When a powerful thunderstorm damaged rail crossing guard arms in downtown Salt Lake City this week, a Utah Transit Authority employee rushed out of the agency’s headquarters next door with red flags to safely control motor traffic there.
That conscientious worker happened to be UTA’s current chief: Interim Executive Director Steve Meyer, who apparently will do almost anything to keep the agency’s FrontRunner trains on schedule.
“A nasty microburst came through” on Monday, Meyer said Wednesday. “The wind was so strong that it blew the crossing arms back so far that a Union Pacific train hit them and broke them off.