A new study of the S-Line estimates the two-mile stretch of rail service appears to have spurred as much as $2 billion in economic growth.
and operates along a segment of an old Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad freight and passenger line that once tied rail yards in South Salt Lake with commerce through Sugar House and up Emigration Canyon to Park City.The U.’s Ewing, Kaniewska, Dong-ah Choi, Wookjae Yang and Hannah Kalantari note in their paper that streetcars are often seen more as tools for image-making and boosting economic growth and tourism rather than investments in transportation.
and high demand for housing since 2013 have all given lift to development across its urban and rural areas, and Sugar House has grown especially fast since the pandemic. Zoning for a Sugar House business district first won approval in 1995, but major investments didn’t start flowing until the S-Line opened and the city advanced a more form-based approach, according to Nick Norris, city planning director.Driving force in South Salt Lake’s ‘new downtown’
The new district between State Street and Interstate 15 from Interstate 80 to 2100 South — “has unlimited density,” White told researchers. “There’s no density cap. There’s also no height limit.”
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