Comments by 2025 Jack Weir Most recent public comments by 2025 Jack Weir https://writingpartners.net/users/344 Do you have any suggestions? https://writingpartners.net/documents/6437?scroll_to=41182 https://writingpartners.net/documents/6437?scroll_to=41182 With your interest in the topic of Little Cottonwood Canyon and the proposed gondola, it seems like you're diving deep into a complex issue. Let's focus on one of the inquiry topics from the list. How about exploring the "Environmental Impact of the Gondola"? Here's how you might begin to think about writing on this topic. As a writer, I'm asking myself: What specific environmental concerns are associated with the gondola project? I would want to know about the potential benefits and drawbacks that have been highlighted. For instance, does the gondola offer a sustainable solution to traffic congestion, or does it pose a threat to the local ecosystem? Would you like to see more? Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:30:42 -0400 Do you have any suggestions? https://writingpartners.net/documents/6437?scroll_to=41175 https://writingpartners.net/documents/6437?scroll_to=41175 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:30:42 -0400 What do you think of this? https://writingpartners.net/documents/6437?scroll_to=41163 https://writingpartners.net/documents/6437?scroll_to=41163 It looks like you're in the midst of a comprehensive writing project about Little Cottonwood Canyon and the debate surrounding the proposed gondola. You're working on a Problem-Solution synthesis essay, and from your notes, it's clear you're engaged with multiple sources, perspectives, and arguments. Let's explore this further! To help you organize your thoughts and focus your writing, I've analyzed your comments and made a list of five inquiry topics you seem most interested in. Here they are: 1. **Environmental Impact of the Gondola**: How might the proposed gondola affect the environment of Little Cottonwood Canyon, both positively and negatively? - This topic is crucial as it underpins one of the primary arguments for and against the gondola. Understanding its environmental impact can help clarify the broader implications of this project. - Quotes: "The initial reason they started planning the gondola was as an environmental impact rather than a traffic problem." and "Emphasizing how the gondola is environmentally unfriendly." 2. **Safety Concerns and Traffic Issues**: What are the safety concerns related to car travel in the canyon, and how might the gondola address these? - This topic addresses the practical aspect of the debate, focusing on safety and the day-to-day impact on travelers. - Quotes: "Emphasizing how it is safer than driving in a car especially during bad weather conditions." and "When it comes to the topic of traffic in Little Cottonwood Canyon, most of us will readily agree that it is a problem that should be fixed." 3. **Economic Implications for Taxpayers**: What financial burden does the gondola project impose on Utah taxpayers, and is it justified? - This aspect touches on the economic side of the debate, questioning the allocation of taxpayer money and who benefits from it. - Quotes: "It would cost $500 million in Utah tax money." and "Realistically only a small percentage of Utahns will end up using it, not everyone." 4. **Alternative Solutions to Traffic Problems**: What other solutions have been proposed to address traffic issues in Little Cottonwood Canyon, and how do they compare to the gondola? - This topic explores other possibilities, offering a broader perspective on potential solutions. - Quotes: "First was adding a bus lane but that would require widening the road." and "The writer proposed another solution." 5. **Stakeholder Perspectives and Bias**: How do different stakeholders view the gondola project, and are there biases in their arguments? - By examining different perspectives, you can present a balanced view of the issue, highlighting biases and motivations. - Quotes: "The author is definitely biased and criticizes UDOT and the people behind building the gondola." and "They are describing UDOT in a negative way by using words like 'corrupt'." Would you like to see more? Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:30:42 -0400 This shows there is not a problem with the road being dangerous but during bad whether conditions, heavy traffic, and non 4 wheel drive cars, a lot of small crashes occur. https://writingpartners.net/documents/6339?scroll_to=40913 https://writingpartners.net/documents/6339?scroll_to=40913 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:01:15 -0400 Basically all of the crashes are non injury crashes showing that a lot of traffic is caused by minor car incidents, not huge crashes. https://writingpartners.net/documents/6339?scroll_to=40904 https://writingpartners.net/documents/6339?scroll_to=40904 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:58:08 -0400 The blue represents all of the crashes that have happened within an 11 year time span. https://writingpartners.net/documents/6339?scroll_to=40900 https://writingpartners.net/documents/6339?scroll_to=40900 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:57:10 -0400 This is a map of all of the Big (upper road) and Little (lower road) Cottonwood canyon car crashes between 2010-2021 between November and May. https://writingpartners.net/documents/6339?scroll_to=40895 https://writingpartners.net/documents/6339?scroll_to=40895 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:55:34 -0400 This was the first time I saw police enforcing 4 wheel drive in the canyon. It was only one or two days I saw it but