News & Education
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.
It’s Time To Create a Main Street for Sugar House
Salt Lake City is planning to reconstruct 2100 South through the heart of Sugar House. Option 1 would be more of the same. Option 2 would create a Main Street for our second downtown.
We’ve been selected as a 2021 AARP Community Challenge Grantee!
AARP announced today that Sweet Streets - Salt Lake City is one of 244 grantees for Community Challenge funds that will bring pedestrian wayfinding to Salt Lake City.
Sweet Streets calls for default 20 mph speed limit in Salt Lake City neighborhoods
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.
I ran every street in Salt Lake City. It’s time for 20 mph speed limits.
In 2020, Salt Lake City resident Bryant Heath made headlines after he ran every street in Utah’s capital city. Among his takeaways from the adventures: Speeds in neighborhoods are too high and need to come down.
It’s time for the City Council to view street design as public safety
We’re asking the Salt Lake City Council to allocate $3 million per year to help fund Livable Streets in two neighborhoods every year, citywide.
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