Building Salt Lake has covered intensively the vibrancy gaps in Salt Lake City. Vibrancy is important because it encourages people to get out of their cars and engage with their urban environment. Vibrant cities are human-focused, not car-focused, with human-scale...
Local officials hope to entice last-minute shoppers and holiday revelers with a free alternative to holiday traffic while getting residents better acquainted with the regions public transit network. On Friday, the Salt Lake City Council, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben...
Salt Lake City officially has it's first-ever Transit Master Plan. On Tuesday, the Salt Lake City Council unanimously adopted the plan the plan after an intensive three-year public process. "This is a big deal for Salt Lake City to have a transit master plan," said...
Salt Lake City is poised to have its first ever transit master plan and unlike previous versions of the draft plan, the final version will be slightly less bus-centric. In a straw poll, the Salt Lake City Council unanimously voted on Tuesday to add language to the...
Today Salt Lake City celebrates its first Indigenous Peoples Day, recognizing the people that lived in America long before any European settler arrived. But for the urban-centered and transit advocates, there is a second holiday this week that also merits...
A day before the Salt Lake City Council is set to hold a public hearing on the city's first-ever Transit Master Plan, Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski has announced her selection of Jon Larsen for the Transportation Division Director of Salt Lake City. “This is a...
A lot has happened in the two years since city transportation officials first presented the goals for the city's first ever Transit Master Plan. There was a lot less residential construction in March 2015, when transportation officials first went before City Council...
The Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) wants to hear from the public on plans to spend more than $5 billion in transportation funding. The proposed funding is part of the Draft 2018-2023 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The TIP identifies road, transit,...
Three years and several hundred new residents later, the S-Line Streetcar is going to become a bit more convenient to ride. On Tuesday, local officials announced that two blocks of double track will be built along the streetcar line in South Salt Lake City. "Right...
It has been a year since Robin Hutcheson, Salt Lake City's award-winning former Transportation Director announced her departure for a new position in Minnesota. But for Salt Lake City Council member, Derek Kitchen, the fact that Hutcheson has not been replaced is a...
In a live Facebook feed on Wednesday, Mayor Jackie Biskupski announced her nomination of Sen. Jim Dabakis to represent Salt Lake City on the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) Board of Trustees. “My top priority was finding someone who could represent the people of Salt...
While some residents might not feel that the plan is ready, but the Planning Commission voted during their November 9th meeting to forward a favorable recommendation for the city's first-ever Transit Master Plan. City officials expect the city to gain 40,000 new...