to build either a Bus Rapid Transit or new TRAX line to connect the Lehi and Draper FrontRunner stations, exclusively serving “The Point,” where no one currently lives or works and which sits awkwardly across I-15 from the existing right-of-way.
Forget the long-promised TRAX Blue Line extension between Draper and Lehi, which requires no new land acquisition or bridges and would usefully connect the state’s two largest counties. No, instead we are going to get a new train between existing train stations to bring theoretical commuters from Lehi to their theoretical offices at The Point.
, are Draper residents ready for the details and problems that come with big city life? I’ll just come out and say it: Will there be services and shelters for the homeless? Will there be bars at The Point? Will there even be bar licenses available for bars at The Point? I just wish the state could take as much interest in supporting and connecting the “innovation” communities that already exist instead of throwing money at grand visions for green fields and gondolas., PhD, lives in Murray, Utah and received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Utah in 2017. Although not an urban planner by trade, he is actively involved with the new urbanist community in Salt Lake City.