Alessandro Rigolon
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I love cities, nature, nature in cities, planning, SLC, pizza, cycling, snowboarding, and my family. Opinions (good or bad) are my own 🇮🇹 🇺🇸
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A child-friendly city is not a place where it's convenient for parents to shuttle kids around in the back of a minivan. It's a place where kids can gradually gain their independence, have safe routes to school & parks, and have many interesting destinations in their neighborhood
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My neighborhood has become a hotspot of kei trucks
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This might be controversial, but people who openly make threats to people riding bikes shouldn't have a driver's license.
Here’s the guy from the Glendale council meeting who bragged about threatening cyclists with his car. “I will cut you off…and I’m not afraid to say it in front of a police officer…my time is more important to me than you riding your bike.”
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Shot: “Please slow down!”
Chaser: “But no speed bumps!”
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The most beautiful parks of cities in other countries don’t have this absurd amount of space dedicated to cars
When it’s 60 in February, SH Park ends up the fullest I think I’ve ever seen it — including when it used have holiday fireworks shows
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Twitter is *only* showing me political ads of Republicans (despite my follow/like history showing otherwise). I am starting to suspect it’s by design. Anyone else with similar experiences?
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This is wild. I hereby introduce you to the "tennis court subdivision." Brought to you by the absurdity of the American suburb. (Chatsworth, Los Angeles, CA).
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Thank goodness we cap the speed of e-bikes and e-scooters
Video from a Provo incident over the weekend, read the story here:
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I don’t blame this person for trying to protect his family, but the consequences of this arms race toward larger cars are catastrophic for people walking and cycling
Ignore this at your own risk.
Do not put your family in a small car.
Yesterday, my wife was driving my son to school and an oncoming delivery truck crossed the center lane and hit her head on — the driver had a seizure was going 40 mph.
I was on my way to work in a separate
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This post somewhat went viral. Lots of folks commenting this isn't a big deal. Yes, it isn't a big deal unless you're in a wheelchair, have other mobility issues, or the street where you have to walk has lots of traffic
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“Environmentalists for free parking”
For decades, there’s been a fierce debate within California’s environmental movement. On one side are the Auto-Oriented Environmentalists.
@Surfrider
, which fights for automobile subsidies and minimum parking mandates, is emblematic of this side. 1/6
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I am once again calling for a ban to new drive-thrus in SLC and for gradually terminating licenses to existing ones. Our lungs and our whole bodies would thank us
Americans waiting to get to the front of the car drive-thru line at a Jack in the Box fast food restaurant.
Salt Lake City, Utah. June 2023
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I was born in Italy where, as a Catholic boy, I could walk to the church in my parish in less than 10 minutes. And I could walk to my park, school, friends houses, and lots more. This prejudice and misinformation about 15-minute cities is honestly unbelievable
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Urbanism for the super wealthy and rich tourists, while lower-wage workers have to commute long distances, and the town recently blocked new workforce housing
Said it before but worth repeating
Vail has some of the best urbanism in the US
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Six homes like this one replaced an 8-unit apartment complex near SLC's 9th and 9th. Why don't we hear the same outrage against "luxury" single-family homes that we get against new apartments and condos?
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Saw one in my neighborhood! Little trucks rock
“Kei” trucks were never intended for sale in America. Yet they fill a niche that the country’s manufacturers are failing to satisfy
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Great, I look forward to a 10 mph speed limit for cars, too. Being hit by a car is much worse than being hit by a small mobility device
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This Halloween I’m also dressed as something scary: a protected bike lane that necessitated the removal of street parking
This Halloween I’m dressed as something really scary: a new high-density apartment building in a wealthy single-family neighborhood
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Honest question: when people in liberal cities say they want to “protect single-family neighborhoods,” what/who do you think they want to protect their neighborhoods from?
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If you want to see many of the issues with US transportation, go to a school drop off: cars idling, buses getting stuck in traffic, tank-size vehicles used to transport 2 people, peds/bikes hit/nearly hit by drivers, and more. We need safe school zones
I was stuck here anyway so I thought I’d take this interesting shot. From school dropoff this morning.
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Balconies are for bikes, I guess. I wonder how many new apartments in SLC have bike storage rooms. It looks like more of them should. Mandatory bike parking would cost a lot less than mandatory car parking. This would make so much sense in bike friendly places like Sugar House
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If you find yourself on this street and don’t notice a speed limit sign, what do you think is the speed limit?
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I recall members of a certain political party mocking California for asking residents to reduce energy use during extreme heat, calling them “climate change lockdowns”. Now, deep Red St George, Utah, is doing just the same
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Salt Lake City needs more corner stores, coffee shops, and neighborhood bars in residential neighborhoods. Zoning and other regulations are significant barriers. People want amenities they can walk to
@elisabethos
@AleRigolon
@johnsonjoe
@UTliquorlawyer
My humble verdict. 1826 E. 2700 S. would not qualify for an alcohol related establishment because the zoning is R-1-7000. This is one of those tragic commercial parcels that was down zoned because it didn't have a commercial use for some time. Lots of these in Salt Lake.
