Perils for Pedestrians Video

Since I was in Portland last month for Railvolution, I thought this Perils for Pedestrian video was appropriate since it covers the Portland area.

UTA Press Release-Bike Bonanza

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Gerry Carpenter, 801-859-6095

Date: May 10, 2010 Press Release





UTA to Celebrate 15th Annual Bike Bonanza





May is Utah Bike Month and UTA is celebrating with its 15th Annual Bike Bonanza on Friday, May 14. The free event will run from 4 to 8 p.m. at Gallivan Plaza, 239 South Main St., Salt Lake City.



“Bike Bonanza is a great way to promote bikes as alternative transportation,” UTA General Manager Mike Allegra said. “UTA wants to encourage people to bike, carpool, or ride public transit instead of driving their own car. It saves money and helps to reduce our impact on the environment.”



Bike Bonanza is an annual opportunity for bicycling enthusiasts, commuters and casual riders to come together and learn more about the latest trends in biking. The event is free to attend and features entertainment, food and giveaways.



Entertainment includes:

A bicycle trials shows at 4 p.m., 4:50 p.m. and 5:40 p.m.
A cycle style fashion show at 6:30 p.m.
Prize raffle at 7:15 p.m.


Prizes and giveaways include:

Free helmets for the first 75 kids to attend
Two new bikes from Specialized
A cargo bike from Madsen Cycles
Bike gear and accessories
Free pizza, drinks, Clif Bars and Creamies


Bike Bonanza will also feature bike mechanics offering tune-ups and the event will offer free valet bike parking.



“This is the time of year to get the bike ready for summer,” Allegra said. “We hope you will join us for this year’s Bike Bonanza.”



Other Bike Month activities:



May 18 – Salt Lake City and County Mayors’ Bike to Work Day, 7:30 a.m. at Liberty Park, 700 East 900 South
May 18 – Provo City and UTA Bike to Work Day, 7:30 a.m. at Historic County Courthouse, west lawn
May 19 – Orem City and UTA Bike to Work Day, 7:30 a.m. at City Center Park, across from Orem City offices
May 21 – Ogden Mayor Bike to Work Day, 7:30 a.m. at A1 parking lot near the Social Science bldg at WSU
May 21 – National Bike to Work Day


For more information, go to www.rideuta.com.

Blog Entries of Note...

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From Streetsblog San Francisco:

SF School District Encourages Students to Bike

School district officials are putting in new bicycle racks and plus giving students a brush up on bicycle safety.

San Francisco Should Take Cues from New York and Just Try It!

New York is turning a section of busy Broadway at Times Square into a pedestrian area.

From the California High Speed Rail Blog:

Grade Separations Done Right

In California the NIMBY's are coming out of the woodwork because of the High Speed Rail Project. One is picturing the elevated line looking like an ugly freeway through the area.

Tight Squeeze At Transbay Terminal?

Like so many projects, the new Transbay Terminal in San Francisco could be at capacity very quickly and may not have the provisions to expand.

From Transit Miami:

Action Alert: Miami-Dade’s Million Dollar Bicycle Infrastructure Push

Miami may get improved bicycling infrastructure.

From the Overhead Wire Blog:

Preserving Affordable Housing Near Transit

Looking at some ways to insure that there is affordable housing near transit.

Connecting the Dots

Issues with the Fremont to San Jose BART extension

From the Cap'n Transit Blog:

Feds relax restrictions for light rail

Maybe the Obama administration will bring some sanity back to the FRA.

Bicycle Center Open House

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Sorry about the late notice on this one since it is tonight...

UTA & Partners Reaching Out To Bicycle Community

Open House the Next Step for Bringing Bicycle Transit Center to SLC

What: UTA is hosting an open house to discuss the Bicycle Transit Center Planning Project.

When: Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Where: Salt Lake City and County Building, 451 State Street, room 335

Who: Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City, Utah Department of Transportation, and the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Committee

Info: The open house will present preliminary recommendations and concept drawings for a future Bicycle Transit Center and seek input from the public.

The open house immediately follows the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting.

For more information, visit www.rideuta.com.

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Perils for Pedestrian Video

Here is another perils for Pedestrian Video.

This video covers the complete streets legislation that has been blogged about over the last few months. The video also features the city of Davis, California which was the first to reach platinum level with the League of America Bicyclists.

More Articles...

Image via WikipediaUTA gets rainy-day fund for lean times

UTA needs to have reserves set aside for the bad times. There is going to be times when tax revenues fall and there is a need for the money.

Project to widen 114th South is set to begin next month

Bicycle transit center for commuters in works

Broadway in New York gets makeover...

For a look at what is happening in New York to help make things easier and more convinient for bicycles and pedestrians, take a look at this article from Streetsblog:

Eyes on the Street: A Walk Down Broadway Boulevard

Bicycle Parking in Portland

From Streetfilms comes this video about innovative bike parking in Portland. If you listen to the anti-transit types you would think that Portland is the worst place in world and that no one would want to live there considering how bad it is.

However, Portland is alive and people do want to live there. In fact that is part of the problem is so many want to live there that it creates higher housing cost due to demand.

Blog Posts of the week...

Image via Wikipedia Here are the blog posts that I found interesting this week:

From a new blog simply called Light Rail Transit comes this entry:

Economic Impact of Light Rail - Dallas, Texas

Good information on how properties appreciated around DART line at a faster rate than those not close to a DART line.

From the blog Track Twenty Nine comes this entry:

"History's Gonna Change"

The author talks about the movie Back to the Future (a favorite of mine), and how the changes in the town square from 1955 to 1985 and on to 2015. While the movie was actually shot on the Universal back lot (the entire town area burned to the ground in their recent fire, to does a good job of showing the decline of downtown and its rebirth.

From the Overhead Wire comes a story about Los Angeles Rail ridership being up:

Rail Ridership in LA Up Again

What is interesting is that Los Angeles may be voting in may for to increase taxes for more rail lines. Of course the Bus Riders Union is opposed along with the areas usually cast of transit haters. Just put things in perspective, the Blue Line between Los Angeles and Long Beach is carrying 86, 000 passengers per day.

From the Streetsblog Los Angeles Blog comes these:

Transit Stimulus Bill Needs Co-Sponsors in Senate

Wiki Wednesday: Urban Bicycling With Children

From the Smart Growth Around America Blog comes this entry:

Poor sidewalks, bikeways and transit service a barrier for older Americans seeking relief from high gas prices

Interesting post, I have several neighbors who should not be driving but do to how pedestrian unfriendly my area can be most of them have to drive.

From the Seattle Transit Blog:

Central Link Tukwila Live Wire Testing

It is nice to see something about to happen in Seattle. The company I was working for at the time temporarily had me living in Seattle when the vote for this project took place and that was 1996. Long time to wait for progress. Look what Salt Lake has done in that time!

But 100,000 hours is a lot of buses

Sound Transit in the Seattle area provides regional service while the the counties and one city in the Puget Sound region provide for local service. With a tax measure going to the voters in November, some are wanting more buses now instead of light rail in the future. The Seattle Transit Blog has some good answers to this.

From the Planetizen Blog:

Walkable Neighborhood Grocers

This is an excellent posting about how important walkable grocery stores are to making a walkable city.

From the CTA Tattler in Chicago:

Dire Straits band rides the Red Line to Wrigley for a game

What, you mean they didn't ride in their luxury motor home?

That's it from this week.

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