Project Overview
In July 2016, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) awarded the Utah Transit Authority a $20 million grant that was used, along with matching funds, to build hundreds of active transportation projects connecting to the regional rail system.
UTA and more than 30 cities and counties, non-profit groups, and state and local organizations worked closely together to secure the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant funding (renamed to BUILD in 2018 and again renamed to RAISE in 2021). The projects funded by this grant benefit residents of more than two dozen cities in Weber, Davis, Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah, and Summit counties.
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Project Benefits and Timeline
The TIGER funding was used for hundreds of projects throughout the UTA Service Area that were designed to make it safer and easier to walk and bike to transit. These projects were also designed to improve air quality by making it easier for residents to leave their cars at home as they travel to and from public transportation.
The project took a regional approach to addressing first/last mile connections, enhancing transit access for residents throughout the UTA service area. Benefits from this project include:
- Enhanced safety by connecting sidewalk, trail, and bike network gaps
- Increased ridership
- Better access to stations via active transportation and transit
- Economic benefits from connecting planned or existing housing, commercial, and mixed-use developments to local transit stations, connecting residents to job centers, educational facilities, and social services.
TIGER Grant First and Last Mile Projects
Project Partners
Partners in this effort included the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT); Mountainland Association of Governments (MAG); Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC); Weber, Davis, Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah, and Summit counties; and 26 cities. Additional support for this project came from non-profits, advocacy groups, and state and local government organizations like: Bike Utah; the Jordan River Commission; PRATT; Weber Pathways; Utahns for Better Transportation; UCAIR, the Governor’s Office of Economic Development; State of Utah Resource Coordinator; Utah Clean Cities; Weber, Davis, and WFRC Active Transportation Committees; Utah Department of Health; Weber-Morgan Health Department; Utah Transit Riders Union; and GREENbike.