From Deseret News archives:
The more rails the merrier
The plan is to boost sales taxes by a quarter of a cent in those counties and put the funds into new roads and mass transit. The tax hike would cost families about $140 a year. And though we'd prefer to see gasoline sales be taxed to take some of the pressure off since sales tax tends to take a bigger chunk from struggling families we like the forward thinking up north and the way officials and business leaders there are trying to get out in front of the curve.
Projects range from a bus rapid-transit line to buying more land for a Legacy Parkway extension. If the vision holds, businesses up north and in the Salt Lake Valley would benefit and the number of cars clogging the freeway during rush hour would be diminished.
Some argue that light rail not commuter rail would be the best bet since light rail could handle more stops and would be more convenient. But commuter rail is easier to install, and it would move much faster.
Groups against the move say this is not the time to raise taxes.
The Bamberger, in its time, was a great success. Anyone who looks at old photos of Salt Lake City sees the cross-hatching of rail lines that eventually were removed in the name of "progress." Now progress dictates that we put them back again.
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porky | Sept. 21, 2007 at 2:43 p.m.
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Lew Jeppson | Sept. 21, 2007 at 11:00 a.m.
Legacy Parkway is a wonderful middle way solution. It satisfies the...
Pat | Sept. 21, 2007 at 10:57 a.m.
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