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We can build all the greatest bike infrastructure, but if people don't respect cyclists, we can't have a bike-friendly city. It will take decades to change this toxic culture. We'll get there, but these behaviors need to be addressed by law enforcement
This is what bicyclists have to endure every day in Salt Lake City!
@slcpd
@slcmoves
@slcmayor
@slcCouncil
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Middle and upper class Americans are space-rich but time-poor. Larger homes, big lots, etc. But it takes a long time to get places via car because everything is spread out + few vacation days
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PSA: Telling an immigrant "If you don't like X about the U.S., then you should leave" is xenophobic. Immigrants pay taxes and have the right to express opinions, including constructive criticism of this country.
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Nobody, and I repeat, nobody, wants to hear your music when they go hiking
We also have issues with speakers.
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I’m stoked to share that I was awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor at the University of Utah. It’s a huge milestone that wouldn’t have been been possible without my amazing family, great mentors, and wonderful colleagues and students. It took 8 years in 3 states!
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The Oquirrh Mountains, a beautiful mountain range that Salt Lake Valley residents have very little access to. That’s because most of the range is owned by a mining company
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The posted speed limit is 25 mph, but most people drive at 35+ mph because that’s the “design speed”. It’s not surprising that most people here answered 35 or above
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As a cyclist, I often experience this in Salt Lake City. With an ebike, it's pretty easy to ride at around 20 mph or slightly higher, especially downhill. Yet many drivers seem to feel entitled to pass you at 30+ mph in residential streets with a 20 mph speed limit
A driver frustrated that the 20 mph speed limit means cyclists are going just as fast as she is. Seems to feel she has a right to go faster and be able to overtake them! 😂
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Most cyclists who died in Utah in 2022 were hit by a driver. They were not mountain biking so this photo is severely misleading
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29% of downtown SLC is a parking lot. I agree with Ryan Smith and the Utah legislature that downtown needs "revitalization," but revitalization to me means more green space, housing, stores, and less surface parking
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This Halloween I’m dressed as something really scary: a new high-density apartment building in a wealthy single-family neighborhood
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One of the coolest houses on Salt Lake City’s East Bench
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Today, Salt Lake City announced that to achieve climate goals, townhomes are legalized in high-opportunity neighborhoods, parking minimums are removed citywide, unlimited heights are allowed near rail, every street will have a protected bike lane, and streetcars will return
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It seriously pains me that my state is willing to spend $3.7 billion to widen a freeway while it invests so little in public transportation, affordable housing, and trails
The cost to expand Interstate 15 in a 17-mile corridor between Farmington and downtown Salt Lake City is estimated at $3.7 billion — more than double the initial estimate.
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Tragic pedestrian death in SLC. A speeding car hit a parked car, which hit the pedestrian. Instances like this one are why messaging like "safety is a shared responsibility" enrage me. My thoughts are with the family of the victim.
Update: Based on the preliminary information, the driver of a car north on 700 East lost control and hit a parked car.
The impact then pushed the parked car into a woman walking on the sidewalk, killing her.
Link:
#SLC
#SLCPD
#SaltLakeCity
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What’s the most insane Utah alcohol law? I’ll go first. If a brewery brews a beer that’s above 5%, they cannot just sell it to you on tap at the taproom. They need to bottle or can it, then serve it to you. I don’t know anyone who drinks less beer when it’s in a can vs on tap
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The scar of the Kennecott Copper Mine in the Oquirrh Mountains, Utah
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I just submitted my dossier for tenure and promotion at the University of Utah. Please wish me luck!
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If you claim to care about climate change but oppose bike infrastructure and transit, then you’re not really serious about climate change
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Wild that we still let single-occupancy vehicles drive up the Cottonwood Canyons on weekends for free
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@moveutah
We took the kids to the park. It was below freezing. We didn’t pollute the air or create traffic congestion
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Loved seeing this sign. It doesn’t matter that Amendment D is void. They’ll try again. Let’s keep the pressure on
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@JakeAnbinder
I think European cities had no other choice but “make better choices” on cars given that space for sprawl is significantly limited and most countries don’t have the same oil resources as the US, so gas is expensive
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A wild feature of Salt Lake City's urbanism. A lone, single-family home, in the heart of a block, surrounded by parking lots.
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“Men will run a marathon around a whale sculpture rather than go to therapy,” heard recently
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“We don’t need more pedestrian crossings on Foothill Dr because people can just walk to the next crossing.”
The sidewalk:
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E-bikes can make suburban living much more sustainable (with the right bike infrastructure) because they enable riders to cover longer distances more quickly. We still need to retrofit suburbs, but widespread adoption of e-bikes would bring about amazing change for U.S. suburbs
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I hope to be wrong about this, but Utah/SLC saying yes to subsidizing billionaires to build sport venues seems like the nerdy kid doing all they can to fit in with the cooler kids. Many cooler kids (other cities/states) have said “heck no” when asked to pay those subsidies
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The Great Salt Lake is amazing and it 100% deserves to be saved
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Celebrating 5 years of living in Salt Lake City with a hike. Moving here was a great decision
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One of these two vehicles has a form of speed control. The other not (yet). Make it make sense
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The person responsible for this crash was driving at 92 mph in a 20 mph zone and ran a red light. I am so angry. He should never have a driver’s license again.
