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Issues concerning traffic management systems and modern technology are discussed. In particular the advanced integrated transport system developed by the Utah Department of Transportation is examined.

Information about the new TRAX light rail line in Utah is given. The 15 mile line was completed one year early and $20 Million dollars under budget.

Salt Lake City -- UTAH SHUTTLE SERVICES is planning a contract shuttle service, a new transportation option for employers and commuters. The shuttle service will provide the 'last mile' connection [...]

Salt Lake City -- Congressman Jim Hansen announces that the UTAH TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY will receive $11.5 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation for a commuter railroad. The commuter rail [...]

DART has agreed to loan 29 of its spare Kinkisharyo LRVs to Utah Transit Authority to help out with the expected surge in TRAX ridership during the February 2002 Winter […]

FORMER Great Western Railway 2-8-0 No. 75 entered service May 29 on Utah's Heber Valley Railroad. The tourist road acquired the 1907 Baldwin from the GW 75 Corporation. Through this […]

Awarded SLC Rail Constructors a design-build contract estimated at $118 million for a 2.5-mile TRAX light rail extension from downtown Salt Lake City to the University of […]

EACH YEAR, UTAH'S BURGEONING population places increased strain on our transportation systems: More people, more cars, more air traffic ... all make for more stress on individuals and on our [...]

Even with the troubled economy, many companies across the country still look to Utah for trends and technology solutions. Joan Mitchell, marketing communications manager at Evans & Sutherland (E&S) explains, [...]

Utah maps intercity LRT Search the federal list of candidates for light rail funding, and one name shows up unexpectedly: Salt Lake City, Utah. While Los Angeles, Dallas, St. Louis, […]

OMAHA, NEB. -- Union Pacific Corp. (UP) announced Sept. 20 the closing of the sale of land, track, operating rights and facilities to the Utah Transit Authority (UTA). According to [...]

Yes Byron Parker Legacy Parkway Project Director The Legacy Parkway Project is largely intended to benefit commuters making their way between Salt Lake City and points north. This 14-mile stretch [...]

Rail cars filled with hazardous materials are passing over Union Pacific Railroad tracks within blocks of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, which began Feb. 8. Is this [...]

Signed an agreement with the Utah Department of Transportation and the University of Utah paving the way for another 1.5-mile, four-station light rail extension from Rice-Eccles to University Hospital. The […]

University of Utah researchers will be monitoring traffic jams and other highway problems from the university's Utah Traffic Lab (201 S Presidents Circle, Room 308, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9017; [...]

The $1.6-billion project to expand Interstate-15 in Salt Lake City, UT, is almost completed and is due to be opened on 14 May 2001, five months ahead of target. The design-build project is also due to come in under budget.

The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) has awarded a contract to Parsons Brinckerhoff for the design, construction and startup of the planned light rail system for Salt Lake City. The new transit system will complement the UTA's existing bus network and it will run in a dedicated rail corridor from the central business district to the Delta Center Sports Arena. The project is scheduled for completion before 2002.

Alaska * The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday got its first look at a $90 million GO wish list, with more than 6,000 computers and two new schools topping the list [...]

Arizona Standard & Poor's Corp. downgraded South Tucson Municipal Property Corp.'s 1990 series revenue bonds last week to BB from BBB-minus and removed the $5.14 million issue from CreditWatch. 'Despite [...]