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“We have to embrace transit”: Utah Transportation Commission approves S-Line extension into Sugar House shopping center.
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A rendering shows the approximate location of a planned extension of the S-Line streetcar across Highland Drive. SPANISH FORK—Last year, Utahns paid roughly $1 billion in sales taxes that was ultimately spent on roadwork, Natalie Gochnour noted on Friday, subsidizing drivers with every gallon of milk, every pair of jeans and any other product that they purchased in the state.
Gochnour, a member of the Utah Transportation Commission, noted that number to highlight and challenge the false notion that only public transit is subsidized, while drivers pay for the roads they use.
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