By Charles Pekow — Bike transit will likely improve in the rapidly growing corridor between Draper and Lehi, west of I-15—eventually. The Point of the Mountain Transit Project cleared a major hurdle when the Federal Transit Administration approved the environmental assessment for the north–south corridor in southern Salt Lake and Utah counties. Even so, the project remains far from completion, and any new or improved bicycle infrastructure is at least five years away, according to Staci Arthur, a member of the project’s contracting team.
“At the moment, we don’t have any funding plans,” Arthur said. “We are going to implement this in stages.… At the moment, we don’t have a lot of information.”
The project’s Alternatives Evaluation Report, released in 2021, identified a lack of adequate bike routes in the corridor and highlighted potential challenges, including rail stations located too close to highway interchanges, which could affect cyclists’ safety and comfort. The report also outlined possible bicycle improvements tied to the project.
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