so its abit of a grim thing t drop during #pridemonth but my trans friend was kicked out by her family in #saltlakecity . for now shes in a womans shelter but is in desperate need for a home. does anyone from #utah know someone who could take in a roommate whos willing to contribute to rent to get back on her legs?
My collaborative map of things to see / do / drink / eat around #SaltLakeCity is ready for action and help visitors for the #OpenStreetMap@sotmus conference discover our city!
With the buzz that the government might relocate Abravanel Hall so there can be more stadium-oriented businesses on that block, I was curious who owned the massive parking lot next to Courthouse station. I'm surprised but not surprised.
(for those who don't know City Creek Reserve, Inc. is a for-profit arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). #SaltLakeCity
I'm still pissy that UTA was one of the first transit agencies to have open-loop contactless payments and they killed it right when contactless cards were getting popular. At least they're bringing it back now, but that will take a while. #SaltLakeCity
Lane tagging in #OpenStreetMap is once again breaking my brain. In this #SaltLakeCity example, would this indicate 2 total lanes in the fwd direction, one of which is a PSV lane?
Granted, this would be one of the more challenging lane tagging situations. The new street design depicted in the screenshot below. From left to right: a parking lane, bike lane, PSV lane, traffic lane, center turn lane, traffic lane, PSV lane, bike lane and parking lane. HELP.
“New train routes are coming…Just don’t count on the railroad that’s tied to Washington to lead the way.
“That would be Amtrak…A few weeks ago, it released a new map of some proposed routes. Two of these — a Seattle to Denver and a Denver to Los Angeles route — would include major stops in Salt Lake City…because of regulatory hurdles, the construction of these lines would take an estimated 15 years.” https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2024/03/28/passenger-railroads-are-coming-to-utah/#GreaterNW#PassengerRail#SaltLakeCity
Can you guess what transportation markets will be like in 2039?
🙄 I can guess that pursuing low-carbon transport like rail will be even more important in 15 years.
I don’t believe a private company will have SLC—LV—LA connected by high speed rail in 4 years. (I’m willing to be pleasantly surprised.) But the larger point is that I don’t believe the author wants a private competitor to spur Amtrak into action. He sounds like he just wants to shit on government projects.
The 3rd West project in #SaltLakeCity made People for Bikes' list of best new bike lanes of the last year. I'm very glad for the project because 3rd West badly needed improvements. The businesses along it are a major draw for car-free people since they're the most transit accessible big box stores in the city, but the experience of crossing 3rd West was terrible. And the project added lots of trees, which is great because there was no shade whatsoever which is a damnable sin in the high desert.
@NBAnthony2k Yep, it's behavior like this that shows why public housing is an important part of the housing mix. The public needs to have a say as to whether or not rents are too high (and lower them by increasing supply itself).
By the way, Meetup continues to suck and it sucks even more every time I use it. I don't usually fall into the trap of "I could build this in a weekend" but what the heck are those 700+ people actually working on over there?
Unfortunately he has been at it for a few years now and badly needs Rails devs to help out. This can potentially be the single biggest change to the OSM website in the past decade.
Rechts schließt sich der Fachwerkbogen ganz ohne Fenster an, der die Offenheit des Entwurfs durch den Hof fortsetzt, und bei dem man, je nach Position des Betrachters, die Rocky Mountains (Wasatch-Kette) sehen kann, wie fast überall in SLC.
Das Gebäude enthält große, lichtdurchflutete Lesebereiche, grandios!
With 90s-and-earlier style independence. Could it be Salt Lake City? Inspired by this:
"Utah Free Range Parenting Law [...] says that letting your kids play outside, walk to school, wait briefly in the car (under some circumstances) or come home with a latchkey is not neglect unless something else seriously bad is going on."
To add to your first point, it’s actually safer than “back in the day” for kids. They’re also much more likely to be abused/abducted by a trusted relative than a stranger. Much like airplane crashes though, abductions make headlines so everyone thinks they’re much more prevalent.
Every single person who abused my wife growing up was someone she loved and trusted. It was entirely people who didn’t want the government or cps telling them how to raise a kid because they know how to do it because they are old school and have “common sense”. Never once was it an abduction
The press is in a tizzy because the city council decided to limit the public comment time at meetings to an hour. They'd freak out when they find out other cities get along just fine with the time for public comment being at the discretion of the chair. #SaltLakeCity
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Year of the Knife Have First Practice Since Accident
No jokes this time, we're just happy to see the band back to doing what they love.