S.R. 5 Enrolled

RESOLUTION URGING STUDY OF REGIONAL
COMMUTER SYSTEM
1998 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Robert F. Montgomery
A RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE SUPPORTING A STUDY OF THE NEED FOR A
REGIONAL COMMUTER SYSTEM, TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE UTAH TRANSIT
AUTHORITY WITH THE HELP AND SUPPORT OF THE WASATCH FRONT REGIONAL
COUNCIL, THE MOUNTAINLAND ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS, AND THE
VARIOUS COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES TO BE SERVED BY THE COMMUTER
SYSTEM.
Be it resolved by the Senate of the state of Utah:
WHEREAS the Utah Senate acknowledges the increasing need for alternatives to highway
travel along the north-south corridor linking Wasatch Front communities;
WHEREAS the Wasatch Front Regional Council, with membership consisting of Davis
County, Morgan County, Tooele County, Salt Lake County, Weber County, and numerous
municipalities within them; the Mountainland Association of Governments' Regional Planning
Committee, comprised of the mayors in the urbanized Utah County area; the Utah County
Commission; the Utah Department of Transportation; the Division of Air Quality; the Utah Transit
Authority; and the Federal Highway Administration have identified this growing need for
alternative transit services and have offered their aggressive support to the Utah Transit Authority
in finding solutions to this need;
WHEREAS these organizations are well respected for their commitment to the growth and
prosperity of the Wasatch Front;
WHEREAS the Wasatch Front Regional Council has voted unanimously to continue its
policy that the Utah Transit Authority be the implementing agency of public transit services,
including commuter rail, within their jurisdiction;
WHEREAS the Wasatch Front Regional Council has agreed to aggressively pursue their
part of the joint work program to implement the commuter rail demonstration and advance the

analysis of long-term commuter rail services, and has voiced their support to assist the Utah Transit
Authority in every way possible to assure timely implementation of a commuter rail demonstration
and the long-term implementation of commuter rail services; and
WHEREAS the Mountainland Association of Governments' Regional Planning Committee
unanimously passed a motion supporting the Utah Transit Authority as the implementing agency for
a regional commuter rail demonstration:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the state of Utah support the
implementation of a commuter rail demonstration and further studies by the Utah Transit Authority
of the practicality and desirability of a regional commuter system.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to the Utah Association
of Counties, the Utah League of Cities and Towns, the Wasatch Front Regional Council, and the
Mountainland Association of Governments.

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