2002 Transportation and Land Use Study


Central Pointe Station Layton Downtown


Before and After Images for 2100 South - Central Pointe Station and Layton Downtown - Proposed Commuter Rail Station


Region-wide Transportation and Land Use Opportunities Strategy

The development of a region-wide transportation system (buses, bus ways, light-rail, lower cost self powered rail technology, commuter rail, and small private buses) and development that supports the system is the one of the most important elements impacting the implementation of Envision Utah’s Quality Growth Strategy.

Our current transit stations consist primarily of park and ride lots, where people must use the automobile or bus service in order to use light rail. The proactive planning of development around transit stops at the time when investments are being made will ensure that our future transportation system is supported by smart land use decision making throughout the Greater Wasatch Area.

Wasatch Front TOD Guidelines

Envision Utah has developed specific tools and resources needed to implement changes is codes, zoning ordinances and general plans that will support our transportation system and encourage quality growth. The plan serves as a guiding tool for local communities to pass codes and ordinances and direct development that follows the goals and strategies identified by residents for their new, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly development.
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Transit-Oriented Development Projects

Envision Utah is working with select communities to help plan development around existing and future transit station areas, creating destinations with housing, retail, employment centers, entertainment and services. These amenities around stations encourage more transit ridership, contribute to neighborhood livability, provide housing within walking distance to rail transit, and promote infill and redevelopment of underutilized land. This type of development has many benefits including: saving public resources through development around existing infrastructure, improving air quality with increased transit use, providing housing options within walking distance to rail transit and taking pressure off of open lands by encouraging infill and redevelopment. It also contributes to community life with the development of mixed-use destinations for residents to enjoy.

This planning effort is inclusive; involving businesses, residents, local officials, developers and other key stakeholders, working together to develop site-specific plans (transit-oriented developments) for their community. Envision Utah has and will continue to approach cities to explore the possibility of working together to design plans for future development. Local officials have been very supportive and invited residents and key stakeholders to participate in public workshops to gather input on how and where development should occur near their transit stop. Envision Utah hired local consultants, Cooper, Roberts, Simonsen Architects, and national consultants, Calthorpe Associates, to work with the community and analyze the information received to help develop a broadly and publicly supported development plan for their transit stations.

Introduction to Case Studies

The case studies that follow introduce each of the study sites, the prominent issues that arose from the workshop, the process by which each site became a set of solid ideas and goals regarding TOD, and the development prospects at each location. The plans and maps presented here represent the results of a workshop process, and not are not actual development plans. Rather, they are examples of how these areas might be developed over time in a transit-oriented manner. Details of the site plans such as roadway alignments, proposed land uses or development intensities at these sites will inevitably change to account for unknowns such as economic cycles, discoveries of contamination, or property ownership issues, and in what order properties come up for development.

Case Studies