A busy week.

     Been a bit busy of late.  Working on lots of projects most of which should improve the local transportation scene on one level or another.  Here is a short list of some of the things accomplished in the last week or so.

     Crafted letter to mayor Ralph Becker urging him to consider another way to increase the efficiency of the local transportation network.

     Attended Bike Symposium held by Salt Lake City Parks and Recreation.  The purpose of this was to gather input into the future of gravity mountain biking within the city.  Specifically looking at what to do about I-Street as well as seek opinion regarding potential sites for a new gravity oriented bike facility.

     Crafted letter to Salt Lake City Parks regarding the above topic...specifically giving input into the site selection for the new bike facility as well as restating the importance of preserving I-Street.

     Attended the second NICA High School mountain bike race in Sherwood Hills supporting the East High Team.

     Attended a trail build think tank regarding the reconstruction of the Maple Hollow DH trail in Draper, Utah.

     Attended and officiated the first ever Park City Dual Slalom event held on the First Time Run at PCMR.

     Test road the new flow trails built by Alpine Trails in North Salt Lake.  The trail head for these is at Wild Rose Park.  Check them out.

     Crafted two letters seeking sponsorship for Galen for the 2013 race season.

     Did a little research into the segregation of autos and bikes with respect to roundabouts or traffic circles.  There are some interesting and expensive solutions being installed in Europe.  I have included pictures of two of them below.
 

       Notice in the first picture the traffic is stopped.  Ironically there was a traffic circle initially at this site and it was removed when the overhead circle was installed.  A mistake in my opinion.  The design has some merit however.  The cycle/pedestrian ring is almost level and the intersection for gas power vehicles is recessed into the ground.  Nice solution!!!!!  The second installation has long entrance ramps which reduce the grade but are more expensive and require a more difficult entrance.  Both of these are great examples of how to keep traffic moving with large volumes of bikes and pedestrians crossing the flow.