#utah is not just desert and red rocks.

This may look a scenic (rail)road but it's not.

It is part of the proposed Uinta Basin Railroad, purpose-built to transport up to 350,000 barrels of crude on up to 10 2-mile trains daily from from Eastern #Utah oil fields to Price and from there on to the Gulf of Mexico.

A U.S. appeals court just struck down an approval from the STB following a shoddy environmental impact study process.

That doesn't mean this project will not happen, but it's a win for now. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/08/19/appeals-court-strikes-down-utah/

#til there was an aerial #tram at Bridal Veil Falls http://abnf.co/UT-utah_bridalveil_falls_tram_station.htm #Utah #ProvoCanyon

Image source: Abandoned But Not Forgotten (linked website)

@mvexel I added an analysis

https://ptna.openstreetmap.de/results/US/UT/US-UT-All-Analysis.html

for the whole state of #Utah in #PTNA sub-page for the US.

https://ptna.openstreetmap.de/results/US/index.php

It allows any 'network' value.

We may later on split the analysis into 'network'/authority specific analysis runs. But I do not see the need at the moment, the amount of data is quite small.

Local mappers may compile and complete the CSV list of expected (= exist in reality) routes in Utah in the Wiki

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Utah/Transit/Analysis/Utah-Routes

EVERYONE'S ON BOARD: Idaho, Utah officials and communities unite in push to bring back passenger rail service https://www.idahostatejournal.com/freeaccess/everyones-on-board-idaho-utah-officials-and-communities-unite-in-push-to-bring-back-passenger/article_9405a90a-20e3-11ee-8314-87ec8275ffb4.html #PassengerRail #Utah #Idaho

Who wants to help complete and fix the #Utah #bus network on #OpenStreetMap ? Here's a wiki page that has all the routes and their status! https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Utah/Transit#Bus

Still some snow at 9000+ feet #Utah #saltlakecity

A school district in #Utah has banned the #Bible from school classrooms after an amazing parent submitted it for review under their ridiculous sensorship laws. The local GOP and Christian fascist parents are OUTRAGED! It just shows their blatant hypocrisy. They only want the books they don't like banned. It's the typical "free speech for me, not for thee" that we always see from the right. I say, fuck them. The Book of Mormon is next.

https://youtu.be/sUQ1SlIg0xY

"‘A portion of paradise’: how the drought is bringing a lost US canyon back to life - Record dryness has restored an ecosystem under Lake Powell, the country’s second-largest reservoir. Is it time to see it as ‘a national park rather than a storage tank’?"

"Lake Powell was created in 1963 to store water and provide hydropower for millions of people in western states. To do so, engineers built a 710ft-tall dam that severely limited the flow of the Colorado River, flooding Glen Canyon and forever altering one of the most ecologically and culturally rich areas in the south-western United States. The 180-mile canyon harbored unmatched riparian areas, side canyons and river tributaries, and thousands of ancient archaeological sites. The author and environmental activist Ed Abbey once called it “a portion of the Earth’s original paradise”."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/11/lake-powell-glen-canyon-drought-reservoir

#LakePowell #Drought #Ecosystems #Ecosystem #Restoration #ColoradoRiver #GlenCanyon #Utah #Arizona #Nevada #California #US #Climate #ClimateCrisis

Toddler shot by stray bullet at #Utah day care while playing outside.

Nowhere to go! Nowhere to hide! #Guns everywhere! #2A

#guncontrolnow #gunviolence

https://apnews.com/article/utah-day-care-toddler-shot-3077b72fc9eeb8bcba229da34c3090af

“The possible commuter rail study comes as passenger rail advocates pushed for Utah to consider adding more rail service. Dan Bilka, the co-founder of the nonprofit rail advocacy organization All Aboard Northwest, told KSL.com last year that he believes trains could help improve the country's transportation infrastructure, providing more options than what's on the road or in the air.” https://www.deseret.com/utah/2023/5/21/23732416/utah-seeks-rail-service-salt-lake-city-boise-las-vegas #Utah #Rail #PassengerRail #SaltLake #Boise

#SilentSunday
#Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #Utah

“The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) will receive $60 million to buy 20 light rail vehicles to replace older railcars. The project will improve service, reliability, and safety and significantly improve accessibility for riders by allowing direct access and reducing the use of boarding devices.” https://www.railwayage.com/regulatory/fta-more-than-700mm-to-replace-aging-passenger-railcars-in-six-states/ #Rail #Utah

Age Verification: Pornhub Blocks Utah, Wikipedia Threatens to Leave the UK

Age verification laws are wreaking havoc on the internet with large websites leaving, or thinking of leaving, certain jurisdictions.

A common refrain we've heard from those pushing anti-internet laws is that large websites wou

https://www.freezenet.ca/age-verification-pornhub-blocks-utah-wikipedia-threatens-to-leave-the-uk/

#Censorship #International #AgeVerification #Pornhub #UK #USA #Utah #Wikipedia

Uhm! No guns allowed at #Utah #GOP convention because of Ron DeSantis’ keynote appearance.

They don't trust the #peckerwoods with weapons?

#2a #trailertrash

Take the path less traveled, they say.
Moab, Utah.
This is far from less traveled, and I was lucky to get a shot without those pesky humans cluttering up the view.

Note: no humans were erased or pushed off the ledge for the #photo.

#Photography
#Moab
#Utah

#Utah governor signs laws curbing social media use for minors!

#CCP had recognized & tried to address this problem before 2008.
(CCP for the public school kids is: Chinese Communist Party)

#internetaddiction #socialmediascourge
#childprotection

@GottaLaff been saying that for a while now...

#Utah

With all the snow we've been getting this winter it's easy to forget that #LakePowell is still less than 22% full #water #Utah #coloradoriver

https://lakepowell.water-data.com/

Arches National Park, #Utah. #photography