Loose long-range plans through 2050 developed by the Wasatch Front Regional Council include many possible TRAX and streetcar projects. The board was told that findings from that ongoing Point of the Mountain study will also help with the new study about the future of other TRAX and streetcar projects - and how each may affect the others, and connecting bus service. The UTA board last year approved a separate feasibility study on that Point of the Mountain TRAX project, awarding an $800,000 contract to Parametrix. (Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune) Last year, the Point of the Mountain Commission pressed for a $1.2 billion TRAX extension through the site of the soon-to-be-replaced state prison and on to Lehi, saying redeveloping that area could generate billions in revenue and create tens of thousands of jobs “if the right steps are taken.”Ī study by Envision Utah for that commission said those “right steps” included about $3 billion in transportation improvements, including extending the Blue Line TRAX line through there to Lehi and extending the Mountain View Corridor freeway nearby. In recent years as UTA successfully sought sales tax increases, it promised that it would use the extra money mostly to improve bus service as sought by critics - and said expensive expansions of rail lines were essentially complete for now.īut business and government officials recently have pushed for rail line extensions they say will fuel more quality development. New for 2023, Salt Lake has introduced the Cottonwood Connect ski shuttle, with service to all four Salt Lake resorts.DeLoretto noted that a variety of TRAX and streetcar projects proposed over the years and penciled into long-range plans “have not been examined holistically from a cost-benefits perspective.”
Park City and Summit County offer free public transportation. UTA Ski Buses serve all four Salt Lake resorts, Sundance and Park City-area resorts via the PC-SLC Connect and Powder Mountain and Snowbasin near Ogden. TRAX also serves the University of Utah, Vivint Smart Home Arena (home of the Utah Jazz), Temple Square and Rio Tinto Stadium (home of Real Salt Lake). FrontRunner commuter rail links Salt Lake to both Ogden in the north and Provo in the south, while TRAX light rail serves Salt Lake County including Salt Lake International Airport to downtown Salt Lake City in just 20 minutes. The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) serves the Wasatch Front with regular bus, light rail and commuter rail schedules.
A network of Greyhound serves Utah and Amtrak's California Zephyr cuts across the state serving several Utah stops along the route from Chicago to San Francisco.
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