transportation funding

Gas tax revenues have risen in the last few years, but Utah isn’t waiting for electric vehicles to cut into that. EV drivers here pay additional registration fees and a charging tax to help fund road maintenance.

A Draper homeowners association added an additional lawsuit on top of the recently consolidated mega-lawsuit against UDOT’s big idea to fix winter traffic in Little Cottonwood Canyon.

St. George is doubling down on being a hub for biking and walking trails. The city is expanding its system of paths to connect more parts of town.

Analysis from The Utah Investigative Journalism Project shows that to date, the Utah Transit Authority has provided more benches and shelters on east-side routes.

Southwest Utah residents are continuing grassroots efforts to highlight transit needs in communities outside the Wasatch Front — and to push local leaders to take action.

Salt Lake City considers 500 and 600 South as its “grand boulevards.” Upgrades could make the downtown core a much friendlier place for the city’s bikers and pedestrians.

Adding about 900 feet into the business core of Sugar House, and strategic double tracking of the existing line, is part of an effort to address the popular Salt Lake City neighborhood’s explosive growth.

For the third year in a row, Utah’s Legislature removed funding for an environmental impact study for a Navajo Nation road between Navajo Mountain and Blanding at the last minute.

A statewide coalition of Utahns is asking legislators to put millions toward public transit options for communities outside the Salt Lake City metro area.

Getting passed over for federal funding was a disappointment for rail advocates and local leaders who tout trains' ability to connect Utahns and boost rural areas. But they aren't giving up.

After years of complaints, the goal is to make it so the lines on Utah’s highways are always visible, regardless of the weather or the time of day.

Although the gondola project is the official selection, it also includes enhanced bus service — and funding for the gondola phase is not final.