Letter: Salt Lake City’s sidewalks aren’t so walkable anymore
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jenna Dellorusso, left, and Cassandra Better track down a pair of scooters called Bird, a dockless e-scooter company that aims to help people with the last mile of transit, along Main street in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, July 3, 2018. The company recently dropped about 100 scooters downtown. The city who was initially not notified of the new company is trying to bring them into compliance with ordinances and regulations and create an operating an operating agreement for them to work under.
By William Littig | The Public Forum
| July 10, 2018, 1:00 p.m.
| Updated: July 9, 2018, 9:39 p.m.
The buzzword 10 years ago was “walkable communities.” What happened?
GREENbikes crowd the sidewalks; motorized skateboards and scooters slalom down these paths. I see more places where trees have been removed than urban trees exist (see UTA platforms).
July 4 on page B1, I read that electric scooters are a new commercial enterprise (note there is not any signage suggesting these powered vehicles belong in the street or bikeways).
City compliance is an issue, but so are courtesy, caution and community.
William Littig, Salt Lake City