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===Transport=== The largest [[public transport]] project completed for the Games was the [[TRAX (light rail)|TRAX light rail system]], which first began operations ahead of the Games in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|last=Davidson|first=Lee|date=June 15, 2015|title=The Utah Effect: 25% of downtown Salt Lake travelers use mass transit, just 3.4% for metro area|newspaper=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=2602479&itype=CMSID|access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-date=June 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616205908/https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=2602479&itype=CMSID|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="2linesopen">{{cite news|last=Davidson|first=Lee|date=August 2, 2011|title=TRAX lines opening a year early, 20% under budget|newspaper=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|publisher=[[MediaNews Group]]|location=Salt Lake City|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52311534-78/trax-lines-jordan-west.html.csp|access-date=August 3, 2011|archive-date=October 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010225936/http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52311534-78/trax-lines-jordan-west.html.csp|url-status=live}}</ref> To help reduce vehicle traffic to Soldier Hollow and provide a special experience for tourists, [[Heber Valley Railroad]] offered service to [[Wasatch Mountain State Park]] on [[steam locomotives]] during the Games. After arriving, passengers then embarked to Soldier Hollow on horse-drawn [[Sled|sleighs]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite news|date=January 6, 2002|title=Reaching the Olympics by Steam Power; Shorter Airport Waits for Special Customers|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/06/travel/reaching-the-olympics-by-steam-power-shorter-airport-waits-for.html|access-date=August 20, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=August 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820022131/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/06/travel/reaching-the-olympics-by-steam-power-shorter-airport-waits-for.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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