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| English: A map of the light rail system in Salt Lake City, Trax, of the Utah Transit Authority. This map will be rendered obsolete by 2013, when the airport extension of the green line opens. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) -Note does not show the Airport Line which opened in April. |
While Denver’s Fastracks program is pretty impressive, in
September the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) will mark the completion of its
Frontlines 2015 project with an extension of their original north-south rail
line from its current terminus at the Sandy Civic Center station into the city
of Draper. This program added 70 miles of rail lines to their existing 64-mile
rail network and is being completed ahead of schedule and at or below estimated
cost.
The program included an extension of the Frontrunner
Commuter Rail line from Salt Lake City to Provo, three new branches of the TRAX
light rail system and the aforementioned Draper Line. In addition to the Frontlines program, UTA
has also opened a BRT line along 3500 South from the Millcreek TRAX station to
the city of Magna (Utah Transit Authority). If that is not enough UTA is also
building a streetcar line from the 2100 South TRAX station to the Sugar House
area. While streetcars are generally looked upon with distain by many groups
this one is using an existing rail line to provide a direct connect from the pedestrian-friendly
Sugar House neighborhood to the heart of the TRAX network (Sugar House
Streetcar).
