![The Rio Grande Plan is dead! Long live the Rio Grande Plan! [Opinion]](https://bslbucketmain.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/rgp-400x250.jpg)
Salt Lake City’s West-East Connections Study (WE Connect) has reached a critical juncture. On the evening of June 22, a combined meeting of WE Connect’s Citizens Advisory Board, comprised of residents of Salt Lake City’s west side, and WE Connect’s Technical Advisory...
A week ago, I discovered that—on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays—Park City Transit extends its Route 9 Purple from downtown Park City over Empire Pass to serve Bonanza Flat Trailhead and Bloods Lake Trailhead. Since I had been hungry to get in some hiking and leaf...
In Thursday's meeting of the House Transportation Committee, legislators moved Senate Bill 195 one step closer to passage. The vote was along partisan lines with ten yeas from Republicans and two nays from Democrats. I was at the capitol in attendance as part of the...
An analysis of federal funding awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, has revealed that the State of Utah performed poorly in obtaining funding from...
Overshadowed by Monday's presidential inauguration was the release of the final report of the Federal Railroad Administration's Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study. The FRA is evaluating the potential restoration of daily long-distance intercity passenger rail...
![What could another Trump presidency mean for passenger rail in Utah? [OPINION]](https://buildingsaltlake.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1_CZ.png)
This is an opinion piece written by Mike Christensen, executive director of the Utah Rail Passengers Association. Bottom line up front: passenger rail does not look to fare well under a second Trump presidency. Few new services will likely be implemented, and...
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A driver, a bicyclist, and a pedestrian were sitting at a bar. The bartender brings them a plate of a dozen cookies. The driver quickly snatches up eleven of the cookies, turns to the pedestrian, and while pointing at the remaining cookie, tells the pedestrian, “Watch...
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