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Utah Valley University student walks up the bright green lanes painted
on the stairs to the gym Thursday, June 18, 2015, at Utah Valley
University, in Orem, Utah. Utah Valley University spokeswoman Melinda
Colton said the green lanes were intended as a lighthearted way to
brighten up the space and get students’ attention. (AP Photo/Rick
Bowmer)
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.
Utah
Valley University students walks along the bright green lanes painted
on the stairs to the gym Thursday, June 18, 2015, at Utah Valley
University, in Orem, Utah. Utah Valley University spokeswoman Melinda
Colton said the green lanes were intended as a lighthearted way to
brighten up the space and get students’ attention. (AP Photo/Rick
Bowmer)
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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