Entries Published On April, 2016
What About Increasing Frequency of Buses?
It seems that people I have heard from think that vans providing on-demand pickup to deliver residents to bus stop has zero-to-little chance of succeeding in getting people on buses. So, here is another potential plan by the city and county: Increased frequency. Instead of waiting 30 minutes for a bus they will come every 7 …
Summit County Drug Court Serves and Saves
The Summit County Drug Court was established in 2011 to allow non-violent felony drug offenders who meet certain criteria an opportunity to avoid lengthy incarceration by voluntarily participating in a program that provides structured regular drug testing and monitoring of the offender for compliance with firm conditions. Recently BYU students did a review of program …
An Interesting Idea from Summit County on Transportation
Last week I had the chance to sit down with Summit County’s person in charge of transportation, Caroline Ferris. One of the issues we discussed was buses. I mentioned that one of the impediments I see with regard to adoption is that often people either need to walk a long way or would need to …
Tour Treasure Mountain Junior High
The school district is ramping up efforts to convince you that TMJH needs to meet the solid end of a wrecking ball. I don’t think most people probably need convinced of that. Hopefully, though, the district will use these same sorts of efforts when more controversial items are brought up (i.e. the new 5/6 school). …
Feeding the Beast … Is Traffic Really a Problem?
We’ve all sat in traffic on a random Friday at about 4:30. I know that traffic in town during the week after Christmas is horrible. We’ve all read about CARMAGEDDON (some even experienced it). Almost all of us have experienced BLINKING LIGHT SYNDROME when stoplights in Kimball Junction start blinking red. Yet, is it really …
New Stories Shortly
Hi Everyone. Sorry there haven’t been many new articles recently. I have been a bit wrapped up in the Park City Follies. However, we should be back soon with new articles about: Buses E-bikes Boyer Tech Park Skullcandy The land next to Jeremy Ranch Elementary Water Dogs School Board Drugs …and more So, thanks for …
Summit County Day Celbration Was Nice
Last Saturday, the county held a celebration for Summit County Day. The county cordoned off a small section of the Tanner Outlet mall parking lot next to the playground. They gave away free hot dogs, had face painters, and balloons. Perhaps one of the best part of the event was the sheer number and diversity of Summit …
Saturday is Summit County Day
This Saturday (4/16) at the Tanger Outlets from 11AM to 2PM, Summit County will behaving a party of sorts. The county will have a fire truck and safety trailer for kids, face painting, balloons, hotdogs, and a scavenger hunt (with prizes) to celebrate Summit County Day. Especially if you have kids, it looks to be …
Park City Bus Ridership Statistics
As long time readers know, I have been skeptical of Park City bus service providing a larger part of the solution to our traffic problems, than it does today. In its current form, I see how visitors may use the service but have a difficult time envisioning locals utilizing it more. I had heard through …
Want your kid to attend an Ivy League school? Have them write their admissions essay on Costco.
While most college application deadlines have come and gone, it’s never to soon to start thinking about next year. With that in mind, I saw this story about Britney Stinson, a high school senior who wrote her college admission essay about a trip to Costco with her mom. This essay, along with everything else she has done, enabled …
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