City planning experts say Salt Lake City has a peculiar case when it comes to enacting a people-first change to the city’s streets. State Street, for example, can accommodate six lanes of traffic and is upwards of 130 feet wide…

So far, the city has begun construction on protected bike lanes and wider sidewalks on 300 West and 900 South, two major corridors connecting the city. Those projects could be completed as early as the end of 2023.

Still, the city faces significant challenges to making Salt Lake City’s streets safer and in changing residents’ minds from a car-centric society to one built around public transit and pedestrian safety…

The city has recently explored projects that include proposals to close parts of the city to cars entirely and has already repainted some streets to provide more buffer between sidewalks and traffic.