TRAX lines taking a back seat? A-GAIN

In today’s Salt Lake Tribune, the article Transit plan sends TRAX to the back:
Salt Lake County voters’ OK of a sales tax hike would aid Utah County commuter rail readers are being told that TRAX lines in the works (for years now) may again be delayed.

….only Salt Lake County is asking voters to approve a measure the Legislature passed in a special session Sept. 19.
If the county’s voters approve, the vote will raise sales taxes by a quarter-cent, bringing the portion dedicated to transit to three-quarters of a cent. But a good portion of the increase will be dedicated to linking Utah County commuter rail with the rest of the Wasatch Front. As a result, some of the new planned TRAX lines might have to wait.
That’s because Utah County has for six years declined to tax itself for commuter rail. Now, for the system to be complete, Salt Lake County needs to build its section, too. Those in Salt Lake County who question the fairness of the situation ought to just look at the county as a progressive leader working toward a needed regional mass-transit system, said County Councilman Joe Hatch.

Read the rest of the article to find out how SL County Council members fared in this discussion.

As a voter and user of mass transportation, and as one who voted to implement new rail lines in SL County, I am becoming tired of this game.