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 [...]
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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 [...]
600 West TRAX Expansion
So I must admit that I am a bit torn the proposed 600 W. viaduct section of the Airport TRAX line. Many of you probably have not even heard of this particular section of the otherwise widely praised TRAX line that would create a continuous line from the University of Utah to the Airport; basically [...]
You Can’t Get There From Here
Well after ninety days of court-ordered no drive days, I am finally able to again get behind the wheel of my car (we don’t need to get into the details of that one but it is not really relevant to this post). There is one thing I have really noticed about Salt Lake, it is [...]