UTA and WFRC preview transit‑supportive toolkit and invite TAC input on RTP preferred scenario

Didi Murray of UTA and WFRC long‑range planning staff presented two connected planning items: a transit‑supportive development toolkit in early development and an open public comment period for WFRC’s draft preferred scenario in the 2027–2055 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP).

Murray said the Wasatch Front Transit Supportive Development Toolkit (a nine‑month collaborative project with WFRC, MAG and UDOT, and consultant support from Cascadia and Fehr & Peers) is an interactive resource that helps users evaluate how changes in density, mix of uses, design/connectivity, destinations and demographics (the "five D's") influence a place’s transit supportiveness. The tool will let users test place types and possible changes to see how modifications add up to changes in transit supportiveness; the project is still under development and staff invited TAC feedback in coming months.

WFRC long‑range staff (Joel Temple) described the draft preferred scenario for the RTP and demonstrated how stakeholders can use the WFRC website and GIS interface to review roadway, transit and active‑transportation projects and drop pins to leave comments. Staff emphasized that "exploratory concepts" on the map are possibilities that did not meet technical screening for inclusion in the RTP and do not represent agency endorsements. Staff said fall workshops will score and phase projects into decade buckets using criteria such as safety improvements, network connectivity and reduced vehicle miles traveled.

Both presenters said they would share slide decks and links and encouraged TAC members to sign up for workshops and to request slides or one‑on‑one demos.