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• Salt Lake City Council to Consider 2018-2019 CIP Funding – Many Bike Improvements are in the Mix – Cyclist Comments Needed

  1700 S in Salt Lake City between State Street and 300 West would lose a traffic lane, and get buffered bike lanes under a 2018-19 CIP proposal. A preliminary design is shown. October 16 – At tonight's Salt Lake City Council meeting, a public hearing will be held on the 2018-2019 Fiscal Year Capital Improvement […]

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• Big Cottonwood Trail Section through Knudsen Park in Holladay is Open Again

  October 16, 2018 – The Big Cottonwood Bike Trail that runs through Knudsen Park in Holladay, Utah has re-opened. The trail section by 6200 S and Holladay Boulevard was closed for construction of the 6-acre new park. The new public park will, according to the park's website, have a new playground, picnic facilities,  and walking […]

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• Salt Lake City Must Include Bicycling in the State Street Community Reinvestment Area Plan

  A cyclist braves State Street. Multimodal, personal transportation, should be safe for all users on State Street in Salt Lake City, Photo by Dave Iltis On October 2, 2018, the SLC Council will consider adopting the State Street CRA Plan. The CRA Plan doesn't consider bicycling at all. This is incredibly dismaying and is the […]

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• Cycling West and Cycling Utah’s Fall 2018 Issue is Now Available!

  Cycling Utah and Cycling West Magazine's Fall 2018 Issue is now available as a free download (8 mb download), Pick up a copy at your favorite Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Montana, W. Colorado, N. Arizona bike shop or other location!    Contents Kuss Wins 2018 Tour of Utah in Tour de Force –  page – 3 BMC Racing […]

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• Move Utah Transportation and Planning Conference to take place on September 26, 2018 in Salt Lake City

  Move Utah: The intersection of transportation choices, including biking and walking, and healthy communities By Heidi Goedhart Utah is experiencing significant growth. We have the fastest growing economy in the country, with low unemployment and a high rate of job creation. We are doubling in population, with analysts projecting that we will add a city the […]

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• Innovative Utah-Based Park City Bike Demos Bike Shop Up for Sale

  September 5, 2018 – Park City Bike Demos, a Utah based bike shop, is being put up for sale by owner Andre Shoumatoff. Despite having a novel and successful business model according to Shoumatoff, the business suffered from early cash flow issues that hindered the now successful business. The shop worked in a different way […]

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• Race the Rails Features a Road and Mountain Race Against the Train in Ely, Nevada – September 8, 2018

  [Updated article for 2018] – A new and unique experience is on the horizon. Ely, Nevada is home to one of the nation’s largest time capsules, the Nevada Northern Railway. Here you will find coal fired steam engines that are over 100 years old still billowing their plumes of steam as they lumber down the […]

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• XTERRA Ogden Off-Road Triathlon Set for September 14-16, 2018 – Open to Pros and Amateurs

  World’s Leading Off-Road Triathlon & Trail Running Races Return to Utah for 15th Year Press Release – OGDEN, UTAH – It’s long been said that XTERRA is more than just a race, it’s a lifestyle. Perhaps nowhere is that more evident than in Ogden, Utah where the Mayor, Mike Caldwell, was the founder and race […]

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• Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Ride will Tackle All 5 of the Salt Lake Valley Canyons on September 15, 2018

  Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Ride Preview By Greg Hoole – The beauty and serenity of an early morning canyon ride is unmatched. And, there is no more abundance of beautiful canyons in all the world than right here along the Wasatch Front. Many cyclists will enjoy a (literally) breath-taking ride up one of these […]

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• For Better Bicycling, Salt Lake City’s Proposed Weed Ordinance Update Needs to Cover Puncturevine

  Salt Lake City will be considering an update to its Property Clearing and Weed Control Ordinance on September 4, 2018 with a vote scheduled for September 18, 2018. Cycling Utah submitted the following comments in regards to the ordinance. How to comment: Send comments to the Salt Lake City Council at Comments.Council@slcgov.com or go to the public […]

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