Walkability can be an elusive concept for Utah residents. Utah's uniquely large square blocks and urban growth built around the car have produced few pedestrian-oriented areas for residents to use as a reference. In the past “we've had a hard time measuring...
Since the Great Recession, people across the U.S. have been returning to cities. Former industrial cities and cities that were previously losing population like Philadelphia and Chicago are growing by the thousands. A 2015 housing study by the Urban Land...
While presidential candidates argue about the current health of the "American Dream," in Utah the dream appears to still be attainable. A new study found that while upward mobility is slipping away for many people in America, for residents in Provo it is more...
Residents of the Wasatch Front, Utah's largest urban area, overwhelming prefer the suburban lifestyle according to the results of a newly released study by the Utah Chapter of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). For Wasatch Front residents, the status quo is embraced as...
America's transportation infrastructure is aging and in serious need of repair. According to The American Public Transportation Association (APTA), "the nation faces a $160 billion backlog just to bring public transit and road systems into a state of good repair."...
Suburban sprawl costs the United States over $1 trillion a year according to a new report by LSE Cities and the Victoria Transport Policy Institute. According to the report, sprawl has social and economic costs while increasing per capita land development and...
Utah's pernicious winter air and the fact that state's population is expected to nearly double by 2050 make planning for how Utah grows imperative. With vehicle emissions the greatest contributor to pollution during winter inversions, future transportation...
Smaller cities can have a big impact. While Salt Lake City is only the 124 largest city in the country, it was ranked the seventh most influential city in a recent survey conducted through the Boston University Initiative on Cities. The rankings were part of a...
The dominant message from Glendale residents, a neighborhood on Salt Lake's west side, at Tuesday's Salt Lake City council meeting, was that residents want a cleaner and safer neighborhood. City council held the formal meeting in the gymnasium at Parkview...
The S-Line Greenway, a mile-long green space and trail from 500 East to McClelland Street, is officially open. Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, South Salt Lake Mayor Cherie Wood and Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams each spoke along with representatives from the...
In planning communities, the terms "complete streets" and "road diets" are frequently used when discussing proposed changes to street layouts. But for most people these terms are foreign and many people may not fully understand what it means to make a street complete...
Salt Lake City has an abundance of surface parking lots in and near downtown Salt Lake City. But at least along 400 South, surface parking lots are slowly being replaced with development. Demolition crews are removing two small surface parking lots, along with a...