"The plan, detailed in the Utah Department of Transportation's environmental assessment, responds to years of mounting congestion on State Route 190. Weekend traffic often fills the canyon regardless of conditions, and the narrow, winding roadway has limited space for expansion. The assessment concludes that meaningful improvements must come from reducing vehicle volume rather than reshaping the road itself. UDOT's preferred strategy focuses on dramatically increasing bus frequency during the winter season."
"Instead of arriving every 30 minutes, buses would initially run every 10-15 minutes, with long-term goals of five-to-seven-minute intervals by mid-century, The Salt Lake Tribune Reports. To make transit reliably faster than driving, the agency proposes several infrastructure upgrades: A bus-priority section near Brighton to help alliviate bottlenecks. A separate bus route through the gravel pit at the canyon's mouth, allowing buses to bypass Wasatch Boulevard traffic."
Transportation planners released a roadmap prioritizing transit and vehicle-volume reductions to manage chronic congestion on State Route 190 into Big Cottonwood Canyon. The plan targets winter operations by increasing bus frequency from 30-minute headways to 10–15 minutes initially, with a long-term goal of five-to-seven-minute intervals by mid-century. Proposed infrastructure includes a bus-priority section near Brighton, a separate bus route through the gravel pit to bypass Wasatch Boulevard, and a mobility hub with 1,750 parking spaces at the gravel pit. Modeling projects five- to twenty-minute travel-time savings on busy days. A winter-only, congestion-adjusted electronic toll near Moonbeam is also evaluated. A gondola was deemed infeasible due to canyon geometry.
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