Today, the district attorney’s office filed six charges against a 40-year-old man in connection to this critical injury crash that occurred on Mother’s Day.
Link:
#SLC
#SLCPD
#SaltLakeCity
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@CSP_News
So many issues with this messaging, but let’s focus on a small one: if I had to walk the opposite direction than shown in the image and face traffic, I’d have to be on the other side of this stroad, which has no sidewalk
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If hurts to hear homeowners at public meetings say that renters “degrade” neighborhoods, and elected officials take these comments seriously
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I find it odd that on days with blowing dust like today, Utah doesn’t have a system in place to alert people of potential exposure to toxic dust from the Great Salt Lake. We have alerts for orange and red air quality days during winter inversions. Why not for GSL toxic dust?
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It’s easy to find a villain (like Californians moving here) for some of the ills of Utah: traffic and housing costs. It’s harder to admit that Utah keeps making some of California’s mistakes, like widening freeways (instead of investing in transit) and keeping zoning exclusionary
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“Nobody walks in SLC so we shouldn’t build pedestrian infrastructure.”
The current “infrastructure”:
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Shutting down these neighborhood get-togethers and small concerts is a darn shame, and it shows that SLC is still somewhat of a small town with narrow-minded laws and bureaucracy
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Another reason to subsidize e-bikes? More bike trips and fewer car trips will result in significant savings for road maintenance
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Fifty percent of U of Utah's students, faculty, and staff drive alone to get to campus. That won't help with the university's carbon neutrality goals
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Why is flying out of SLC so expensive? My family in Colorado pays so much less to go to so many destinations
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Winter inversion: weather event
Extreme air pollution during inversions: policy failure
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Welp, posting that drivers shouldn't block bike trails makes a lot of people angry. But that also helps you block a bunch of aggressive, rude, and even xenophobic people. Going on a bike ride. Ciao
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South African man trying to influence Utah politics. Will the legislature please do something?
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Since I keep hearing from people (including elected officials) that “Nobody in SLC bikes in the winter”, I’ll keep posting photos of my winter rides to work and elsewhere. I hope you do, too, every time you hear the same
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I was hired by the University of Utah in 2019, and I wasn’t asked to submit a diversity statement when applying nor to sign a diversity commitment after the hire. Jobs that my department advertised since then haven’t included a requirement to submit a diversity statement
NEW: Gov. Cox shares no evidence that Utah colleges require DEI statements for new hires.
So far, we have 5 of the 8 public colleges/universities in the state — including
@UUtah
— saying they don't have those.
From
@SchottHappens
+ me:
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@stan_okl
We need a bollard at each bike lane entrance. In Italy drivers used to do this stuff all the time, and then cities installed bollards, and the problem mostly went away
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The Oquirrh Mountains looking gorgeous this morning
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This move goes against the U of Utah’s (1) climate goals, (2) clean air goals, (3) promotion of alternative transportation goals, and (4) pedestrian/cyclist safety goals on and around campus. We can’t ask “normal students” to “do the right thing” and treat some differently
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@scottymuse
Agreed, but the “design speed” of that street is at least 35 mph (especially when going downhill). This might be an unpopular opinion, but if we limit e-scooters and e-bikes to 20 mph we could also limit the speed of cars and trucks in cities via some sort of technology
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I have always ridden bikes, but buying an ebike changed the way I get around in my city. If you don’t have an ebike or are looking for a new one, I strongly suggest taking advantage of this opportunity
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To folks opposing new housing because of “parking”: Street parking is a nice perk, not a right. It’s not society’s role to provide you with free available parking. It’s your responsibility
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Do the pros of a bike trail near a highway (no cars, fast) outweigh its cons (hot, noisy, polluted) compared to a leafy residential street with stop signs and the occasional aggressive driver?
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Every ultra wide right of way in SLC should have a trail like this
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The Utah legislature lately
A 2 billion dollar, 12,500 seat arena costing more than a potential MLB stadium and the SEG deal combined. And it already has a legislative sponsor.
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Folks, the "garage mahal" in Yalecrest has been on the market for almost half a year. The price has come down! All you need is to be able to afford a $17k/month mortgage payment
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Billions of people globally grow up living in apartments and condos. Millions of families in the U.S. live in multifamily housing. In Utah, most of the subsidies for first-time homebuyers last year were for multifamily homes (esp townhomes). Single family homes aren’t affordable
Apartments, condos, multi-family, affordable housing are anti-family. A family needs space, they need a home, they need to feel that the structure over their head was or is being earned and leads to ownership. Stability is the key to a strong community in every aspect(physical
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The “best interest of Utahns” should include fair elections without partisan gerrymandering
Gov. Cox's statement on the decision: While not totally thrilled with all the court's analysis, he respects the role of the court.
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The local grocery store ran out of bike parking. Plenty of car parking still available
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