Data shows that traffic earlier this winter at PCMR was uniquely bad

At the drop-off area of the Park City Mountain base. Photo: TownLift

PARK CITY, Utah — A transportation presentation set to accompany a Park City Council work session on critical transit priorities displays new Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) data on traffic around the city.

A look at some other data:

This graph compares traffic volume from three different days:

• green — a Park Silly Market Sunday (Aug. 22, 2021)
• yellow — a random Wednesday in August (Aug. 18, 2021)
• blue — a peak winter Saturday (Jan. 29, 2022)

The next two graphs analyzes cell phone location data in order to determine where the visitors of local ski resorts are coming from:

Park City Mountain

Deer Valley Resort

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City staff has set the following traffic goals (in order of top priority):

1. Protect residential neighborhoods — reduce cut-through traffic
2. Transit efficiency
3. Vehicle traffic flow

Staff is looking for direction from the council regarding prioritization and whether they agree with the objectives at Thursday’s meeting. The transportation work session is scheduled to begin at 3 pm.

Agenda

Zoom link

Full transportation presentation