Screw the Bus… Bikes Full Steam Ahead

I was walking this morning with my 3 year old, 1 year old, and 15 year old dog on a paved trail near near Gorgoza. Suddenly, a pack of 10 child-bikers came racing down the path. I moved my crew off to the side because, well my 15 year old dog wasn’t exactly legal per …

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The Utter Dominance of the Car in Commuting and How It Impacts Park City

Vox has an interesting article talking about the single-occupant car. It opens, “In small pockets of large cities around America, a growing number of people have been walking, biking, or taking public transit to work in recent years. A disproportionate focus on these cities has led advocates and journalists to celebrate the resurgence of car-free forms of …

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First Autonomous Truck Hits the Road in Nevada… Why Not Here?

You may know that I think we are missing a huge opportunity here in Summit County to embrace the autonomous vehicle. I don’t mean just waiting for them to become available and then passing some laws. I believe we have unique characteristics and needs that would support getting tech companies and vehicle manufactures to test their vehicles …

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We Got Lucky This Time

Sometimes bad things happen but you escape unscathed. It serves as a cautionary tale. This is one of those times. According to a neighborhood post, a car rolled down an embankment and rolled onto the new bike path on Kilby Rd. There is only a small wire fence separating I-80 from the bike path. No …

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Park City’s New Transportation Coordinator Appears to be a Good Choice

This morning, KPCW’s Lynn Ware Peak interviewed Park City’s new head of transportation planning, Alfred Knotts. Mr Knotts was previously a Transportation Project Manager with the Tahoe Transportation District. The Tahoe Transportation District oversees transportation in the Tahoe area, which encompasses 5 counties and 2 states. He is replacing Park City’s Kent Cashel who is …

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Average Traffic in Cottonwood Canyons is at a 1999 Level?

I was doing some research on the number of visitors that drive the Cottonwood Canyons. I’ll be writing more, later today, about a report on transportation from 2012 that I’ve been reading. However, I wanted to share an interesting chart in that report from the Utah Department of Transportation. Below is the average daily traffic …

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Our Proposal for Easing Traffic and Diversifying Our Economy

They say growth is coming and our traffic will only get worse. To date our local government solutions have centered around the bus… iPhone apps to tell you when the bus is arriving, transit centers to make bus connections easier, circulating buses around Kimball Junction, bus only lanes to speed by cars, more ads trying to …

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We’ve Figured out What it Will Take To Get Us to Ride the Bus

Bus. Bus. Bus. Everywhere you turn, you hear the word “bus” when people talk about solutions to our transportation problems. Unlike 80% of the people around Park City, we have actually taken the bus. Ok, that was just once and for a story. So, what would it take for us to become regular riders?  We’ve figured it …

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