Salt Lake City on Tuesday released the results of a study that largely focused on the possible traffic impacts of moving the I-15 ramp at 900 South and ignored the impacts on the city and neighborhoods negatively affected by the ramp. Rather than study the potential...
By David Osokow Whether you’re aware of it or not, Salt Lake City is going through a transportation revolution that seeks to shape the quality of life for residents for decades to come. At a time when society craves the latest and greatest, worships tech giants...
UTA’s “Change Day” is upon us, where the agency annually tunes up its routes and schedules. This August’s changes are notable especially in Salt Lake City and the I-15 Tech Corridor near Lehi. Salt Lake City will see enhanced service on four (mainly) east-west...
A near-west side neighborhood in Salt Lake City adjacent to the North Temple transit corridor is set to see a flurry of multi-family housing projects. Known for its melange of expressways, rail lines, industrial uses, and modest but historical housing stock,...
While the suburbs of Utah and Salt Lake Counties continue to add new office space at a greater rate than Salt Lake City, a new report on technology sector growth contains good news for Downtown enthusiasts. The report, authored by Levi Pace, Senior Research...
Editors’ note: Candidates are listed in the order which they returned our survey. Two candidates, Richard Goldberger and Rainer Huck, didn’t respond to the survey. Most candidates running to become Salt Lake City’s next mayor aren’t likely to support policies that...
UTA and one of the country’s highest-rated commuter apps, Transit, recently announced a 5-year “cooperative agreement” to share data and enhance rider support. Mobility Lab named Transit its best app for public transit commuters in 2018. The iMore website called it...
Responding to a zoning-change request by a property owner at Redwood Road and North Temple, Salt Lake City planners recently recommended to the City Council to allow restaurant/coffee drive-thrus in one of the city’s Transit Station Area (TSA) zones. The zone is...
After expansion under the Obama Administration and previous regimes at UTA, new passenger rail projects along the Wasatch Front seem all but dead. A UTA Board claiming it has no money for capital projects, slim inclusion in regional plans, a reoriented redevelopment...
To start off this month, the deputy director of Utah’s Department of Transportation said the state needs to spend billions widening interstates and building more highway capacity or face a future of gridlock. Not doing so, said Jason Davis, would cause the...
UTA data from a pair of free fare days last February 28-March 1 show the commuting public may be willing to change its behavior if the price is right. A new pilot program should tell whether that's really the case. The Utah Legislature agreed to spend more money in an...
Construction in east 9th and 9th this summer and fall will result in a big value add. A recent influx of transportation tax dollars is transforming a 25-year old dream once called the “Transvalley Corridor” into reality. Eventually, the trail will extend from the...