it is better than nothing. https://writingpartners.net/documents/6178?scroll_to=40593 https://writingpartners.net/documents/6178?scroll_to=40593 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:10:55 -0400 Where would they do this check? https://writingpartners.net/documents/6178?scroll_to=40591 https://writingpartners.net/documents/6178?scroll_to=40591 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:09:49 -0400 The vast majority of cars that crashed were two wheel drive cars or cars with bad snow tires. These are probably mostly tourists visiting Utah with rental cars. https://writingpartners.net/documents/6178?scroll_to=40589 https://writingpartners.net/documents/6178?scroll_to=40589 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:09:31 -0400 Most of the big traffic stops are caused by crashes. https://writingpartners.net/documents/6178?scroll_to=40587 https://writingpartners.net/documents/6178?scroll_to=40587 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:07:32 -0400 How did they decide this? https://writingpartners.net/documents/6178?scroll_to=40583 https://writingpartners.net/documents/6178?scroll_to=40583 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:05:30 -0400 This seems like a cool idea but I think they would constantly have to deal with snow and ice on the tracks. https://writingpartners.net/documents/6178?scroll_to=40582 https://writingpartners.net/documents/6178?scroll_to=40582 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:05:09 -0400 With a bus lane they would have to widen the road which many people have turned down the idea of because of how much work it would require to do. https://writingpartners.net/documents/6178?scroll_to=40579 https://writingpartners.net/documents/6178?scroll_to=40579 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:03:47 -0400 Are Alta and Snowbird helping cover the cost of the gondola? https://writingpartners.net/documents/5892?scroll_to=39330 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5892?scroll_to=39330 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:54:25 -0500 UDOT is being fought in court probably to delay the gondola plan for people who don't want it https://writingpartners.net/documents/5892?scroll_to=39329 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5892?scroll_to=39329 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:53:12 -0500 The gondola would have to include a big parking garage also https://writingpartners.net/documents/5892?scroll_to=39328 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5892?scroll_to=39328 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:52:12 -0500 The initial reason they started planning the gondola was as an environmental impact rather than a traffic problem https://writingpartners.net/documents/5892?scroll_to=39327 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5892?scroll_to=39327 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:51:31 -0500 They are already starting their plan to fix the traffic problem with buses and tolling which opposes the Gondola plan https://writingpartners.net/documents/5892?scroll_to=39326 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5892?scroll_to=39326 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:50:11 -0500 UDOT thinks that Big Cottonwood Canyon also has traffic problems like Little Cottonwood Canyon https://writingpartners.net/documents/5892?scroll_to=39325 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5892?scroll_to=39325 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:47:40 -0500 There are a lot more cabins then I would have thought https://writingpartners.net/documents/5651?scroll_to=39319 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5651?scroll_to=39319 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:32:28 -0500 It is probably about twice the amount of time as driving in a car up the canyon https://writingpartners.net/documents/5651?scroll_to=39318 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5651?scroll_to=39318 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:31:25 -0500 Does it cost money to ride the gondola? https://writingpartners.net/documents/5651?scroll_to=39317 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5651?scroll_to=39317 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:30:38 -0500 Realistically only a small percentage of Utahns will end up using it, not everyone https://writingpartners.net/documents/5651?scroll_to=39315 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5651?scroll_to=39315 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:30:06 -0500 Emphasizing how it is safer than driving in a car especially during bad weather conditions https://writingpartners.net/documents/5651?scroll_to=39314 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5651?scroll_to=39314 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:29:13 -0500 Emphasizing how the gondola is environmentally unfriendly. https://writingpartners.net/documents/5651?scroll_to=39313 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5651?scroll_to=39313 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:28:40 -0500 They are saying that the gondola is cheaper than the other option which they say is having bus lanes. https://writingpartners.net/documents/5651?scroll_to=39312 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5651?scroll_to=39312 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:28:10 -0500 Their three reasons on why we should build the gondola. https://writingpartners.net/documents/5651?scroll_to=39311 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5651?scroll_to=39311 