Needed routes, part 1.

I promised there would be a listing of needed routes in Salt Lake County and elsewhere following the redesign. Some are entirely new based on known needs, and others follow to a degree former routes on major service. Included are service change needs to facilitate connections. This will be posted in several parts.

So here goes with the routes.

1. Government Access Shuttle. Start near the Fairpark where the State Offices are south of there, take North Temple into Downtown, service State Capitol complex, return down State Street to the Matheson Courthouse/Washington Square, then continue to the County complex, looping around that at 21st South, then the EOL would be near the SW corner of that complex. Frequency of service TBD based on how much of a need there might be. Given the special nature of this route, it would not operate on the weekends or at night except to provide relief service for major events, in that case it would connect with TRAX stations for those events. Starts no earlier than 7am, last trip no later than 6pm unless other temporary needs dictate and are announced ahead of time. This is basic route design, may be modified to ensure other Government services are easily accessed from it as well, such as Social Security, the IRS, etc.

7. Seventh West/Jordan Parkway. Run from 39th South TRAX to the roughly 7th West/Jordan Parkway corridor, then end at Sandy Civic Center TRAX after servicing South Towne Mall via 106th South. Projected frequency is minimum one hour, 6am-7pm can be updated as ridership develops.

13. From Fashion Place West use 64th South to 9th East, then through the commercial area then going into 13th East. Follow 13th East to 106th South then down to State and then to Sandy Civic Center TRAX. Once TRAX is extended further south, it can be expanded to cover 13th East to 123rd South. 30 minute service 5am/8pm, 60 minute service to midnight.

20. Seventh East/Highland Drive. From Downtown, go to 700 East via 4th South, then down 7th East to Van Winkle to Highland Drive, then down to TRAX via 13th East and Sego Lily

27. 27th South. Provides needed service to 27th South as it lies halfway between 21st and 33rd South. Should tie in at east end to route 21 or 33. Hourly service 6am/7pm.

70. 70th/71st South. Runs from 72nd South TRAX to Jordan Landing. Half hour service given the number of residences significant businesses.

113. 13th West. From Murray Central TRAX take 53rd South to 1385 West, then down 13th West to 104th South. Then back to Sandy Civic Center TRAX via Sandy Parkway and 100th South.

123. East 123rd South. From State Street (here known as Factory Outlet Drive) go east on 123rd South to a point further east using other roads as needed to service new LDS Temple on Rambling road, then take Highland Drive to near I-15. Route not final, may undergo significant modification once the Draper TRAX extension is built.

125. West 125th South. From same points outlined above, cross 123rd South on Factory Outlet Drive and go down to cross over and take Minuteman Drive to Bangerter, cross I-15, then go on 300 West to service the new destination location of IKEA, take Pony Express Drive, then take 123rd/125th South to 36th West, service the commercial developments east of Bangerter Highway, then enter Daybreak and service new LDS Temple once built, along with Daybreak TRAX station once built then turn down 48th West to Herriman and use the route that the 347 uses. Eventually a circulator will be needed within Rosecrest as well. That information will be posted later as route 547 and that will have its north end at the TRAX station also that will be built.

140. Bluffdale Circulator. Route TBD based on eventual development patterns in the area.