
Urban Nehrd
@lukegarrott
Parejo para todos. Level the field. Ex-councilman, Salt Lake City. Chicago native. Poli Sci PhD. Footballer for life. #ProRelforUSA
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http://lukegarrott.com/ 03-01-2011 19:07:28
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Fuck this. The cta is resolving to communicate LESS for 2025? I think not. Please RT if you think Ram Villivalam Don DeWitte and ESPECIALLY Governor JB Pritzker’s CTA board nominees should be getting in CTA President Carter’s ear to reverse this dumb idea by Monday of next week.👇🙄






Second, public safety: UDOT owns and operates the most dangerous roads in Salt Lake City, some of which criss-cross through the center of Downtown, and others dissect neighborhoods and create boundaries that residents don't cross. The advocacy group Sweet Streets has been


Sweet Streets UDOT makes roads in cities dangerous by applying 1950s style engineering tactics that prioritize cars above all else. It does this by building lanes that are the same width as highway lanes, which gives drivers a bigger buffer from each other and a sense of safety at higher


Sweet Streets Next, the economy: These roads are built for suburban commuters to enter and leave the city at high rates of speed. Studies have shown that the types of wide, one-way roads UDOT builds — like 500 South and 600 South Downtown west of State — are bad for business. Consumers

Sweet Streets Salt Lake City's economy is booming. Its revenue is up 73% in the past five years, a period when it has been working somewhat aggressively to make its streets safer and catch up with a backlog of deferred maintenance on streets it owns (for now). I mention this because the


Sweet Streets The city has been working to negotiate with these suburban legislators to minimize the harm they want to cause on the city. All work is being done behind closed doors. The bill is up in a House committee today at 4 p.m. The sponsor said an amendment is coming, but the amendment


