Transit Fresh Look Study

The Transit Fresh Look is a collaboration between communities and transportation agencies that envisions the future of public transportation in southwest Salt Lake County and northwest Utah County.

Through this effort, these partnering participants assessed a variety of potential transit connections before ultimately coalescing behind a Vision Map.

Transit Fresh Look acknowledges that implementation of these Vision projects is not certain, and is dependent on subsequent steps, which include:

Funding: The availability of the necessary capital for construction, and ongoing funding for operations and maintenance.
Land use: Community development patterns that support transit ridership.
Analysis: Detailed corridor-level analysis and station area plans, project engineering, and completion of all mandatory environmental reviews.
Phasing: Transit enhancements in a corridor may be implemented in phases, depending on resources and feasibility.

More information can be found in the Corridor Profiles, which include corridor-specific action steps and general funding pathways for communities to consider as they continue to explore what it would take to implement these projects in partnership with transportation agencies.

The scope of the 2024-2025 Transit Fresh Look Study has concluded, but ongoing collaboration will be important to achieving the shared vision identified through this process.

Get the Transit Fresh Look Action Plan

Project Area & Approach

The effort utilized a process distinct from previous efforts. We went beyond the traditional criteria analyzed in transit studies and asked the question, “What would it take?” Is there political will we can gather? Are there land use levers we can modify?

We looked at various funding mechanisms besides federal funding. The Transit Fresh Look focused on major regional public transit improvements as a companion to other near-term efforts to identify ways to meet pressing transit needs in the area.

Corridor Profiles

Each corridor profile summarizes the key characteristics and role of the corridors included in the Transit Fresh Look Vision. The action items outline specific, near-term steps to help move each corridor from vision to implementation. More detailed analysis and guidance can be found in the Transit Fresh Look Action Plan.

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Download the Vision Map

Partners

The Partnership Committee is made up of local elected officials, city staff, local business and legislative stakeholders, with the transportation partners of UDOT, UTA, MAG, and WFRC.

The firm Kimley-Horn has been selected by these partners to assist with the Transit Fresh Look Study.

Representatives of Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC), Mountainland Association of Governments (MAG), Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), and Utah Transit Authority (UTA) oversaw the work of the consultant team for the Transit Fresh Look Study.

South Jordan
West Jordan
Riverton
Herriman
Bluffdale
Salt Lake County
Lehi
Saratoga Springs
Eagle Mountain
Utah County

Project Timeline

April 2024

Kickoff meetings, one in Salt Lake County and one in Utah County. During these kickoff meetings, the stakeholders drafted goals and metrics.

July 2024

Partnership and Technical Advisory Committees met and finalized project goals, metrics, and began drafting priority corridors.

August 2024

The transportation partners met with each city council in the study area to provide an overview of the study.

September 2024

Partnership and Technical Advisory Committees met to review the first draft of priority corridors based on the project’s goals and metrics. Priority corridors were refined during this meeting and will continue to be modified through the coming months.

November 2024

Partnership met and reviewed refined priority corridors during this meeting. The partnership focused on the mode of transit we want to pursue in these corridors.

January 2025

The project team met with each individual city to review the land use and corridors. At these meetings, the project team confirmed the priorities of each city.

March 2025

The Partnership met and considered the more refined and detailed vision for the transit network corridors and modes, reflecting a synthesis of all of the input and analysis from each city and stakeholder.

May 2025

The Partnership met and explored what it might take to make the transit vision a reality. This included a discussion on land use. This meeting also took a more in-depth look at additional data analyses for discussion.

October 2025

The Partnership met to identify preferred options for key visionary transit ideas.

December 2025

This concluded the formal effort. It focused on initial steps to advance the Partnership’s vision.