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It's been too long since we've seen you. Come visit the Capitol. When you do, this tip from today's Utah Policy Daily might help:

The biggest complaint about the Utah Legislature has nothing to do with public policy or the character of lawmakers. It’s all about parking. Finding a parking spot near the Capitol complex is simply horrendous, especially with the cold weather. People are walking long distances and filling up side roads.

But there is an alternative to driving and hunting for a parking spot. The Capitol Preservation Board and Utah Transit Authority have collaborated to provide a circulator shuttle bus that runs about ever 15 minutes. Route 23 winds through most of downtown and to the Capitol, starting around 6 a.m. and ending about 6:30 p.m.

On the UTA Web site is found a route map and schedule for Route 23. TRAX riders can pick up the Route 23 bus near the Courthouse TRAX station between 4th and 5th South on Main Street. There are bus stops in various locations downtown.

Drivers can park free all day in the parking lot across from the Triad Building downtown (300 West South Temple) and catch the Route 23 shuttle there. It is the site of the 2002 Olympics Medal Plaza. You should communicate your intention to visit the Capitol to the parking lot attendant.

3 Comments:

 Voice of Utah said...

I made the mistake of driving up there to watch a committee meeting, and I'm here to tell you that I won't try that again. Although I did get my exercise in for the day, especially as I wandered around trying to figure out which building is which. It was fun, though, even if the meeting did start late and the chair seemed a little impatient when it came to public comment. (I didn't haul the old laptop up there; the website audio seems a little easier for blogging.)

2/05/2007 10:33 AM  

 Ethan said...

Or you can park at my house for $10.00

2/05/2007 12:59 PM  

 The Senate Site said...

VoU - it's all part of the legislature's Utah Heart Healthy Program. Nice use of the semicolon, by the way, a punctuation mark that is too often overlooked. E.E. Cummings and Ezra Pound would be proud.

Ethan - Is your house one north of the Capitol that is boarded up but you can still hear Jimmy Buffet through the cracks?

11/16/2007 2:24 PM  

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