News & Education
It’s Safer if You Are Seen
There are various street design elements that can help people walking and biking be seen, greatly increasing safety.
New Projects Dedicated to Building Bikeways to be Completed in 2025
New bikeways are coming in 2025, connecting the east and west sides of SLC and filling out the network in west downtown.
Join us for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, Sunday, November 17th
Sweet Streets and partners will host the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims in SLC on Sunday, November 17
An Introduction to Vision Zero and SLC’s Proclamation
What is Vision Zero? And what happened to SLC's commitment 21 months ago?
Form-Based Code, Part 4: Administration & Definitions
Part 4 of the series on form-based code, Administration & Definitions.
Form-Based Code, Part 3: The Building Standards
Part 3 of the series on form-based code, The Building Standards.
Form-Based Code, Part 2: Public Standards
Part 2 of the series on form-based code, The Public Standards.
Form-Based Code, Part 1: The Regulating Plan
An introduction to form-based code and an overview of the regulating plan.
2023 Election Surveys: District 2
Candidates for Salt Lake City’s City Council District 2 respond to Sweet Streets’ questions on Vision Zero, Neighborhood Byways, transit expansion and parking minimums.
2023 Election Surveys: District 4
Candidates for Salt Lake’s City Council District 4 respond to Sweet Streets’ questions on Vision Zero, Neighborhood Byways, transit expansion and parking minimums.
2023 Election Surveys: District 6
Candidates for Salt Lake’s City Council District 6 respond to Sweet Streets’ questions on Vision Zero, Neighborhood Byways, transit expansion and parking minimums.
2023 Election Surveys: District 7
Candidates for Salt Lake’s City Council District 7 respond to Sweet Streets’ questions on Vision Zero, Neighborhood Byways, transit expansion and parking minimums.
2023 Election Surveys: Mayor
Candidates for Salt Lake City’s 2023 mayoral election answer Sweet Streets’ questions about Vision Zero, neighborhood byways, transit expansion and parking minimums.
Come Ride Bikes on Main!
Open Streets on Main starts now! Join Sweet Streets on Saturday, Sept. 23, for a group bike ride on Main Street from Murray to Downtown Salt Lake City.
I-15 Coalition Statement
While we are supportive of some of the proposed changes to the freeway interchanges, we don’t believe expanding the lanes by one will achieve desired results.
Sweet Streets at the 2023 Utah Legislature: Here’s what you need to know
The 2023 legislative session was a big one for safe streets and active transportation. Lawmakers budgeted $45 million for the buildout of a statewide trails network, FrontRunner got a $200 million injection for a new Draper station and more sections of double-track, and the state is putting more attention toward those tricky areas where sidewalks, bike lanes, trails and passenger rail get tied up around freight trains.
Sweet Streets applauds Salt Lake City’s commitment to Vision Zero
Sweet Streets applauds Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall’s commitment to eliminating traffic death and injuries on city streets.
Why dropping a street from 4 lanes to 3 is better for everyone (even drivers!)
Road diets are one of the hardest things for drivers to wrap their heads around. If traffic is bad with four lanes, it has to be even worse with three lanes, right?
Wrong. It’ll be better for everyone, driver’s included. Here’s why
What We Accomplished in 2022, Together.
Our campaign to promote safe speeds on neighborhood streets was a success! But that’s not all we accomplished together in 2022. Check out our rundown of what we achieved together this year.
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Danish govt requires and funds cost-benefit analysis of every transpo project. Recent study: Cycling gives back to… https://t.co/PaP9SwNV3G
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RT @buildingslc: SLC releases design guide for restaurants and bars to expand outdoors, and questions remain about room for safe dis… https://t.co/eBoGDfpchb
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Things are moving in House committees... House’s new climate action plan takes a page from T4America’s playbook -… https://t.co/f6PlD3hS69