Tuesday, June 18, 2019

A real central station for SLC

UTA's "Salt Lake Central Station" isn't very central. (You can see it in the central-lower left o the diagram below, with the plethora of bus numbers). All the buses end there, because it provides terminal facilities: parking for buses, and bathrooms/break rooms for drivers.



But if we were to look at it seriously, where would be put a 'central station' in center city SLC,  at the maximum density of bus route, where would that be? You can clearly see another location on the map with a lot of bus route access: Both on North Temple and on State Street. But to properly compare, we need to think about frequency as well: green is 15 minute, blue 30 minutes, red peak hour only, and yellow are other miscellaneous crap. So me, this suggests a clear lead for 200 S.

Which in turn suggests using Gallivan as a 'Bus Plaza': access to TRAX from the west, access to State Street bus routes to the east, and the 'Rainbow Road' of all the buses on 200 South.



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