SALT LAKE CITY — Unplugged Wellness and Salt Lake City Fixed, two bike advocacy groups are encouraging people to get outside and use the city’s infrastructure. They explained that a reason people may be opposed to getting on bikes is safety concerns.
"We need a lot of improvement in that area, we’ve had fatalities in pedestrian, and cyclists’ fatalities over the years and we want to eliminate those," said Dan Dugan, Salt Lake City Council District 6.
Unplugged Wellness shared that it’s their mission to make people more alive. They are happy to teach people how to safely ride their bikes.
"The average American spends 11 hours a day on screens, 50% of Americans don’t recreate outside. Bikes help us Connect with our place, connect with our community and they’re fun," said Lucas Matelich, Unplugged Wellness.
The Founder of SLC Fixed Gear also hopes that people will join their biking community.
"Fortunate to have bike paths like the nine line or the S-line, we do have quite a few bike lanes so we take advantage of what we do have," said Nick Santos, SLC Fixed.
The Salt Lake City Council is working with residents to find areas that can be improved."We’re listening we want your feedback and we want your input because I want to go to those neighborhoods and say hey we have some ideas how to help your neighborhood slow down the traffic," said Dugan.Sharing that it is a city-wide effort."Across the whole community not only from the driver’s side, the distracted driver’s […]
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