A Petition from a local Bicyclist:
To: Utah Transit Authority
I got in a bike accident on Wednesday. I was biking from the Fashion Place Trax station to my parent's house. I rounded the corner and was going north on 300 west. There were UTA workers around in trucks and they were testing a new TRAX route and a train passed me heading SW. I slowed down, but once it passed I began picking up speed. As I crossed that very track (perpendicularly), something terrible happened. Somehow the track caught my tire. I don't know how but it was like hitting a concrete wall and I fell to the ground onto my face. I don't know if I blacked out, but I heard some drivers stop and ask me if I was ok. My parents weren't answering their phone and I was spitting blood all over the road. My face and mouth were swollen and bleeding. These unbelievably nice individuals got me out of the street and took me to my parent's house. During this time none of the UTA personnel "noticed" anything had happened. My rescuers told me this was not the first time this sticky track has claimed a biker and they talked to the UTA workers once they took me home and they seemed uninterested.
Last summer at the same track my sister also fell. I didn't realize it was the same track until later, but it was. Her tire was also caught and she fell into another biker. The fall damaged her clavicle which bothers her to this day. She is a cross country runner for UVU and it aches from time to time after a long run or when she sleeps on it.
My rescuers told me that since they work at a local business by that TRAX stop they have been the rescuers to more than one biker; several, and I wasn't the worst off out of the bunch.
I want UTA to put a sign up that warns bikers of this danger and asks them to WALK their bike across this track. I am not asking for them to pay for my medical bills, I just want there to be a sign or some other precaution taken to make this popular route safer for cyclists.
Sincerely,
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