I found an interesting set of documents while staying in Maryland. Maryland has a handbook for bicyclists with complete listings of all the laws and rights of people who use their biycles. This state also has a map of the entire states with bicycle routes.
Something like this would be a real asset to bicyclists in Utah.
EAch time I ride TRAX wtih my bicycle I become more and more convinced that we need more accomodations for bicycles.
Tonight we rode our bikes to the nearest TRAX station to attend a meeting in Sugarhouse. ON our way back, about 9pm, we missed the first train because all the bike spaces were full (they allow only 2 bikes on the ends of each car). So we had to wait for the next train. This is not the first, second or third time this has happened to us. This is happening more and more when we travel this way.
My solution:
Provide a large bicycle space at the back of each car to accomodate about 10 bikes. Have fold up seats in that space so that when it isn’t filled with bikes, it can still be used for seats for people.
I saw this done in D.C. on its light rail system. It works.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 