Category Archive For "Transportation"
You Don’t Get Cheaper Than Free
A reader just contacted us and made an interesting comment: “I keep hearing buses are the answer. Usually when something is free everyone wants a piece. Look at Costco samples. If people don’t take advantage of free, there’s something wrong with the product. What’s wrong with the buses. You don’t get cheaper than free.”
Transportation Decisions Need to Be Grounded in Reality
Over the weekend we had a discussion with a friend, that was sparked by Friday’s transportation discussion between Park City Mayor Jack Thomas and KPCW’s Leslie Thatcher. That conversation indicated that buses were likely the only feasible “solution” to our areas’s transportation problems. We asked our friend who lives in Jeremy Ranch and works in Prospector about …
Exchange Between KPCW’s Leslie Thatcher and Mayor Jack Thomas Highlights Transportation Hurdles
This morning, KPCW’s Leslie Thatcher asked Park City Mayor Jack Thomas about transportation. Their exchange of questions and answers highlights the level of challenge we as a community face in order to start tackling the transportation issue: Ms Thatcher: Since we only have two lane highways… we talk about “let’s get people on buses” but until it …
Buses Are for Other People
This morning on KPCW we heard from Leslie Thatcher that an article had been sent to government officials that basically said that “people love buses … as long as they aren’t the ones riding in them.” Especially in an upscale environment like Park City, it is important to understand what people actually will use versus …
Mountain Accord Proposes Transportation Alternatives
The Mountain Accord, a group of 20 organization and 200 stakeholders, has formally proposed transportation alternatives for linking areas within the Wasatch Front and between the Wasatch Front and Wasatch Back. This includes the proposal of either aerial trams or a tunnel between Brighton and Park City, Express Bus Service up Parley’s, bus or rail …
Summit County Council Person Roger Armstrong on a Tunnel to Park City
This morning Roger Armstrong was on KPCW with Lynn Ware Peek. She asked him about the Mountain Accord and a proposed tunnel to Park City. His response was one that is likely shared by many of us in Park City. Ms Peek: Most recently we have heard this notion of a tunnel coming through from Cottonwood …
Why Approve a Proposal That Causes More Traffic?
Over the past few months the Summit County government has spent countless hours internally working on solutions to transportation problems. They’ve spent over $100,000 on consultants who provided uninspired suggestions. They have taken input (and valuable time) from hundreds of citizens, that apparently will go almost nowhere. And they have concluded that they will have …
Out of The Box Transportation Idea #3… Say No to Growth
Summit County hired a transportation consultant to provide ideas on how to limit traffic in and around Park City. The County did not like the actions they suggested (the consultant suggested buses) and asked for more creativity. We had written that the County now at least owns the problem. Readers then responded to us saying that if …
Outside of the Box Thinking on Transportation
We received an email regarding yesterday’s post about Summit County government now owning the transportation problem. The email basically called us out and said alright “smart guy” why don’t you give us some innovative solutions if it’s so easy. First, if you’ve been reading our stuff you know that we aren’t very smart. We just like …
Summit County Government Now Owns Our Transportation Problems
Did Summit County Council members commit the cardinal sin by trashing a recent transportation study designed to find solutions to potential transportation problems? Probably … and that’s a good thing. A few months ago Summit County started a transportation study, predicated on a Governor’s Office report that says population will grow by 85% in the Snyderville …
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