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Originally Posted by bob rulz
It has pretty consistently been shown that people are willing to pay for transit through taxes once they can actually see the positive effects of transit. Now that UVX is up and running and seems to be wildly successful, Utah County will be scrambling for more options. The Blue Line extension to Lehi will only enhance that.
Now if only we could get proper BRT or enhanced bus routes in Salt Lake County. I really hope UTA makes that a high priority with the extra funding they're going to be getting.
Speaking of TRAX extensions, does anybody know what came of the studies about possibly extending TRAX into southern Davis County? I haven't heard anything pertaining to that for a long time.
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Trax into south Davis County was cancelled. It was then studied as a Streetcar or BRT. People fought against the Streetcar almost as much as they fought against Trax in the planned route. They were afraid that the trains would jump the tracks and hit children.
The route was finalized as BRT and has completed a preliminary EIS. I think that it is slated to begin construction around 2025 to 2030 unless Davis County provides additional funding to speed it up.
There are however very long range plans for Trax along Redwood Road but this is 50 to 60 years out at best so I would consider it very unlikely that Davis County ever gets any additional fixed rail transit, excluding future FrontRunner upgrades.
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