SB195 Survey—Let UDOT Know What You Think About SLC’s New Infrastructure!!
Last week we sent out UDOT’s “Mobility Assessment Survey,” a part of the process resulting from Utah Senate Bill 195 (see here for a refresher). The survey itself may seem pretty neutral and broad at first glance, but as you take a look through it, you’ll notice the lack of options to represent non-car transportation, little mention of safety, and a focus on commuters from outside SLC with parking getting its own section.
What’s so urgent? As part of the SB195 process, this survey is one of the main components to guide UDOT’s hand when they decide whether SLC can implement safety features and mobility choices on our streets. UDOT needs to know that there is support for recent street projects, and that safety and mobility choice should be valued over only driving, parking and speeding.
If you haven’t filled it out yet, this is your last chance! The survey closes tomorrow (August 6) and it has been shared far and wide, by groups both friendly to our cause and some who are actively fighting everything we stand for. We need every one of you to fill it out. Help us save our streets!
Want to go a step further? Reply to this email with how new infrastructure has impacted your life, whether it’s made your transit experience better, given you a place to teach your child how to ride a bike, or helped you go car-free or car-lite, and we may feature it on our outlets!
A sampling of recent safety and mobility projects completed by Salt Lake City that are targeted in this study. Top-left: bike lanes and protected intersection at West Temple and 300 South, Top-right: the 9 Line Trail on 900 South at 200 East, Bottom-left: Bus lanes and boarding islands on 200 South at State St, Bottom-right: a raised pedestrian/bike crossing at Kensington Ave and 500 East.
