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Regional 'Fresh Look' transit study aims to identify corridors, not final station sites
Summary
Wasatch Front Regional Council and UTA presented a high-level 'Fresh Look' study for high-capacity transit in the southwest Salt Lake Valley, saying corridors will be identified now while station siting and engineering feasibility will be addressed later in environmental and engineering phases.
Wasatch Front Regional Council transportation planner Lauren Victor told the Bluffdale City Council that a new Southwest Valley “Fresh Look” study is intended to coalesce local cities and transportation partners around implementable, high-capacity transit options. “We really want this study to be the last of its kind for a good, good while until we go to implementation,” Victor said.
Victor said the study focuses on corridors and “what it would take” to make high-capacity options such as light rail or bus rapid transit feasible, not on final station siting. Alex…
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