News and Insights

Wasatch Front, UT — Celebrate Bike Month with the Ninth Annual Golden Spoke Ride on Saturday, May 16, 2026! This FREE, community bike event offers a safe and exciting way to experience the growing Golden Spoke Trail Network — more than 100 miles of connected, multi-use trails stretching from Ogden to Provo. The Golden Spoke network was built through strong

The Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) has released the Draft 2027-2055 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) Preferred Scenario and is inviting the public, partners, and stakeholders to review and provide feedback. RTP Essentials What is the RTP Preferred Scenario? The Preferred Scenario is the recommended set of regional transportation investments across the Wasatch Front, looking out to 2055. For the first

Funding opportunity! As a way of advancing the Beehive Bikeways vision, WFRC has allocated $85,000 of funding to develop conceptual design plans for Beehive Bikeways corridors, as identified by local jurisdictions. Click here to apply. Applications will be accepted until 3:00 pm, Thursday, January 22. Feel free to reach out to Hugh Van Wagenen if you have any questions about

SALT LAKE CITY (March 27, 2023) – Robin Hutcheson, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Administrator along with representatives from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC), Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County convened to discuss transportation safety in Utah. The past two years have seen some of the highest number of fatalities on our roadways, and safety is a top priority of national, state, and local leaders and transportation officials. Together the group considered Utah’s safety challenges, discussed solutions, and forged relationships that will allow Utah to address them collaboratively.

Thank you to our transportation partners, local communities, and stakeholders for the input over the last few months on the draft fiscally constrained 2023-2050 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP).

Our August Map of the Month highlights a new interactive map that allows users to set their own criteria to create a custom housing suitability map for any single city or combination of cities in Weber County. We’re working to provide similar information in a region-wide map expected later this year.