Category Archive For "Transportation"
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Driverless Car Makes Trip from San Francisco to New York
A Friend of the Park Rag sent us an article from the Salt Lake Tribune about a driverless car making a trip from San Francisco to New York. There is just more and more proof that this technology is getting ready for prime time. If interested, here is the article.
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 …
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 …
Summit County… Please Please Please Please Please Do Not Waste Our Money on the RideAmigos Transportation App
Summit County has been looking at a number of ways to help the transportation issue around Park City. Some initiatives seem more logical than others. However, we couldn’t be more opposed to the county spending $7,000 per month on the RideAmigos.com platform (plus 20 hours from a county employee every week). What does Ride Amigos …
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