A reminder and a crash
17 September, 2008
First, a reminder. Tomorrow night in Orem is the UDOT open house where you can tell UDOT all about what roads need to be more friendly to bicycles. I posted on this previously and you can read about it here. I spoke with the consulting engineer last night and he told me that the study includes roads owned by UDOT as well as those owned by other entities, so what ever roads you may wish to talk about, they will listen. I highly encourage you to read the PDF linked here prior to coming if you can. It will give you some good background on how things work and what the processes and procedures are in the world of transportation design. Since the time is short, focus on section 6 first, and move on to the rest as you have time. I highly recommend this for all advocates of cycling.
In other news, an American Fork school teacher was nearly killed this week by a motorist who wasn’t paying attention. I don’t know to many details, but you can read what KSL reported here. I hate to see this happen, and it happens all to frequently. I hope by working with our political and planning officials we can make things safer for everyone. See you all at the meeting!
