Safer Streets, Happier Peeps

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Irelynd Capener #bikewalkprovostories Looking for ways to reduce your carbon footprint when you have to commute to a different city? Irelynd Capener has some tips. “Honestly, my commute – which I used to dread – is now the thing I look forward to.” Everyday, Irelynd rides the Frontrunner to Draper, then takes the Jordan River Parkway trail to her work. “I love having these few minutes to be in nature, spot some cool birds, and just breathe the fresh air.” Irelynd has seen ridership on the train increase during Free Fare February. “It’s definitely busier this month, and I’m so glad – I know having free fares as a student has been a huge benefit to me and I hope we can find ways to continue to expand free or reduced fares to everyone.” On what could be improved? “I would love to see more Frontrunner departure times. I sometimes have to leave early or work late to catch a train. The every half hour schedule is so helpful, I’d love to have that expanded. Plus, Sunday service on Frontrunner! I sometimes work on the weekend, and not having the public transit option is pretty difficult.” We encourage you to join Irelynd this Free Fare February and try a new way to commute via UTA.

by Austin Taylor

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Cole Tribulski #bikewalkprovostories On theme social rides with the Provo Bicycle Collective I’ve met a number of the nonprofit’s talented volunteers and employees, one of them being Cole Tribulski. Arriving punctually for our interview the BYU Junior pulled up easily on his classic Motobecane Grand Record, a bike he knows well and keeps in top shape with the help of the Collective’s facility and his own past experience of working as a trained bike mechanic. But this wasn’t always the case: In 2017 Cole was in need of finding more dependable transportation, “because my brother got his driver’s licence” and now they would both have to share a single family car. Two teenagers involved with their own school activities and friends are rarely going in the same direction. He soon “was influenced by Stage 2 Cyclery” in Murrieta, California to take up cycling as an alternative means of transportation and became employed by the local shop as a mechanic. Cole learned of the Provo Bicycle Collective three years ago while living in Salt Lake City, where another of the parent Bicycle Collective’s four existing locations is located. When he moved to Provo in June of 2021 to attend BYU Cole began riding his Motobecane to campus, and because he needed a shop to work on his bike from time to time, he joined the Provo location at 397 E 200 N to work a couple of days per week as a volunteer. He’s now an employee, recently hired as a bike mechanic. Cole tells me he pedals across town from the North Park Neighborhood, where he’s living, to campus four days a week and rarely if ever uses his pickup truck for anything anymore, unless “the weather is so bad or so cold.” Commuting in the rain, snow and cold here in Provo are challenges to Cole that he enjoys “because it can be fun and [he] enjoys the option.” When the sun is shining, there’s no question as to whether riding or driving is the more enjoyable option. “I have so much more fun [riding] than driving a car, which has a certain amount of underlying stress, and I get to see more of the city, taking in more of the city and feeling more connected without all the distractions of a car. (Continued in comments…)

by Austin Taylor

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 2022 10am-11am Love (Y)our Public Streets Service Project What: Service project When: Saturday, January 8th, 10am Where: Meet at the NE corner of State Street and Cougar Boulevard in Provo. Trash bags and non-latex gloves provided. Start 2022 off with service and gratitude for an emerging transit/active transportation network in Provo by participating in our 2nd annual Love (Y)our Public Streets event! The detritus of 2021 litters the landscaped medians along the Cougar Boulevard protected bike lanes, along the downtown University Avenue UVX line, and along the downtown Center Street sidewalks. We will gather in the southeast corner of State and Cougar (the northeast corner of Utah Valley Hospital) and proceed to pick up the trash that has accumulated along these three transportation corridors. Please come on foot, bike, or scooter. BikeWalk Provo will provide trash bags and non-latex gloves.

by Austin Taylor

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REMINDER of our monthly meeting today at 5pm. Agenda includes the following items: Announcements (Austin Taylor) Service Project (Chelsea Silva) Center Street Design (Rob Hunter, Provo City Engineering) Pedestrian Study (Ryan Cheney, BYU MPA student) Bike and Pedestrian Count Data (Clark Pixton) Provo Bicycle Collective Update (Kira Johnson, PBC) See you on Zoom! https://ift.tt/3z0CPvf

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