What would you like to say to the Provo City Council?

I want to thank Provo City for the work they have done on 900 West. Especially, the sidewalk replacement. It has made it safe to walk. No more juts on the sidewalk. Thanks again.

Stop passing laws/regulations that cannot or will not be enforced. I can walk you through my area and I show you so many of the regulations that the city refuses or cannot enforce (farm animals, abandon or non functional cars/junk in the front yards, yards not being kept up (weeds growing unchecked) homes with two or more renters in one room, garages boarded up to add additional rental space, 15 cars pared in the street at night belonging to one home "renters") . Make more that the city enforcers refuse or cannot enforce is not a good practice. Before you pass a law/regulation make sure that who ever is in charge of enforcing the thing will do so or don't past it.

I apologize if this has already been answered recently, I failed to find recent discussions about it but I may have just simply missed them.

The 2020-2021 fiscal budget had many comments and concerns about a large police budget. I’d like to know what research has been done for the 2021-2022 fiscal year budget to address those concerns. I understand that the budget process usually starts in May via a proposal from the Mayor but I am anxious to see how the city plans to address concerns now that we’ve had nearly a year to study the implications of the proposed changes to the budget.

I believe that South Provo is in fire need of assistance from the City. The East Bay strip mall is all but abandoned. We need a grocery store, and not just a gas station quick grab. I haven't seen a street sweeper on my street for two years! The only person who cleans my gutters is me! Please do something for this area to help. Since I wrote this article the sweeper came by and cleaned out gutters. Thank you. Great job.

RE: The intersection of California Ave. and Nevada Ave.

I propose that the stop signs, which are currently placed to stop traffic at California Ave, be switched and placed at Nevada Ave. This would slow traffic flow considerably and create a much safer intersection for cars, bikes and pedestrians.
I believe something similar to this occurred some years ago at the intersection of Oak Lane and Elm Avenue, though Elm is not as steep as California.
Currently, those traveling down or up the fairly steep hill on California are made to stop upon reaching Nevada before moving on. Those traveling up the hill are required to essentially "gun-it" in a residential area in order to traverse the hill.
The real problem occurs when there is rain or snow...or ice, making the hill more difficult to traverse in either direction and a lot more difficult at the intersection.
As it is, traffic at Nevada often exceeds speed limits. If the stop signs were switch from California to Nevada, the traffic at Nevada would slow, and the traffic at California would remain almost the same.
Why you might ask?
Because of how steep the hill is. There is no way for a car going up or down california to travel at anything less than about 5 MPH unless they want their car to bottom out when hitting the eastern part of the intersection. And the great thing about this is that, when the road is slick, those going down California don't have to fear sliding into the middle of an intersection. And those going up California won't have to fear sliding backwards (or sideways into a parked car...yep, it's happened) because they were forced to stop on a slick incline.

From my neighbors that I have spoken with in the area, this would come as a warm welcome.

was wondering if provo city will be following the lift of mask mandate on April 10 2021

Though I am grateful for existing bicycle infrastructure, I have noticed a lack of safe infrastructure for traveling North-South between BYU Campus and Center Street. As far as I know, there are three streets marked for bicycles that travel this route; however, none of them feel safe or inviting for beginner cyclists. It is important that beginner cyclists feel safe traveling via the bike network if ridership is to increase as an increase in bike ridership increases air quality and parking availability while decreasing noise pollution and traffic congestion.

The Current State of North-South Biking Infrastructure in the Joaquin Neighborhood

University Ave has bike lanes on either side; however, these bike lanes also function as right turn lanes for cars making them feel very unsafe as for even a veteran cyclist fighting with cars to maintain their right to the road. 800 E is marked as a share the road space between cars and bikes; however, this street provides little infrastructure besides bicycles painted on the ground to make bikes feel safe. There is almost no traffic calming used to encourage drivers to drive more cautiously. As such drivers can drive quickly without even realizing thereby making the street unfriendly to cyclists in spite of its intention to be a cyclist friendly road.

The best of these three streets is 200 E. It uses traffic calming techniques such as the narrowing of the road at each intersection thereby forcing drivers to driver more slowly; however, bikes still must share the space with cars. Though this task is not difficult for experienced and committed cyclists it is daunting for any beginner.

This is a problem as discouraging people from biking encourages them to drive, thereby putting more cars on the road, taking up more parking space, increasing traffic and noise pollution and decreasing air quality. Encouraging people to bike instead of drive will have the opposite effect: reducing congestion, improving air quality, improving parking availability and reducing noise pollution.

A Solution

I suggest 200 E be used to provide a safer environment for beginner cyclists to travel North-South as it is already the closest to performing this task. One possible solution: make the street one way for cars, move the on-street parking into the former lane of travel and use the new space on the side of the road as a bidirectional bike lane. The new arrangement of lanes from one sidewalk to the other would resemble something like this: on-street parking, lane of car traffic, on-street parking, bidirectional bike line (the kind that looks like a skinny road with a painted line down the middle to separate opposite flows of travel). At intersections, the bike line would simply curve to align with the intersection and on street parking would end where the bike lane passes through.

Making this change would require little cost and the benefits would be three-fold. It could be done by simply repainting the lines on the road and adding signs to explain to drivers where to park and using paint to mark driveways that should not be impeded by parked cars. Later, as the changes are found to be positive, a concrete curb could be added between the bike lanes and the lane of parked cars. Additionally, this will not significantly reduce drivers' ability to travel by car as all surrounding streets would allow drivers to travel in the direction not allowed by the one-way street.

Benefits

The benefits of this would include the following: beginner cyclists would have a save way to travel North-South and due to the narrowing of car lanes, drivers would instinctively travel slower thereby making the street safer by reducing speeding. Furthermore, this would increase car parking availability as increased bike ridership would decrease the number of trips taken by car thereby requiring less parking space at the destination. This benefit will affect both this street as well as any cyclist’s destination, allowing for better parking for both cars and cyclists. Furthermore, l fewer cars on the road will reduce air and noise pollution making Provo a cleaner, more pleasant place to live.

Even if this particular solution is not used, the issue of creating a safe space for cyclists is essential if we are to create a sustainable and comfortable place to live. As current infrastructure makes it difficult for beginner cyclists to reach many destinations, it is essential that we increase cyclists’ ability to travel in order to decrease congestion, increase air quality and parking availability and create safer cleaner spaces to live in.