SLCo Recruiting for Members of Bicycle Advisory Committee

SLCo Recruiting for Members of
Bicycle Advisory Committee

The Salt Lake County Bicycle Advisory Committee (SLCBAC) is seeking applicants to serve on the committee. The application deadline is Monday, December 3, 2012. There are three spots open on the nine-member committee.

Integrating bicycles into an automobile-centric transportation system is definitely a challenge. Over the past few years significant progress has been made in Salt Lake County improving multi-modal transportation opportunities including pedestrian and bikes. Much of this progress is thanks to the collaboration between the County’s Bicycle Advisory Committee and the county’s Department of Public Works.

The progress includes expand number of bike lanes, resurfacing traditional bike routes and new bicycle signage in the unincorporated county.

Over the past three years SLCBAC has initiated several large projects:
• Created a Bicycle Best Practices document as a planning guide
   and tool
• Hired George Deneris as the County’s Active Transportation
   Coordinator (focused primarily on bicycle issues)
• Initiated the County Connectivity Project in 2012 to integrate
   county bike facilities with existing city routes creating a seamless
   system through local governments boundaries Initiated the Bicycle
   Transportation Implementation Plan, an engineering guide and
   tool for implementing bicycle infrastructure, signs and issues
   relating to cycling in our canyons

The official role of the board is to review and offer input on any and all bicycle-related proposals and projects for Salt Lake County. Representatives from key county departments (parks and recreation, planning and development, engineering, police) supply legal and expert advice to the committee. SLCBAC meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month at 5 p.m. at the Salt Lake County Government Center, 2100 S State Street.

For more information, please email Sheryl Ivey: SIvey@slco.org,
or follow this link to the application form:
       http://boards.slco.org/pdf/BoardApp20080717.pdf.


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