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SUU student briefs Cedar City Council on campus active-transportation hazards and fixes
Summary
A Southern Utah University student presented a GIS-backed assessment identifying pedestrian and bicycle safety failures near campus and recommended lower speed limits, more crosswalks and separated shared-use paths; council members urged coordination with UDOT and city staff.
Jesse Feaster, a geospatial science student at Southern Utah University, told the Cedar City Council at its April 16 work meeting that his capstone study found numerous pedestrian and bicycle safety hazards around the SUU campus and recommended traffic-calming measures, additional crosswalks and separated shared-use paths.
Feaster said his mixed methods review — a 158-response survey, field observations, UDOT crash data from 2018–2025 and GIS heat maps — shows frequent "close calls" for people walking and biking, concentrated at several campus intersections and a steep stretch of 200…
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