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Presenters urge 'safe‑systems' street design; Provo staff report new low‑cost pilot bike and traffic calming projects
Summary
Visitors from Bike Utah and Lehi City described Hoboken and Jersey City street design and the 'safe systems' approach; Provo engineering staff reported completion of the 8 East Bikeway signage and a temporary chicane pilot on Navajo Drive to slow speeds.
Speakers from Bike Utah and Lehi City told Provo’s Transportation Mobility Advisory Committee that a “safe‑systems” approach — designing streets to anticipate human error and reduce the severity of crashes — underpinned many of the most successful bike‑and‑pedestrian safety programs they visited in New Jersey.
Chris Wilkie, co‑director of Bike Utah and a Provo resident, and Mike West, Lehi City planner, described touring Jersey City and Hoboken, where officials pursued different but complementary tactics: Hoboken focused on pedestrian safety and “daylighting” intersections to improve sight lines, while Jersey City has rapidly deployed low‑cost protected bike lanes and physical separations using…
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