Water and Whatever: Traffic flows like water

With apologies to my old roommates and city leaders Bruce and Candy Erickson, the roads leading to Park City are an embarrassment.

They were of the school that thought “if you do not build big roads, people will not drive here.” I’m a water guy and traffic flows like water for politics and money. And I’m here to tell you that they all still drive here, in droves.

Winter, spring, summer and fall, morning noon and night, 224 and 248 are packed with service workers, skiers, students, commuters, tourists and us. It is time to abandon the old idea that these byways are gardens or parkways or sidewalks or bike paths.

They are roads that should move people from what generates them to what attracts them. Roads are not deterrents or tools, like water and housing, for politicians to limit growth,