Unless you can convince SW Salt Lake County cities to dramatically change their land use patterns (which follow 60 years of national inertia), it would be irresponsible to not plan new car-centric transportation facilities.
The best we can (and must do) is to build cities within the city. Urbanizable nodes which act as walkable islands inside the sprawl. And transit connects those nodes. Urbanization/walkability will sprawl outward from these nodes as market demands change over the next half century. Try to promote new sprawl/suburban street grids which can later accommodate urbanization in the future (fewer cul-de-sacs, more grid-like patterns).
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I've stopped caring. Good luck, America
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