This time last year I discussed how Senator Luz Robles (D – Salt Lake, District 1) was sponsoring a bill to designate the portion of Redwood Road in Salt Lake City the “Pete Suazo Memorial Highway.” Sadly, the bill had the enacting clause struck and made it nowhere.
For those of you who don’t know, the [...]
Archive for the ‘Transporation’ Category
Bills to Watch: SB 117 – Pete Suazo Memorial Highway, L. Robles
Bills to Watch: HB 237 – Restriction on Use of Wireless Telephones in Vechiles by Minors, P. Riesen
Representative Phil Riesen (D – Millcreek, District 36) continues to fight for a restriction on cell phones in cars. Last year he was unsuccessful in passing a bill that would eliminate cell phone use for everyone (the bill was substituted in committee and died there), so he is trying again with HB 237, a bill [...]
Bills to Watch: SB 38 – Restrictions on High Occupancy Vehicle Lane, K. Morgan
I have been amazed by the flurry of arguments surrounding Karen Morgan’s (D – Salt Lake – District 
SB 38 – Restrictions on High Occupancy Vehicle Lane. The bill adds seven lines of text to the HOV (carpool) lane laws and, if it were to pass, would open up the carpool lane to any [...]
Happy Birthday Trax!
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the Salt Lake-Sandy line of Trax and it is interesting what a difference a decade makes.
This time ten years ago, the average price for a gallon of gas in the US was $1.46, adjusted for inflation and you are looking at $1.94 in today’s dollars. At the time people [...]
Bills to Watch: S.B. 144 – Pete Suazo Memorial Highway – L. Robles
Hopefully many of you remember Senator Pete Suzao of Utah’s second senatorial seat. Not only was Senator Suazo a tireless fighter for the people of his district, he also made huge inroads for the latio community in Utah. Tragically he died in an offroading accident in 2001. Senator Suazo was a [...]
Sit down with the Mayor
This morning I had the opportunity, along with some fellow bloggers, to sit down with Mayor Ralph Becker and discuss some of the issues of the day.
I must admit that it is quite the honor to have the Mayors Office reach out to the blogging community, even though this is nothing new. While working on [...]
Bills to watch: H.B. 95 – Restrictions on use of Wireless Communication Devices in Vehicles – P. Riesen
As I was driving down I-15 at rush hour, I decided to check which bills were new and fresh on the Utah State Legislature web site when, all of a sudden I came across this little gem. Naturally this would distract me to the point where I nearly slammed into the back of a [...]
Um, why have gas prices not gone down?
So I was looking around on gas buddy, because, sadly my scooter is not functioning right now and I have to drop back to the ol’ 35 MPG vehicle.
Killing a little time at work, I discovered this little chart:
As you can see, the price for gas in Salt Lake, on average, has held steady at [...]
Frontrunner opening, a spectacular debacle
So a childhood dream of mine was crushed just a few hours ago. You see, I spent 45 minutes to an hour in a Frontrunner train car and managed not to move down a single inch of track.
Now I understand that it is opening day and that glitches are bound to happen (indeed they [...]
Is Frontrunner worth it?
I was curious when I saw the Salt Lake Tribune article asking if the new Frontrunner commuter rail is going to be used by people due to the high ticket price of, maximum, $5.00 each way, so I did a little math.
Just yesterday I had an appointment that would require me to drive from 1300 [...]
