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The untold story of the 2002 Winter Olympic games in Utah: the athletes and fans have long since...

By Duffy, Jim
Publication: Mass Transit
Date: Monday, September 1 2003

The newly installed TRAX light rail trains ran flawlessly throughout those two weeks in February 2002. No breakdowns. No delays. No missteps.

Of all the memorable moments, Utah Transit Authority (UTA) general manager John Inglish says, "I will never forget the thrill of trains running through downtown every four minutes, loading up a thousand people at a time.

"This is the story that was never told in the media," says Inglish. "Nothing bad happened, so nothing ever got reported. All persons going to the stadium games got there by transit. There was no other

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