Those upgrades highlight a list of bicycle initiatives unveiled Thursday by Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, who hopes to boost ridership into and around Utah capital and put his stamp on cycling safety during his final summer in office.

"We want to keep ramping that up," said Anderson, flanked by both recreational riders and a bow-tied businessman on his retro commuter bike during a Main Street news conference.

Anderson's plan calls for new bike lanes on Beck Street and 300 West, bike lockers at five TRAX stations, 20 new downtown bike racks and shared biking paths on stretches of 1100 East, 900 East and 2700 South.

The mayor also plans to install a pedestrian-and-bicyclist-activated traffic signal along the Jordan River at 1000 North.

Volunteers from Youth City will partner with the city's transportation division to splash bold colors on 64 existing bicycle racks. And 20 whirligigs - towers of bicycle rims constructed by a Utah artist - will adorn some of the racks.

By next spring, city officials expect to have a full-service bike rental, repair and travel-planning facility at the transit hub on 600 West between 200 South and 300 South. The bike center, funded by the city, Utah Transit Authority and Utah Department of Transportation, will be overseen by the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective.

Anderson plans to have the rentals available in time for the completion of commuter rail next year.