The author of this article continues to inject her bias into her reporting. The folks opposing the existing UTA right of way (ROW) represent a minority perspective within Draper. This was clearly demonstrated last year when none of the candidates the Citizens for Responsible Transportation (CRT) was elected to any of the three open city council seats and all three candidates who strongly backed the ROW were elected.

Most Draper residents want TRAX to be constructed as soon as possible on the existing ROW and not pander to a bunch of Not in My Back Yard (NIMBY) elitists who would rather tear down other people's homes and disrupt businesses and transportation to protect their "quality of life" when they should have seen the railroad track and all the existing grade-separated crossing bridges and other infrastructure improvements that cost developers millions of dollars when they purchased their homes.

According to Utah Legislative Auditors, the “underlying” bus route for this train, 346 FastBus, is one of the worst at UTA & recommended for termination unless improved. This is a quick-sand “foundation” for a trophy Draper train with total long-term costs approaching $400 million.
UTA documents about 1,000 fewer car trips daily for either alignment. Both give an insignificant 0.01% regional trip reduction.
Worse is congestion reduction measured at the county perspective. It shows the preferred alignment would produce 5, (FIVE!) hours daily reduction. A few bicycles would do as much. The State Street alignment would produce 150 times more, 750 hours daily.
For perspective on cost effectiveness, compare Draper TRAX to UDOT’s CommuterLink program. At about half the total annualized cost, only $10 million a year, CommuterLink gives 6,800 times more annual congestion reduction, 10,000,000 hours, (WFRC data).
Draper TRAX promises so little, it most likely won’t meet the FTA cost-effectiveness hard-cap, currently $23.99, and thus won’t qualify for Federal matching funds. This may put local municipalities on the HOOK to make up hundreds of million$ UTA is feverishly spending.
Hubris, groupthink, and laziness blind local leaders and Federal Transit Administration officials to this financial debacle.

Wake up, Pugh! Draper's not a rural town anymore. TRAX has the power to solve all transportation problems. Why don't you believe it?

Draper - not a rural town anymore.
CRT needs to move on and find another cause, like preventing people from building on mountain tops and chasing animals from their homes. Oh wait, they're a bunch of realtors. They already do that. Nevermind.