How We Created a Vision:
Process for Creating the Vision
To create a vision for the future of transportation and communities in Utah, a team of experts gathered over a two-year period to share knowledge and extensively research and discuss options for designing communities and transportation infrastructure. Members of the Transportation and Communities Action Team were selected by Governor Gary Herbert and Envision Utah to represent a spectrum of professional experience and political affiliations. Team members included transportation officials, mayors, legislators, city planners, developers, and other experts from across the state.
From 2013 to 2015, the action team met to identify Utahns’ choices related to transportation and communities, create scenarios for public input, and synthesize a vision for the future. The process of creating this vision also included the following components:
The action team used this information to create four different scenarios for the future of transportation and communities in Utah. These scenarios differed in where community and transportation development occurs, what the development includes and how it is designed, how much land is developed, and the availability of transportation options. These scenarios were presented to the public in the Your Utah, Your Future survey in spring 2015, and 52,845 Utahns weighed in.
After receiving public input on the four scenarios, the action team met to frame a vision, including goals and strategies, to achieve what Utahns said they wanted for transportation and communities in 2050.
Transportation & Communities Action Team
Co-chairs
Carlos Braceras
H. David Burton
Tom Dolan
Larry Ellertson
Members
- Stuart Adams
Utah Senate - Mike Allegra
Utah Transit Authority - Johnny Anderson
Utah House of Representatives - Nathan Anderson
Union Pacific Railroad - Keith Bartholomew
University of Utah - Lane Beattie
Salt Lake Chamber - Roger Borgenicht
ASSIST - Jake Boyer
The Boyer Company - Ken Bullock
Utah League of Cities and Towns - Mike Caldwell
Mayor, Ogden City - Craig Call
Utah Land Use Institute - Carlton Christensen
Salt Lake County - Wilford Clyde
WW Clyde; Springville City Mayor - Lew Cramer
Coldwell Banker Commercial Intermountain - John Curtis
Provo City Mayor - Dean Dinas
KI Technologies Inc. - Jim Eardley
Washington County - Dan England
C.R. England - Rolayne Fairclough
Rolayne Fairclough LLC - Gage Froer
Utah House of Representatives - Chris Gamvroulas
Ivory Development - Brent Garder
Utah Association of Counties - Jeff Gilbert
Cache Metropolitan Planning Organization - David Golden
Wells Fargo; Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce - Andrew Gruber
Wasatch Front Regional Council - Dan Harbeke
Union Pacific Railroad - Wayne Harper
Utah Senate - Jeff Holt
Utah Department of Transportation - Greg Hughes
Utah House of Representatives - Robin Hutcheson
Salt Lake City - Don Ipson
Utah House of Representatives - Clark Ivory
Ivory Homes - Andrew Jackson
Mountainland Association of Governments - Aric A. Jensen
American Planning Association - Ted Knowlton
Wasatch Front Regional Council - Michael Kohler
Wasatch County Council - Jon Larsen
Wasatch Front Regional Council - Brent Marshall
Tooele County Council - Ben McAdams
Salt Lake County - Cheri McCurdy
Uintah Transportation Special Service District - Ty McCutcheon
Kennecott Land - Mike McKee
Uintah County Commission - Martell Menlove
State Superintendent of Public Instruction - Bret Millburn
Davis County Commission - Kirk Miller
American Society of Landscape Architects - Craig Petersen
Logan City Mayor - Christine Richman
Urban Land Institute - Maureen Riley
Salt Lake City International Airport - Patrick Risk
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Brad Ross
Freeport West - Brenda Scheer
University of Utah - Lincoln Shurtz
Utah League of Cities and Towns - Jim Smith
Davis County Chamber of Commerce - Wilf Sommerkorn
Salt Lake County - Gary Sontagg
Price City - Bryan Thiriot
Five County Association of Governments - Jack Thomas
Park City Mayor - Rich Thorn
Associated General Contractors - Kevin VanTassell
Utah Senate - Bert Wilson
Lehi City Mayor - Heather Wilson
American Institute of Architects - Bryan Wright
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Jan Zogmaister
Weber County Commission