Turns Out This Winter IS a Glimpse at the Future

We’ve been reading Utah University Atmospheric Science Professor Jim Steenburgh’s blog quite a bit recently to understand current weather trends. According to the professor, this year’s December and January averaged 5.7ºF above normal. If we look at long term expectations, with moderate to high emission continuing… this is what our part of the Wasatch would expect in …

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You Don’t Get Cheaper Than Free

A reader just contacted us and made an interesting comment: “I keep hearing buses are the answer. Usually when something is free everyone wants a piece. Look at Costco samples. If people don’t take advantage of free, there’s something wrong with the product. What’s wrong with the buses. You don’t get cheaper than free.”

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Transportation Decisions Need to Be Grounded in Reality

Over the weekend we had a discussion with a friend, that was sparked by Friday’s transportation discussion between Park City Mayor Jack Thomas and KPCW’s Leslie Thatcher. That conversation indicated that buses were likely the only feasible “solution” to our areas’s transportation problems. We asked our friend who lives in Jeremy Ranch and works in Prospector about …

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