From Deseret News archives:
Salt Lake 'walkability' is gauged
Advocate also gives officials Centerville tour
Still, Mark Fenton is trying to look on the bright side. "This is only five or six decisions away from being a 'win,"' he says. By "win," he means the kind of design that is pedestrian-friendly, the kind of design that helps walkers and bicycle riders easily and safely navigate America's cities and suburbs.
It's decisions the developer made and the city allowed that make this Wal-Mart difficult for pedestrians. It's these decisions and other choices, too that Fenton has been seeking on his visit to Utah.
Fenton, a former champion race walker turned "walkability" advocate, is here this week for the Utah League of Cities and Towns' convention and 100th birthday. Wednesday, he took municipal leaders from around the state on a walking tour of downtown Centerville; today, he'll do a similar walkability assessment of several areas of Salt Lake City.
He will share his ideas with the public and the Salt Lake City Council at 7 p.m. today at the Chase Mill in Liberty Park.
"None of these necessarily cost an extra nickel for the developer," he said.
Fenton is an enthusiastic, pleasant, race-talker of a man who is passionate about "connectivity" and traffic calming, who says that the big picture is all about the details. In Centerville on Monday, he laid down on the grassy strip between the road and sidewalk and stretched out his arms and legs to make himself as long as possible. This, he explained, is a measurement he calls a "Fenton," which is his way of measuring the set-back between road and sidewalk. A good set-back should be at least one Fenton, he said.
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Anonymous | Sept. 13, 2007 at 12:03 p.m.
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