Alessandro Rigolon

@alerigolon.bsky.social

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Associate prof of urban planning. Research on green space equity, green gentrification, climate adaptation, and health equity. Love SLC, my family, and the great outdoors. Opinions (good or bad) are my own 🇮🇹🇺🇸 🌩️👀 rJgnW3igNgz7 .. more

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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · Nov 18

My older daughter learned to ride a bike today. She was so happy. As she was riding, she said, “I feel free.” My heart is full.

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 16h

Me too. That map is what the Mayor presented in November and under the current bill, SLC and UDOT would have to come up with an updated map by Jan 1 2027

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 16h

Good reporting, Carter. Of course Sen Harper won’t comment on this. If you have a chance, you should ask him why SLC needs lanes that are 12’ wide but not other cities. I doubt we have wider cars here

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 16h

Salt Lake City should ban dirty sodas while GOP state legislators are in town for the session

Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 19h

A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.

Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents

The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.

www.startribune.com

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Alessandro Rigolon, Duncan Morrow

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16h

“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)

Picture of central Pontevedra, Spain from the air

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 17h

My creativity is gone for tonight but I welcome your meme submissions on this

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 17h

Wrong solutions

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 17h

What could happen

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 17h

My household right now

Meme

I bet he’s thinking about other women

The damn legislature coming after our streets again

Reposted by Alessandro Rigolon

Carter Williams @cwilliams.ksl.com · 17h

"Why would the state not want us to address one of the leading causes of death in the city?"

Salt Lake City leaders voice concerns on a new bill that calls on the city to partner with UDOT before moving forward on new road safety projects #utpol

www.ksl.com/article/5144...

www.ksl.com

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 17h

We must have distracted legislators

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 17h

This is how I cope

Meme with eagle and freedom and width of car lanes

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 18h

It’s that time of year

Bad bunny meme saying “SLC when the Utah Legislature is in session”

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 19h

Italians mad at food, Feb 3 edition: I know it’s irrational, but I can’t stand it when Americans add salad to a plate that has pasta on it. The two simply don’t go together, and you can eat one after the other

Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Jonathan Wolff, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 3 more Kim L. Scheppele, Jonathan Wolff, Rosemary A. Joyce, Caroline T. Schroeder, Alessandro Rigolon, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 19h

A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.

Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents

The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.

www.startribune.com

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 19h

To contact bill sponsors Sen. Harper and Rep. Christofferson, see:

Sen. Harper: senate.utah.gov/sen/HARPEWA/

Rep. Christofferson: house.utleg.gov/rep/CHRISKJ/

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 20h

I cannot emphasize enough how important it would be for the opposition to this bill to come from people outside of Salt Lake City. So if you're anywhere near Northern Utah and you care about street safety, please let your representative and senator know you oppose this. It sets a bad precedent

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 20h

Salt Lake City: You gotta fight. For your right. To safe streets.

The article below includes a good breakdown of the new transportation bill that takes away our right to design our own streets and how to contact Utah lawmakers

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 22h

Ski Lake City is my favorite

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 22h

These are my takes. Would love to hear if you think I interpreted the language correctly. I think most of it comes down to what gets classified in different tiers (the map below is from the Nov interim session)

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 22h

Salt Lake City and Utah active transportation community: The new transportation bill is out (SB 242), and the first version is not as bad as it could be. It requires SLC and UDOT to agree upon a classification of city streets in tiers (see preliminary map below). A quick 🧵

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 22h

And Salt Lake City will be on the hook to provide a yearly report to UDOT and the Legislature every single year, for the foreseeable future

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 22h

Correction: looks like there might still be some oversight for Tier 3 streets, as only Tier 4 is listed as discretionary for the city

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 22h

There were also discussions of forcing SLC to rip out recent bike lanes nd bus lanes. Fortunately, it's not in the current language, which requires the city to "mitigate the impacts of traffic calming" on three key streets

Text from here https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0242.html

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 22h

Tier 3 and 4 streets are exempted and can get road diets and traffic calming projects. This is definitely a win. Here's the current language le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/...

SB0242

le.utah.gov

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 22h

Tier 2 streets could receive road diets and traffic calming if the city can demonstrate to UDOT that it won't result in significant traffic impacts + the conditions below

https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0242.html

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 22h

Tier 1 streets are unlikely to ever receive any road diets, but they could get some traffic calming following the process below, including approval from UDOT

Text from this bill https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0242.html

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 22h

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

And if I misrepresented what you said, I'm sorry

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

I wish that more people on the left understood that their supply denialism and opposition to denser market housing is a big gift to wealthy homeowners, investors, and the Republican Party

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

How did I misrepresent what you said? I'm sorry but I don't have time to argue with a person who doesn't show their full name and just trolls others

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

People during COVID moved to very expensive places, like mountain towns here in the West, wrecking the housing market and making it impossible for workers to live there.

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