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Bikeways a glimpse of Salt Lake City’s two-wheeled future
(Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) A bicyclist rides along Salt Lake City's separated bikeway along 300 East and 700 South. It's the first in the state.
Cycling » New lanes on 300 East may be a model used across Salt Lake City’s downtown.
By Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune
Experimental bicycle lanes along 300 East in Salt Lake City are drawing lots of feedback from residents, most of it positive, from what city officials say.
With the blessing of the city council and Mayor Ralph Becker, an unabashed cycling enthusiast, the city is about a month into trying out the two new lane configurations, designed to test ways of making biking on urban streets safer for two-wheeled traffic.
Depending how the pilot project goes, residents could see similar lanes being added throughout the downtown in future years.
A so-called buffered bike lane runs between 800 and 900 South on 300 East, amounting to a striped buffer painted on the pavement on either side of a conventional bike lane.
City workers are also trying out a cycle track, between 600 and 800 South, which locates the bike lane next to the curb and puts a buffer and parking spaces for cars between the bike lane and the main roadway...
Will North Temple overhaul help residents get more exercise?
(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) The new sidewalks like these near the popular Red Iguana restaurant seem pedestrian-friendly. Barbara Brown, an environmental psychologist with the University of Utah Department of Family and Consumer Studies, is leading research to determine whether walkable neighborhoods impact health. She will rig hundreds of participants who live near North Temple with devices that will monitor their movements now and a year later after North Temple project has been completed and the place becomes a pedestrian's paradise, Friday, August 11, 2012.
North Temple » U. researchers are delving into how construction will affect residents’ activities and attitudes.
By Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune
University of Utah researchers are taking advantage of a major Salt Lake City corridor’s overhaul to document whether a pedestrian-friendly environment actually gets people out of their cars and exercising more.
As the $290 million renovation of North Temple and installation of the airport TRAX line near completion later this year, principal investigator Barbara Brown needs a few hundred more residents to agree to occasional interviews — and to wear electronic monitoring devices that track movement.
University of Utah researchers are recruiting Salt Lake City residents who live within 1.2 miles of North Temple between 200 West and 2200 West for a study of how the street’s renovation will affect their interactions with the neighborhood. Interested residents can call 801-585-3754 or e-mail mapstudy@fcs.utah.edu.
The data will help determine how residents’ activities and their intensity level change after North Temple is equipped with wide multi-use sidewalks, bike lanes, a multi-use path, fewer traffic lanes, trees and a light-rail line, according to Brown, a professor of family and consumer studies and principal investigator on the study...
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