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• The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has published two preferred transit alternatives to improve traffic congestion through Little Cottonwood Canyon. After studying the traffic issue for three years and looking at 124 proposals, UDOT has narrowed the alternatives to a dedicated bus lane with buses coming every 5 minutes and a gondola with cabins coming every 2 minutes. The dedicated bus lane would be the cheaper option and when roads are clear, faster than a gondola. The gondola scored highest on reliability. In a lifespan of 30 years, both alternatives would cost the same. See a related Weekly Roundup here.

• Newly elected members of the Burnaby City Council need to weigh in on the SFU Gondola. The city council and mayor are required to decide whether the project should proceed before October 2022, as well as to make a recommendation to TransLink on the route. Of the three routes explored, Route 1 was preferred by the Simon Fraser University (SFU) students and the greater community. See a related Weekly Roundup here. SCJ Alliance, the parent company of the Gondola Project, has been retained to provide gondola expertise for this project.

• The citizens of the City of Pueblo, Colorado are exploring how to spend $69 million in stimulus money. Over the next two years, the city will receive $37 million and Pueblo County will receive $32 million from the federal government. The Mayor has formed seven groups to look at options for the best use of the funds. One of the top five ideas is a gondola in the downtown area to revitalize the city’s downtown area. The gondola is expected to cost approximately $20 million.