Yes, please drive to Park City and when you get there park for free! I chuckled a bit when I received the postcard below from the Historic Park City Alliance. It encourages locals to drive to Main Street, and even better, provides 3 vouchers for 3 hours of free parking each time. Yes! Let’s clog …

It seems that people I have heard from think that vans providing on-demand pickup to deliver residents to bus stop has zero-to-little chance of succeeding in getting people on buses. So, here is another potential plan by the city and county: Increased frequency. Instead of waiting 30 minutes for a bus they will come every 7 …

Last week I had the chance to sit down with Summit County’s person in charge of transportation, Caroline Ferris. One of the issues we discussed was buses. I mentioned that one of the impediments I see with regard to adoption is that often people either need to walk a long way or would need to …

We’ve all sat in traffic on a random Friday at about 4:30. I know that traffic in town during the week after Christmas is horrible. We’ve all read about CARMAGEDDON (some even experienced it). Almost all of us have experienced BLINKING LIGHT SYNDROME when stoplights in Kimball Junction start blinking red. Yet, is it really …

As long time readers know, I have been skeptical of Park City bus service providing a larger part of the solution to our traffic problems, than it does today. In its current form, I see how visitors may use the service but have a difficult time envisioning locals utilizing it more. I had heard through …

Quick Quiz… According to Summit County, which group is more responsible for congestion on our roads? A. Locals B. Workers living outside the Snyderville Basin and other visitors The answer is …wait for it… B. According to a recent staff report given to the Summit County Council, “It’s a common misconception that the Snyderville Basin …

As we know, last fall’s Park City School Board bond initiative failed. The public said NO to the school district proposal. Yet, did the district need to have a complete failure? No. What would have generated enough public support to give the school board and district much of what they wanted? Imagine if instead of one large $56 million dollar …

Transportation… Carmageddon… Traffic Jam… Oh the horror. Yes, at times traffic can be bad around here. Not Washington DC Beltway bad or LA Commuter bad… but it gets a lot of attention. The same can be said for traffic up Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon. I skied Solitude a couple of weeks ago and everyone …