Transportation in Salt Lake City

In addition to operating the bus system, it also operates the TRAX light rail system, which contains three lines, the first of which runs from downtown south to Draper, the second runs from University of Utah southwest to South Jordan, and the third from the Salt Lake City International Airport east through downtown and then southwest to West Valley City.

UTA also operates a streetcar line that connects the Sugar House neighborhood with the TRAX system in South Salt Lake.

However, the geographic constrictions of the Salt Lake Valley, as well as its rapid population growth, have led to severe congestion problems.

It passes through largely residential areas through northern South Salt Lake and the Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City before ascending Parley's Canyon, passing through Summit County, and leaving the state on its northeast corner.

It enters the Rose Park neighborhood in northwestern Salt Lake City from Davis County (where it recently split from I-15) and continues south, intersecting I-80 and State Route 201 before turning east in Taylorsville, intersecting I-15 in Murray, and turning north in Holladay.

From there it parallels the Wasatch Range through the affluent residential eastern suburbs before ending at I-80 at the mouth of Parley's Canyon.

The 2002 Winter Olympics prompted an urgent acceleration of the already planned massive overhaul of I-15, from 600 North in Salt Lake City to 10600 South in Sandy.

As it dips southward into Magna, it is downgraded to an expressway, although it is eventually planned to be upgraded to a freeway as traffic from Tooele County increases.

Bangerter Highway (State Route 154) is an expressway that serves the quickly growing west and south sides of the valley.

Another expressway, that will eventually become a freeway, is the Mountain View Corridor (SR-85 and a section of the Legacy Highway project) which runs from Utah County along the west side of the valley until it reaches I-80.

TRAX is a 50-station, 45-mile (72 km) light rail system (officially called, but rarely known as, "Transit Express")[2] that serves Salt Lake County.

[8] The FrontRunner was extended to Pleasant View station on September 29, 2008, offering morning and evening service past Ogden.

Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) provides service to Salt Lake City and the Salt Lake City Intermodal Hub, operating its California Zephyr daily in both directions between Chicago, Illinois, and Emeryville, California (in the San Francisco Bay Area).

Greyhound Lines, provides interstate and intercity commercial bus service and operates out of the Salt Lake Intermodal Hub.