![]() ![]() The S Line platform is situated just southeast of the TRAX platform. After crossing South 300 West it continues east until about 220 West where it reaches the Union Pacific right-of-way and takes a sharp turn north as it merges with the Blue and Red lines), before entering Central Pointe, which is just south of West 2100 South ( SR-201).Ĭentral Pointe to Courthouse Station Ĭentral Pointe is the only TRAX station served by the S Line. After passing the Jordan River Service Center (one of UTA's two TRAX maintenance facilities) on the south, the track use a series of viaducts to cross South 900 West, South 700 West, the north end of Union Pacific's Roper Rail Yard, the UTA FrontRunner tracks, and South 600 West before reaching the " Spaghetti Bowl" (the junction of I-15, I-80 and SR-201).įrom South 600 West the Green Line briefly follows the route of the old Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) Sugar House Branch, which goes under I-15/I-80 and then briefly runs along the south side of West Andy Avenue to South 300 West. It immediately crosses the Jordan River (passing from West Valley City into South Salt Lake), and then follows along the south side of the 21st South Freeway ( SR-201). After that station it continues north for about a half a block before leaving the street via an at-grade crossing and heading east. The tracks head north until they cross West Parkway Avenue (West 2455 South) and then runs down the middle of Winston Street (South 1070 West) to River Trail at 2340 South. ![]() Leaving the roadway right-of-way, after an at-grade crossing on South Redwood Road, the Green Line continues east, crossing Lester Street (South 1595 West), until it reaches the Jordan River. Just before South Redwood Road (South 1700 West/ SR-68) is Redwood Junction. At Research Way the Green Line turns east again and heads down the median of that street. After Decker Lake it heads northeast in the median of Decker Lake Drive until that street heads due north at Research Way (West 2770 South). Just after the Maverik Center it turns north, resuming a course in the median of the street, and immediately reaches the next station, Decker Lake, at 3070 South 2200 West. It then heads east along the south side of West 3100 South (with a sidewalk between the tracks and the roadway) and crosses over I-215 and past the north side of the Maverik Center. After passing by the northern end of Valley Fair Mall, it crosses West 3500 South ( SR-171) and continues north in the median of Constitution Boulevard to West 3100 South. Just after leaving that station, it immediately passes between the West Valley City Police Department and the West Valley City Hall, before heading north down the middle of Constitution Boulevard (South 2700 West). ![]() The Green Line begins with the West Valley Central Station at the West Valley Intermodal Center, which is located at 2750 West 3590 South in West Valley City. West Valley Central to Central Pointe Station The TRAX Green Line is designated as UTA Route 704. It opened on August 7, 2011, and runs between Airport Station at the Salt Lake City International Airport and West Valley Central Station in West Valley City (via Downtown Salt Lake City) serving a total of eighteen stations: thirteen in Salt Lake City, one in South Salt Lake, and four in West Valley City. See real-time air quality measurements from TRAX trains here and real-time greenhouse gas measurements here.The Green Line is a light rail line on the Utah Transit Authority's (UTA) TRAX system in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States, operated by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA). “Our results suggest,” the authors write, “air pollution and greenhouse gas emission monitoring and exposure assessment could be greatly enhanced by deploying instruments on public transit systems in urban centers worldwide.”įind the full study, with spatial datasets and Google Earth visualizations as supplemental material, here. But the sensors also found methane emissions patterns that didn’t correlate to daytime working hours, suggesting possible fugitive methane leaks. Some results are unsurprising, such as spikes of carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide, byproducts of gasoline combustion, at street intersections. The TRAX project is the only known transit-based mobile air quality network in North America. University of Utah scientists recently published the findings of this study in Atmospheric Environment. For nearly 20 years, TRAX light rail trains have shuttled riders up and down the Salt Lake Valley, saving countless car trips and sparing Salt Lake’s air tons upon tons of petroleum-powered pollutants.Īnd for the past four years the trains, operated by the Utah Transit Authority, have done even more for Utah’s air: They’ve been air-sniffing sleuths, mapping out where and when different pollutants are present along the trains’ route.
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