Category Archive For "Park City"
Who Steals A Sign Asking Drivers to Slow Down? Twice!
Earlier this week I wrote about how speeders had overtaken dogs as public enemy #1 in Jeremy Ranch. As part of that article I noted that one home had put up a sign in the yard asking drivers to slow down. It appears it was stolen by… uh… I guess someone who wanted to drive …
More on Blyncsy And Privacy
Related to a previous piece on cell phone monitoring for traffic, a reader asked for a picture of the Blyncsy sensor (the device tracking your cell phone) and where they were located. I have put those at the bottom of this post. I’m glad there is some interest on this topic. Given that, I think …
Is Your Privacy Dead? An Interview with Blyncsy’s CEO.
You may remember an earlier post on Blyncsy, the company that has installed cell phone sensors around Park City in order to help monitor traffic. I raised privacy concerns over the capture of cell phone signals and had the chance to chat with Mark Pittman, the CEO of Blyncsy today about those concerns. I was able …
Park City May Begin Monitoring Your Cell Phone Signals Soon. Do You have Questions About Your Privacy You’d like to Ask the Monitoring Company?
During last week’s City Council meeting, we learned Park City Municipal had engaged a company called Blyncsy in a pilot to monitor cell phone signals from drivers. According to the city, these cell phone signals will be used to “better understand how our population, employee base, and visitors flow throughout town.” My concern is how …
Question: How Do You Know If Our Weather Is Changing?
We were having drinks last night with good friends and the topic of the “future of the Wasatch” came up. We made the comment that growth may be a moot point due to weather. We cited Utah Atmospheric Professor Jim Steenburgh and his opinion that warmer temperatures are on the way, cross country skiing is …
Changing Park City’s Idling Law is Worse than Worthlesss
Currently cars in Park City can lawfully idle for 3 minutes. Park City officials are discussing reducing this limit to 60 seconds. On the surface that sounds great. However, there is a state law that requires three warnings to be given before ticketing for idling ordinances. The Park Record’s Jay Hamburger wrote a good article about this stating …
We are hearing this more and more…
Park City has a website called “Let’s Talk Park City.” People can go there and list ideas they have for the town. This idea was listed a couple of months ago but it sums up a view that we’re hearing a lot recently…
Long Range Forecasts Suggest Above Average Temperatures Will Continue Through Spring
The National Weather Service creates long term forecasts. These forecasts show whether its likely that temperatures will be above normal, normal, or below normal. If these forecasts hold true, it looks like it will continue to be a balmy winter. February – April March – May April – June
Weren’t We Trying to Diversify our Local Economy?
Coming out of the Great Recession, we heard a lot about diversifying our local economy. We had to make sure that tourism wasn’t our driving force. We needed other businesses. We moved forward with ideas like the Boyer Tech Park, in order to bring Hi Tech jobs to Park City. Yet 2 years later we …
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