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Where You Can Go When You Ditch Your Car

Posted on June 26, 2024   |   Updated on September 30, 2025
Terina Ria

Terina Ria

Frontrunner at the station.

All aboard the FrontRunner. (Utah Transit Authority)

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Can We Be Car-free in SLC?

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Spend a day with me going car-free. While this guide covers the Marmalade/Fairpark neighborhood, you can easily recreate it by visiting the places along your closest public transit routes. Think of it like a “Choose Your Own Adventure.”

👟 By Foot

If you’re like me, you watched that blue zone documentary on Netflix, and now walking everywhere is your entire personality.

  • Culture Coffee. A great place to do some remote work and drink some great coffee.
  • Lee’s Marketplace. A hot-girl walk isn’t complete without grabbing a li’l treat on the way home. I’m so happy the Lee’s Marketplace on 400 West reopened.
  • Marmalade Library. I could spend all day here; reading books, working on a project in the creative lab, or attending one of their many events.

🚲 By Bike

Conveniently, the Marmalade Library has a GREENBike station, so I can take one of their classic bikes or electric bikes. I would probably bike the Jordan River Parkway Trail and spend the day at either Cottonwood Park or Jordan Park. They both have stations within walking distance.

⚠️ Note: With GREENBikes, you’ll want to make sure to return them to a station within 60 minutes.

🚌 By Bus or Trax

At this point on, the possibilities of where I can go becomes (basically) endless.

🚆 By FrontRunner

I’m only a five-minute walk to the FrontRunner North Temple station, made even more efficient by the 300 North pedestrian bridge. If I don’t take it all the way south to Provo or all the way north to Ogden, I’m only one stop away from Salt Lake Central.

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