I was reading an article on California legalizing electric skateboards.  There are so many exciting changes happening in the way of assisted transit. E-bikes are becoming more popular (and affordable) every day and a change like this to a law in California, can only help advance the world of skateboard as a transit mechanism. While …

You may remember the famous Park City Carmageddon last winter. While, I’m sure it was awful for those stuck in it… Here is a REAL carmageddon. At 50 seconds in, you’ll see that this Chinese road has the same problem as Highway 248. Maybe we have this to look forward to in the future.  

Down in the valley this November, many residents will be voting on Proposition 1, a sales tax increase to benefit transportation. However, South Jordan Mayor, Dave Alvord has launched a campaign against the tax increase. His main arguments are: Half the revenue associated with the tax will go to UTA (Utah Transit Authority… the bus and …

A reader sent in an article about Colorado’s new variable-priced toll lane that extends 13 miles on Interstate 70 between the mountains and Denver. While toll lanes are nothing new there are a number of interesting aspects to this one: It only runs 72 days a year (weekends and Monday holidays) The toll is priced based …

You may have heard stories about Carmageddon. You may have even experienced it and lived to tell the tale of waiting in traffic for two hours as you tried to make your way home after one of the best snow days in 2014. Since that fateful date, Park City and Summit County leaders have made every …

I was talking with a Friend of the Park Rag and he said something quite profound: “If you want to solve our transportation problems, you have to have to create density.” What does that mean? It means that if we want to use typical transportation solutions (like buses and rail) to decrease traffic, people must …

An interesting debate took place at Wednesday’s Summit County Council Meeting. The topic discussed was whether to help Basin Rec fund a tunnel or bridge across Highway 224 near Sun Peak. On one side you had Basin Rec, the County’s new Transportation Planning Director, and Council Chairperson Kim Carson. They seemed to show vocal support for a …

Suppose you were Apple and had just released the newest iPhone. Let’s also suppose that the round button at the bottom worked about 99% of the time. You’d usually press it, and it would bring up Siri or the lock screen (as expected). Yet, sometimes if you pressed it, it would do nothing at all. Or …

Postings over the last few days have been a little sparse due to a family vacation to Los Angeles. One of the things I love about travelling is that you get to bring back thoughts and ideas from other places. In the case of LA, some would say it has the worst traffic in the country …

I heard today from Summit County’s new Transportation Director that work was about to being on a walking/biking connection between Pinebrook and Jeremy Ranch. I don’t have much information other than work should begin in 3-4 weeks, it will initially be an above ground connection, and later it may be a tunnel. This will be …