Travelers move between trains on Friday in Salt Lake City. UTA said that from April '07 to April '08 ridership for the average weekday was up about 9 percent, divided among buses, light rail and van pools. (Mike Terrry, Deseret News)
I hope that the success of this system can be used to inspire more rail development in cities like LA! The NIMBY's here are unbearable. It's great to hear about a city rallying around public transit.
Everything you need, steps from your door.
As an urban village, Market Station is purposefully designed to enhance city living. It is an environment that focuses on facilitating the daily acitivities of living, shopping, and working within an environmentally friendly, self-sustainable community. At Market Station, you'll find shops, townhomes, and offices within steps of each other. Without a car, commute or traffic, you can run errands, buy concert tickets, mail packages.
Located at 2100 South and State Street, Market Station features more than 50 retailers and 250,000 sq. ft. of Class A office space. It offers 600 housing units, ranging from studio apartments to luxury penthouses.
Market Station is a turning point in the reinvention of South Salt Lake. With the cooperation of City leaders, you will be an integral part of a renaissance. The complex's overall style is an eclectic mix of modern, classic and industrial and traditional - different components working together.
I am really excited about what this project will bring to SSLC. I would love to see the area East of I-15 and North of I-80 turn into a really dense urban area. You got sugarhouse, Market Station, Downtown SLC, Gateway, The Avenues, The Uof U University, Franklin Covey area...etc...
Its destination is Salt Lake City International Airport, but Luke Garrott prefers to call it the "North Temple line."
After all, construction of a new light-rail line is not just about getting people to and from the airport, the Salt Lake City councilman said. It's also about neighborhood building on the city's west side.
"We want to make the North Temple line as neighborhood-friendly and as much of a positive catalyst for the city as possible," Garrott said. "It's a great opportunity."
..." Over the next seven years, UTA is committed to build 70 new miles of light- and commuter-rail lines, pushing its statewide total to 150 miles, he said.
..."This is a big piece of a very large transit system that UTA has been developing at an incredible rate up and down the Wasatch Front," Mayor Becker said
More Mass Transit - Ceremony launches construction of West Valley TRAX line
West Valley City came one shovelful of gravel closer to gaining its own TRAX line Wednesday as the Utah Transit Authority ceremoniously launched construction n the next phase of its FrontLines 2015 project.
Groundbreaking - Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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UTA projects to be completed by 2015
Upcoming UTA projects to be completed by 2015:
• Mid-Jordan TRAX line, connecting the 6400 South TRAX stop to Daybreak in South Jordan — currently under construction.
• West Valley TRAX line, connecting 2100 South TRAX stop to future West Valley City intermodal hub near 3500 South — construction will begin this week.
• FrontRunner South, commuter rail from Salt Lake City to Provo — construction is expected to begin late this summer.
• Airport TRAX line, connecting downtown Salt Lake City to the Salt Lake City International Airport — construction is expected to begin by the end of the year.
• Draper TRAX line, extending TRAX from 10000 South in Sandy to about 14600 South in Draper — a construction date to be announced soon.
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I absolutely live this development. LOVE IT! It's looking like all the prime TOD sites are going to get taken before I have a chance to develop any of them.
I guess that's a good problem to have.
Seriously, as conservative as Utah is, in general, it really is impressive how the Wasatch Front is transforming itself into a transit mecha (at least in comparison to non east coast and Chicago type cities).
looks good - seems to show that when you provide it they will come
re the higher fares during peak periods - vancouver does that too - they used to have higher fares from 6:30 am to 9:30 am and than from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm but they have sinced changed it to having peak fares from 6:30 am to 6:30 pm or there abouts - eliminating the middle of the day cheaper fares
after 6:30 and on weekends there is one flat fare - during the peak times its based on a 3 zone price system and the price varies on how many zones you cross
Got any recent pics of Skytrain, is the system still expanding, I thought I heard about an airport extension, is that still on?
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looks good - seems to show that when you provide it they will come
re the higher fares during peak periods - vancouver does that too - they used to have higher fares from 6:30 am to 9:30 am and than from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm but they have sinced changed it to having peak fares from 6:30 am to 6:30 pm or there abouts - eliminating the middle of the day cheaper fares
after 6:30 and on weekends there is one flat fare - during the peak times its based on a 3 zone price system and the price varies on how many zones you cross
Its destination is Salt Lake City International Airport, but Luke Garrott prefers to call it the "North Temple line."
After all, construction of a new light-rail line is not just about getting people to and from the airport, the Salt Lake City councilman said. It's also about neighborhood building on the city's west side.
"We want to make the North Temple line as neighborhood-friendly and as much of a positive catalyst for the city as possible," Garrott said. "It's a great opportunity."
Has the modal share for transit in Salt Lake gone up since the LRT and other transit improvments have gone into effect?
I'm not sure of the exact numbers, but it has certainly gone up in the past 10 years since the first light rail line opened. Most of the people riding the train today were not riding the bus before light and commuter rail were added. Most of the people I know that are riding the new Frontrunner train (Including myself) were driving to work before it opened a few months ago.
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alright - so does this mean that construction has started on the west valley line, the mid-jordan line AND the airport line??
what transportation agency (with only 2 lines of lrt in service) can afford to construct three lines at once? this sounds too good to be true
Yes; by the end of the year, there will be 4 lines under construction, and 5 new lines should be finished by 2015, as part of UTA's Frontlines 2015 project:
Its destination is Salt Lake City International Airport, but Luke Garrott prefers to call it the "North Temple line."
After all, construction of a new light-rail line is not just about getting people to and from the airport, the Salt Lake City councilman said. It's also about neighborhood building on the city's west side.
"We want to make the North Temple line as neighborhood-friendly and as much of a positive catalyst for the city as possible," Garrott said. "It's a great opportunity."
alright - so does this mean that construction has started on the west valley line, the mid-jordan line AND the airport line??
what transportation agency (with only 2 lines of lrt in service) can afford to construct three lines at once? this sounds too good to be true
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alright - so does this mean that construction has started on the west valley line, the mid-jordan line AND the airport line??
what transportation agency (with only 2 lines of lrt in service) can afford to construct three lines at once? this sounds too good to be true
The lines are being placed on existing track lines and existing right of ways through most of their paths, which is a clear advantage to the area. Imagine what could be done with limited NIMBY's, emminent domain, environmental impacts, etc, then add high gas prices to it and a proven case of light rail success.
No city in the U.S. could ask for a better situation.
The lines are being placed on existing track lines and existing right of ways through most of their paths, which is a clear advantage to the area. Imagine what could be done with limited NIMBY's, emminent domain, environmental impacts, etc, then add high gas prices to it and a proven case of light rail success.
No city in the U.S. could ask for a better situation.
Good points PhxSprawler, That pretty well sums a lot of it up for Salt Lake City's good fortune with mass transit.
alright - so does this mean that construction has started on the west valley line, the mid-jordan line AND the airport line??
what transportation agency (with only 2 lines of lrt in service) can afford to construct three lines at once? this sounds too good to be true
Houston, TX is. 6 lines (1 being an extension) at once, around 40 miles of light rail and 25 miles of commuter rail.
Yay TRAX
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