Thread by @BenWinslow

How'd you like to go from SLC to Cedar City? Or Provo to Green River?

@SenatorLuz and @SHollinsD23 are pushing for Utah to get in on potentially BILLIONS in federal infrastructure spending to create a statewide commuter rail system: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #utleg

The resolution by @SenatorLuz and @SHollinsD23 basically says "take that money, Utah!"

But it would use the money to create a really big commuter rail system like many other states have: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #utleg

Statewide commuter rail is NOT bullet trains (that's too expensive). And @MRC_SLC points out that SLC to St. George is NOT happening right away because there's no rail line connecting into Washington Co.

But this dramatically expands rail options: fox13now.com/news/local-new… #utpol

.@SenatorLuz told me today that this could be very good for Utah's air quality, clogged freeways, rural Utah development and tourism.

Also, we'd hook into neighboring states and have commuter rail like a lot of places on the East Coast: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol

"We should be at the table, being the Crossroads of the West," @SenatorLuz says of a statewide commuter rail option: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #utleg

Thanks to the @LinkUtah folks, this is the proposed statewide commuter rail line, using existing lines. It gets us closer to Moab and St. George via train: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #utleg