Over a year since the Salt Lake City officials launched an aggressive public outreach to gather feedback on the city's first ever Transit Master Plan, officials are again asking residents to weigh in before the plan goes before the Salt Lake City Council for final...
Salt Lake City has begun construction of the University to Downtown Bikeway, an extension of the 300 South protected bike lane/cycle track to the University of Utah. Unlike the downtown stretch of 300 South, the extension will not include protected lanes. The 300...
Foothill Drive can often feel more suburban than urban. The car-friendly corridor serves as Salt Lake City's first eastside main entrance off of Interstates 80 and 215 and connects residents living on the east end of the Salt Lake Valley to the University of Utah....
Salt Lake's bicycle network is expanding and starting this week the city's Transportation Division will be offering tours of the proposed addition while gathering feedback from residents. The city plans to expand the bicycle transit connections to the University of...
Not only does 900 South now have a new name, but in the near future the street will have a new look as well. City leaders are currently gathering public input for the 9-Line Corridor Project, a set of proposed infrastructure upgrades to 900 South stretching from the...
Trolley Square is now more connected. Thursday morning city leaders and representatives from UTA and GREENbike, Salt Lake's nonprofit bike share, officially opened the Google Fiber Station at Trolley Square, near the entrance to Whole Foods on 700 East. The station...
Cycling continues to prove popular in Salt Lake City. The Downtown Alliance and GREENbike recently announced today that Salt Lake City’s non-profit bike share program, set a national ridership record for the 2015 season. Ridership eclipsed 100,000 rides this weekend...
The second protected bike intersection in the U.S. is open and ready for use. On October 17th, representatives from the Utah Department of Transportation and the Wasatch Front Regional Council joined Salt Lake City leaders for a "Biketoberfest" celebration of the...
Despite documented successes, protected bike lanes continue to be controversial in Salt Lake City. The Salt Lake City Division of Transportation released a progress report in September for the 300 South protected bike lane. The report cited a seven percent increase...
When the main terminal for the Salt Lake City International Airport was built, Utah had a population of just over 900,000 people. In the 54 years since, Utah's population has tripled to nearly 3 million people. The number of passengers served at the airport has also...
Taking away a downtown parking space is not usually a cause for celebration. But this Friday, two landscape architects will celebrate the 10th annual Park(ing) Day by converting a parking space in front of the Judge Building at 8 E. 300 South into a one-day parklet....
Since local governments and government agencies can’t actively campaign for Proposition 1, a local option sales tax for transportation funding, local leaders are turning to education campaigns to inform residents of the potential impact of new revenue to pay for various local transportation needs.