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Salt Lake City – Officials from across the Wasatch Front ride transit during Free Fare February and celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. [vcex_button url=”https://wfrc.org/PublicInvolvement/NewsReleases/FFF%20Officials%20Ride%2002-07-2022.pdf” title=”Read News Release” style=”flat” align=”left” color=”0098c3″ size=”small” target=”blank” rel=”none”]READ NEWS RELEASE[/vcex_button]

From onramp bottlenecks to city gridlock, traffic has roared back from its pandemic hibernation to reach levels of commuter traffic that match, and in some cases exceed, pre-pandemic levels, towing back with it air pollution and roadway frustrations.

Intermountain Healthcare is making significant contributions to the Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) and Utah League of Cities and Towns (ULCT), to help enhance community health by focusing on the social determinants of health throughout Utah. The social determinants of health are non-medical factors that influence the health of a family and community, such as housing instability, transportation issues, and

 A little over a month ago, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall approached Utah’s largest public transportation service with an idea. She wanted to know if it was possible that Utah Transit Authority could waive fare costs in Salt Lake City in February.

Congress did something that it all too often struggles to do — took decisive action and passed meaningful, bipartisan legislation that will help Utah address some of our state’s most pressing growth challenges

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Mayor Erin Mendenhall envisions a new library, wider sidewalks and closing part of West Temple to make way for street festivals when the Salt Lake Bees play.

Our state and nation face a variety of immediate challenges that consume most of our attention. Some of these issues are highly controversial and partisan in nature. But as we spend time on these political issues, we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that the biggest and most consequential issue Utah must grapple with is rapid growth.

“We need to plan ahead to maintain and even enhance the quality of life for Utahns, even as we grow.”

Utah’s leaders have a history of working toward compromises on difficult issues. Will the state’s growing population make such solutions harder in the future?