South Salt Lake’s housing boom driven by its transit lines

South Salt Lake • Railways helped turn South Salt Lake’s open fields of mid-20th century into “A City of Industry,” which is one of its nicknames. Trains brought people and businesses that fostered the first neighborhoods.Today, the rails that once shipped lumber, stone blocks and other supplies are now light rail and streetcar routes fueling a residential boom.Since 2015, elected leaders here have approved more than 2,800 new apartments, town homes and other dwellings &md