First Myth of UDOT: “The Gondola Will Fix LCC”
UDOT’s Gondola math adds up to spending $1.4 Billion for basically no traffic relief.
UDOT has been clear from the beginning: for every alternative in Little Cottonwood Canyon—including buses, trains, and the gondola—their goal is to shift about 30% of people from cars to transit.
When you dig into the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) Executive Summary and the Record of Decision, UDOT’s own design modeling actually shows a 31.8% reduction in vehicles in their best-case scenario.
