Bigger freeways don’t cut traffic congestion, many studies show. What could Utah do with Interstate 15 instead?

Research shows that while highway expansion cuts travel times at first, traffic returns as people change their behaviors.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Homes border both sides of the I-15 freeway, in Woods Cross, on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. UDOT proposes to widen the freeway from Farmington to northern Salt Lake City.

Bigger freeways don’t cut traffic congestion, many studies show. What could Utah do with Interstate 15 instead?

Research shows that while highway expansion cuts travel times at first, traffic returns as people change their behaviors.

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