Residents Prefer Tax Hike To Pay For Mass Transit

"Utah County residents are willing to pay more taxes if it means less gridlock, a recent survey shows...70 percent of people living in the state's second-most populous county favor a quarter-cent sales tax increase to fund commuter rail and other transit options...Despite all the talk about a clogged Interstate 15, the survey shows respondents are more interested in removing bottlenecks and widening major surface streets."