Metropolitan Transportation Master Plans
Weber, Davis and Salt Lake Counties
The WFC just released their 2040 Transportation and Transit development master plan. Really interesting stuff.
http://wfrc.org/RTPAlternatives/Draf...for%20TACs.pdf
One the Transit side:
I was pretty overwhelmed by the level of Rapid Trainsit Bus lines being planned for the future, but not very excited about the lack of rail projects or at least any new rail project besides the extension from the Sugar House Streetcar line to Westminster College, the Odgen Streetcar line to Weber State and downtown circulator and the University TRAX line extension to the SLC Inter-model Hub. As of now, it looks like South Davis County's Streetcar has been downgraded to a BRT.
http://wfrc.org/RTPAlternatives/Draf...ng%20Map_a.pdf
On the Highway Projects side:
Some interesting highlights include a plan to convert Bangerter Highway over to a Freeway as well as plans to reconstruct I-15 where the high mast center freeway lighting currently ends all the way to Utah County and a giant $1.9 billion project to rebuild I-15 from where I-215 meets it in Davis County all the way North of Farmington between 2030-2040. And of course you have the West Davis Corridor project and Mountain View Corridor project as well.
Utah County
Also, in December of 2010 Utah County with all cities working together under the Mountainland Association of Governments released their 2040 Transportation and Transit developments master plan. There are all kinds of crazy surprises in these plans.
http://www.mountainland.org/Transpor...0Jan%20RPC.pdf
On the Transit side:
FrontRunner will extend to Payson starting sometime in 2020 and to Santaquin starting in 2030. They have an entirely new Commuter Train on the plan (it does not have a proposed timetable) that would connect at the 1st FrontRunner station in Lehi and go through Eagle Mountain and end in Santaquin at a their 1st Front Runner Station. One of the plans also includes a big TRAX project that from 2030-40 would start where the line left off in Drapper and continue all the way into Orem meeting with their FrontRunner and BRT. Oh and Lehi wants in on some Light Rail Action of their own as well (though no timetable is given).
http://www.mountainland.org/Transpor...0Jan%20RPC.pdf
On the Highway Projects side:
The Utah County Metro shouldn't expect a break along I-15 right after UCORE; before 2020 I-15 will be rebuilt from where UCORE left off in Lehi all the way around the point of the mountain (before 2020 from Spanish Fork to the beginning of Davis County I-15 will be concrete, have 100% high mast center lighting and most of it will have a HOV/Toll lane) and from Spanish Fork through Payson there will be a widening of the existing I-15. The Mountain View corridor becomes a Freeway between 2020-2030 and among other interesting things to see, Provo Bay gets a Freeway bridge.