
SALT
LAKE CITY (AP) — One Utah university is giving students glued to their
cellphones a place to call their own: a designated lane for texting
while walking.
Utah
Valley University spokeswoman Melinda Colton said Thursday the bright
green lane painted on the stairs to the gym was intended as a
lighthearted way to brighten up the space and get students' attention.

And it worked, as a picture posted online created widespread buzz on social media this week.
Twenty-two-year-old
student Chelsea Meza says the idea touches on a cultural reality in an
age of ubiquitous cellphones. She says some texting students have used
it.
Property
managers in the Chinese city of Chongqing did something similar last
year with a designated sidewalk lane for smartphone users.
Utah Valley University has 31,000-students and is about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City.
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