SpeakOutSLC
We want to know about what you like about Salt Lake City and what you might change. Please add topics and discuss the changes you would like to see.
Think about transportation, housing, shopping, recreation, jobs or other opportunities.
58 results found
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Walkable connection between Gateway/City Creek
In the early 90s when I lived in Colorado downtown Denver was deserted. Now the same area is lively and full of life thanks to the efforts of Mayor Hickenlooper. SLC has the same potential. What's needed is "boutique" retail to connect the City Creek and Gateway developments
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Utilize the excessive width of our streets
By narrowing excessively wide local and arterial streets, creating medians, adding walk/bikeways, etc. can have the effect of traffic calming and can lead to safer, more multi-functional streets. The reclaimed space could be used for many social, economic and artistic opportunities. Sidewalks could be widened and street vendors/food carts/open markets could make efficient use the space. Restaurants and stores may extend business into the street with patio and other kinds of seating or displays and architectural features. Landscaped medians and extended sidewalks provide additional shade and color, crossing/walking/lingering opportunities, as well as lending character and identity. Implications for public art…
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SLC should allow food trucks to remain parked in 1 location for up to 12 hours at a time.
We are way behind our peer cities nationally in the explosion of upscale food truck cuisine because of an antiquated law that restricts their parking to no more than two hours in one spot. Expanding this to twelve hours would encourage more entrepreneurs in the food industry to launch their own food truck business leading to a Renaissance of great cuisine "on wheels" in town, and allowing us to play catch-up with the rest of the country.
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Revitalize and Intiate Small Neighborhood Business Areas like 9th and 9th
These small neighborhood are small activity centers to reduce traffic congestion and promote the quality of neighborhood community. Promote small businesses, "ma and pa" shops, and figure out what the neighbors want and need.
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A pump track for my kids. We need a fun and safe place for kids to develop their bike skills.
We need a or multiple bike parks, I am currently driving to Park City to let my kids ride.
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I would not allow special interest groups to shut down city streets where traffic is haulted for hours or randomly redirected.
It is absolutely ridiculous that any exclusive group be allowed to monopolize downtown streets at a whim. Other than the Days of '47 Parade, why must all traffic be at a standstill for hours on end while a random collection of dimwits is allowed, with tax-paid police escort, to parade themselves around for all others to watch? Trying to get from one side of State Street to the other is an impossible joke during these moronic public displays of self-imposed importance.
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More greenspaces and more opportunities for creativity
Places to build tiny houses, tools for building things, green walls, informative art for walls, safer bike paths everywhere, less ugly parking lots, better downtown parking, and please stop charging so much to park in the library parking garage.
8 votes -
Build a bike bridge on 1700s at the railroad crossing just west of 300 west. 1700th south is much safer to bike on than 2100 or 1300 south
2100s and 1300 s have bridges over the railroad tracks. But 1700s has a bike lane and is much safer to bike on as a result, but you can get stuck at the railroad crossing and belayed for quite some time. I'm actually stuck with several other bikers and pedestrians at the crossing right now. Wishing there was a safe way to cross, waiting for the train to pass
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Increased affordable public parking
The city should encourage public transit but still provide parking options. Finding parking downtown for reasonable prices is hard!
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6 votes
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more recreation available in the city, make adult sports leagues teams easier to join individually
It seems like we must go into the canyons for any recreation. and for kids to join sports leagues they can do so individually, but as an adult you have to have a team already put together. This really loses a lot of interest in a community that wants to recreate.
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I like that slc recylces, I would change the recycling process by adding more incentive for gaining more recyclers.
Add accepting machines of aluminum and glass to the grocery stores that give money for every item received.
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UTA is something else I like in SLC, I would add more for customers
There would be bicycle vending that would be part of the UTA, that would allow the bus passes to be readable so to allow a bicycle to be taken and returned. I would put them through out the valleys.
5 votes -
Require parking strips to have xeriscape so water can be saved all over the city
Create xeriscape standards for parking strips so that water can be saved all over the city.
5 votes -
Revitalize 1300 S., Near Ballpark
I know I am dreaming, but . . . if I were loaded, I'd try to draw an MLB team to SLC, expand Spring Mobile BP, which would help to revitalize area.
5 votes -
Walkability Scores do they influence housing choices? http://www.walkscore.com/
Salt Lake City has an average score of 58 what about where you live? Would you use a tool like this to assist you in your housing choice? If your a Realtor would you use this to influence the marketing of a property.
go to: http://www.walkscore.com/ and determine your score4 votes -
Be business friendly the people at planning and room 215 are just plain mean people do not want to wait for their projects sometimes months
Be reasonable with people. do not ticket contractors in the city for parking violations every chance you get. Help us improve the city do not make it so no one wants to work down there. Or if we do work we have to pass the huge cost to customer. Just to get a garage built without any special circumstances cost alot just to get approvel. I could understand if the inspectors actually inspected with vigor. However I still see rails that do not meet code windows and house wrap not to code. Roof venting not even addressed. They worry more…
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Find a happy medium with all this "GREEN" movement.
I am all for the city going “GREEN”, but it needs to be better thought out and balanced to avoid loss of “GREEN BACK” “CASH” We have new bike lanes that are being painted all over the roads of Salt Lake City, but what money are these bikes bringing into the city? Do we charge them to ride these special lanes? NO! Do they pay for the stalls in the city where they park? NO! Cars have to pay to park!! All I hear is how Salt Lake is putting in bike lanes for better transit, and parking rates are…
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Reduce the speed of traffic on residential streets
People are driving their cars too fast though residential neighborhoods. I'd like to see a big increase in speeding enforcement, a big increase in fines for speeders, and many more traffic calming measures like speed bumps put into place. For its size, SLC has an excellent transit system. Increase the incentives for students to use transit. Promote transit. The $42/mo. Hive Pass is a huge money and stress saver compared to car expenses. Are people aware of that? Increase the costs of abusing driving privileges through fines. Educate people about the negative impacts they have on neighborhoods when they drive…
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I like that SLC fines persons who abuse animals.
I would create a new program of individuals like the men in black that would go around the neighborhoods that have animals (census taken) and social work for all to be legit and appropriate.
3 votes
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