of trattorias. I would argue those family-owned neighborhood businesses made the dining experience feel more special and pulled communities together. The shift to chain restaurants homogenized American life and concentrated corporate power. Strange to frame corporate consolidation as "populism."
When he’s right, he’s right #utpol
