by Isaac Riddle | Jun 1, 2018 | Salt Lake City, Transportation
With a newly-adopted Transit Master Plan and an extra $25 million in revenue for next year, the Salt Lake City Council has a unique opportunity to fund the plan’s first phase. During Tuesday’s work session the council identified which routes expansion...
by Isaac Riddle | May 2, 2018 | Salt Lake City, Transportation
There was little debate on the need for additional revenue as the Salt Lake City Council unanimously approved a 0.5 percent sales tax increase during Tuesday’s council meeting. But despite the unanimous vote, over the next six weeks council members will...
by Isaac Riddle | Mar 27, 2018 | Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City has ambitious new housing and transit master plans to help the city become more equitable and sustainable while accommodating population growth. But officials argue that without new funds the city won’t be able to realize those plans’...
by Isaac Riddle | Feb 2, 2018 | Editorial, Opinion, Salt Lake City, Transportation
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...
by Isaac Riddle | Jan 3, 2018 | Editorial, Opinion, Salt Lake City
In the final days of 2017, Building Salt Lake received two distinctly different media releases from Salt Lake City’s two governing bodies, the City Council and Mayor Jackie Biskupski’s administration, touting each body’s perceived 2017 successes. For...