Get big with rail – parking gord

I read the comment by Ms. Caroline Rodriguez, Executive Director of High Valley Transit, with great interest. Ms. Rodriguez advertises with the advantages of the BRT project.

As a long -standing visitor and recently a proud homeowner in Park City, I can't help but notice that the BRT project is equipped with connected strings and with somewhat questionable net locations.

Why is a highway expanded? If the leadership is so safe from the success of the project, with at least 5,000 fewer cars exceed daily, it would be more than sufficient to take two lanes from the existing highway, since the use of private cars will significantly reduce the use of such a plan.

Secondly, when observing the forecast improvement of the transit times from Kimball Junction to Park City, as reported in the publicly available master plan documents, you can notice the very tiny hypothetical edges of improvement compared to the existing transit times. While nobody expects electric buses as quickly as Ferraris, the shortening in the connecting times probably does not seem to promote the behavior and the habits of locals and visitors, not without strong

Third, while the electric buses with the upcoming return of the Olympic Games still offer an apparently ecological alternative to fossil fuels, why not think big and brave? Do you not plan a medium -sized master plan that includes creating a real alternative to cars and buses such as a light rail system that could ensure the connection to the existing system in Salt Lake with a seamless, car -free connection to SLC?

I put this point when I experienced the incredible advantages of such a system in the mountain resort in the Alps. I am a recurring visitor and part -time resident of Zermatt, Switzerland. There, the train connection between the Matterhorn Ski Lifts and the rest of the world in the famous village and the rest of the world did not hinder business and tourism, but rather attracted visitors, skiers, climbers and mountain enthusiasts from every corner of the planet.

The light rail is the reason why people visit the place, and it has contributed immensely to maintain the atmosphere and sustainability of what remains a real, first -class mountain resort.

Nobody wants our beautiful park city to make an immense jam of buses and cars or in a better scenario, a number of huge parking spaces.

While every improvement in the transit is welcome, I have the feeling that we do something with the BRT, but we sell briefly (and with a strong environmental and cash prize).

Filippo Cremonini

Park City

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