'We can reduce the number of cars on the road if we increase vehicle occupancy through ride-sharing incentives such as variable occupancy-based tolling and/or resorts going all in on paid reserved parking,' Terry Heinrich suggests.
Motorists have trouble driving in Little Cottonwood Canyon during a storm on Friday, November 29, 2019.We have seen the return of traffic congestion in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Amplified by heavy snowfall, a root cause is UTA’s failure to plan for and hire drivers to run buses at last year’s level. As a result skiers have taken to private vehicles.
Decreasing the number of cars is a critical part of a better answer to LCC congestion than a billion-dollar gondola. We need to think of common-sense solutions. We can reduce the number of cars on the road if we increase vehicle occupancy through ride-sharing incentives such as variable occupancy-based tolling and/or resorts going all in on paid reserved parking. Adding enforcement of canyon traction laws will further move more skiers to bus or car pool options.
But the gondola itself is a bad option because, like any massive fixed-infrastructure project, it is not scalable. Bus systems are flexible to respond to schedule and route changes. The proposed gondola would run non-stop all day whether or not they have riders. But bus service can be adjusted accordingly to demand.
Further, uncertainties exist in this option. There is little evidence, at least no peer reviewed studies, that demonstrate a 2,500 car garage/loading station will not just move congestion to Wasatch Boulevard and 9400 South, especially with morning road closures and with all bus service eliminated as proposed.
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