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.

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. 

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