![]() No trains exist outside the Wasatch Front. And if you’re looking to go east or west away from I-15, you’re simply out of luck. They tend to deposit riders into a sea of park-and-ride surface lots, because the train was foolishly designed to be driven to. Train stations have few, if any, amenities and limited, if any, shelter from the elements. With only hourly service outside of weekday rush hours and no service at all on Sundays, FrontRunner is not for beginners and requires concerted effort and planning on both ends of the trip. But the decision-makers who built it 20 years ago had no clue and left the train with one hand tied behind its back. On the Blue Line, you can go hiking or mountain biking in Draper’s Corner Canyon or connect to a regional FrontRunner train or Amtrak’s cross-country train line, the California Zephyr, at Salt Lake Central.īad: Rail Is Poorly Planned and Largely NonexistentįrontRunner follows the Interstate 15 corridor, connecting Salt Lake City with Ogden to the north and Provo to the south. The Trax Green Line is the best way to get to and from Salt Lake City International Airport, while the Red Line will run you up to the University of Utah (and Bonneville Shoreline Trail) or down south to the master-planned community of Daybreak. Following this statement, Schultz drove 45 minutes to his home along highways that were built at taxpayer expense on land ripped away from low-income, majority-minority residents, likely complaining about congestion the whole way. Spencer Cox called for a full year of free fares to study its effect on air quality and traffic congestion, but lawmakers were quick to shut down that kind of talk, lest it spread. No surprise, these initiatives led to increased ridership. And in 2022, Salt Lake City pushed UTA to go fully free for the entire month of February. The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) has run a number of free-fare initiatives, with things like airline boarding passes and concert tickets counting as transit fare. Maybe you want to get some shopping in after a movie or grab a bite to eat before a Jazz game? Leave the car parked-or the bike locked-and use the trains to make a night of it. It doesn’t help much with bus service (you’d have to be taking a pretty short trip) but it’s handy for using Trax light rail to explore Main Street if you’re already downtown. Here’s what to know about traveling without a car in Utah.Ī “free-fare zone” exists around Salt Lake City’s urban core, bordered by Salt Lake Central Station to the west, the Utah State Capitol to the north, the Main Library to the east and the Matheson Courthouse to the south. No, at minimum we’re at Square 2, maybe even Square 3. Luckily, we’re not starting from Square 1. That worked OK for a long time-assuming you could afford to buy a car and perpetually fill it with gasoline-but population growth, climate change, cost of living and Utah’s horrendous air quality have put enough pressure on the roads that even car-brained state leaders are beginning to acknowledge that, just maybe, “mistakes were made.” Utah, like much of the American West, is car country. Note: The following article was originally published in City Weekly's 2023 City Guide. A Trax light rail train passes through Downtown Salt Lake City. ![]() The TRAX station also includes local artist Jiyoun Lee-Lodge’s artwork, titled “The Crossing.” This artwork joins a collection of existing public artworks located throughout Salt Lake City at UTA transit stations, said UTA. ![]() Local government agencies and developers were brought together by a shared goal to address the evolving transportation needs of our rapidly growing City, and the Wasatch Front at large,” said Carlton Christensen, Chair of the UTA Board of Trustees. “This project was truly one of collaboration. In the past, the RDA financed the 900 South TRAX Station. Also, the RDA Board of Directors, and SLC Council, approved substantial funds for the project. UTA said the RDA supported the station’s funding needs by bringing on four different developers. The station is a result of combined efforts. ![]()
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