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Active transportation committee presents bike/pedestrian crash data and asks council to fund striping, parking and trail standards
Summary
At the March 25 Cedar City Council meeting, the Active Transportation Committee presented crash trends showing a rise in bicycle incidents in 2025 and asked the city to prioritize separated bike lanes, bike parking and trail standards to boost safety and ridership.
Ben Cousins, a volunteer with the Cedar City Active Transportation Committee, told the council the committee’s 2025 review and local surveys point to strong public interest in walking and biking and a worrying uptick in collisions. "Two thirds of all people will ride a bike when you create a separation," Cousins said, summarizing research on how protected facilities increase participation.
Cousins said city survey work from the 2022 general/master plan showed 67% of residents consider walking or biking important and that bicycle crashes averaged three to four per year from…
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