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.

Candidates for Salt Lake’s City Council District 4 respond to Sweet Streets’ questions on Vision Zero, Neighborhood Byways, transit expansion and parking minimums.

Candidates for Salt Lake’s City Council District 6 respond to Sweet Streets’ questions on Vision Zero, Neighborhood Byways, transit expansion and parking minimums.

Candidates for Salt Lake’s City Council District 7 respond to Sweet Streets’ questions on Vision Zero, Neighborhood Byways, transit expansion and parking minimums.

Candidates for Salt Lake City’s 2023 mayoral election answer Sweet Streets’ questions about Vision Zero, neighborhood byways, transit expansion and parking minimums.

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.

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

Sweet Streets is calling on the Salt Lake City Council and Transportation Division to enact a 20 mph limit on neighborhood streets with timely emphasis on routes connecting with schools and neighborhood byways.