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TOOELE (Tooele Transcript) – A steady stream of residents interested in, or concerned with, the future of transportation in Tooele County attended an open house hosted by the Wasatch Front Regional Council on Thursday. The open house, held at Tooele City Hall, ran from 4:30-6:30 p.m., with representatives from the regional council on hand to answer questions about the long-range

(Sustainable Cities and Society) – Street connectivity measures the density of networks and directness of paths. Increasing street connectivity is one of the ways to increase network capacities, achieve a better distribution of traffic flows, improve accessibility and encourage the use of non-motorized traffic modes. This paper analyzes the effects of enhanced street connectivity on traffic performance and sustainability through

SALT LAKE CITY – Leaders from Tooele County, Tooele City and Grantsville City, in close partnership with staff at the Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC), UDOT and UTA, have created a draft long-range transportation plan for the Tooele Valley through 2040 that includes proposed new or expanded roadway, transit and walking and biking facilities. The public is invited to provide

UTAH (Utah Planner) – Usually this time of year I like to focus on the state of the chapter. However, the Utah Planner will publish its annual “Year in Review” article in the January newsletter, so I am focusing my president’s message on something else that occupies much of my professional life. It was an interesting career shift for me

SALT LAKE CITY – Public invited to review and provide feedback on timing of transportation projects through 2050. The Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC), in close partnership with regional transportation agencies and local governments, is nearing completion of the Wasatch Choice 2050 Vision, a blueprint for growth and development along the Wasatch Front. Transportation projects and land use types have

SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) – The future of the Utah’s housing will likely rest in high-density projects, a necessary component to accommodating population growth and lowering housing costs. As such, key leaders must exercise a spirit of compromise and thoughtful foresight to avoid making this issue a needless division for years to come. There is an unavoidable need to

SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) – You’ve likely heard that Utah is growing. What you may not have heard is how much and how fast. According to the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, we will add 1.5 million people to the Wasatch Front by 2050. That’s 45,000 people each year, or roughly the equivalent of adding a Draper-

SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) – A plan on how to spend $4 billion on highway and transit projects over the next six years was adopted Thursday by the Wasatch Front Regional Council. Projects newly added to that list, which is updated annually, range from the new West Davis Corridor freeway in Davis and Weber counties to a

WASHINGTON, DC (Rails to Trails Magazine) – Utah recently celebrated its completion of the Golden Spoke trail network, which comprises more than 100 miles of connected, paved trails linking Ogden, Salt Lake City and Provo. This photo essay showcases the natural wonders and unique infrastructure that make this urban trail network a rail-trail destination to behold. Featuring the Legacy Parkway

OGDEN (Standard Examiner) – Hundreds of transportation projects, worth billions of dollars — including many in Weber, Davis, Morgan and Box Elder counties — are awaiting public scrutiny. The Wasatch Front Regional Council, Utah’s metropolitan planning arm, has identified more than $4 billion of priority transportation projects that could be funded during the next six years — part of the