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:25:56 -0500 Uses "beautiful" to appeal to the readers emotions. https://writingpartners.net/documents/5651?scroll_to=39309 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5651?scroll_to=39309 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:25:01 -0500 They are describing the people behind the gondola in a negative way, saying that the idea "sprung from the minds of compliant and careless politicians". https://writingpartners.net/documents/5220?scroll_to=37185 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5220?scroll_to=37185 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:32:17 -0500 They are describing UDOT in a negative way by using words like "corrupt". https://writingpartners.net/documents/5220?scroll_to=37184 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5220?scroll_to=37184 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:30:50 -0500 This is another argument that says the taxpayer money going towards the canyon will only end up affecting a small percentage of taxpayers. https://writingpartners.net/documents/5220?scroll_to=37183 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5220?scroll_to=37183 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:29:58 -0500 Here they used evidence to support how a lot of people are against the gondola. They are again trying to appeal to the reader's emotions by saying how the canyon is "essential to both life and quality of life." https://writingpartners.net/documents/5220?scroll_to=37182 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5220?scroll_to=37182 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:28:55 -0500 This seems like an opinion unless they did a survey to see what Utah citizens want. They want to highlight little cottonwood canyon in a positive way by using "stunning landscape" and "beautiful state". https://writingpartners.net/documents/5220?scroll_to=37181 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5220?scroll_to=37181 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:27:15 -0500 They are opposed to building the gondola and will list a lit of reasons why they are against it. https://writingpartners.net/documents/5220?scroll_to=37180 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5220?scroll_to=37180 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:25:33 -0500 They are asking for donations to help them fight UDOT in court. https://writingpartners.net/documents/5220?scroll_to=37178 https://writingpartners.net/documents/5220?scroll_to=37178 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:24:43 -0500 Orwells predictions https://writingpartners.net/documents/4009?scroll_to=35917 https://writingpartners.net/documents/4009?scroll_to=35917 George Orwell predicts a purge will happen. A purge has not happened yet but there have been movies made about if it did happen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Purge_(2013_film) Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:22:51 -0500 Winston has to conform will all of the rules of The Party forming him into a different person and it has affected his mental health. Social media can make people want to be a different version of themselves and it can affect people's mental health. https://writingpartners.net/documents/4009?scroll_to=33176 https://writingpartners.net/documents/4009?scroll_to=33176 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 22:13:53 -0500 The Party wants to keep people from forming close connections with each other. During Covid, we had to social distance and it was hard to have close connection with other people https://writingpartners.net/documents/4009?scroll_to=33171 https://writingpartners.net/documents/4009?scroll_to=33171 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 22:08:53 -0500 Pens https://writingpartners.net/documents/4009?scroll_to=31780 https://writingpartners.net/documents/4009?scroll_to=31780 He said that pens have become outdated and in real life slowly people are using computers more than pen and paper. Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:37:28 -0500 Experts think that the forebrain is responsible for creating dreams. One study showed that people with an injured forebrain don't dream. https://writingpartners.net/documents/3352?scroll_to=25536 https://writingpartners.net/documents/3352?scroll_to=25536 Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:24:57 -0500 One theory says that dreaming is your body's way of re-living the past and analyzing past events to see if you did the right thing. https://writingpartners.net/documents/3352?scroll_to=25523 https://writingpartners.net/documents/3352?scroll_to=25523 Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:17:05 -0500 I noticed that Democracy now is a lot different than PBS news because most of the time they are just interviewing people instead of looking at maps and voting results. https://writingpartners.net/documents/2862?scroll_to=18940 https://writingpartners.net/documents/2862?scroll_to=18940 Tue, 05 Nov 2024 21:41:23 -0500 I didn't notice PBS news having any biases toward the left side and they seemed to be mostly focused on just tracking the votes instead of debating with each other. https://writingpartners.net/documents/2862?scroll_to=18938 https://writingpartners.net/documents/2862?scroll_to=18938 Tue, 05 Nov 2024 21:39:11 -0500 17:24 . She is not explicitly saying what he will do if he becomes president but she is implying to the listener that it will not be in favor of the listener if he is the president. https://writingpartners.net/documents/772?scroll_to=3356 https://writingpartners.net/documents/772?scroll_to=3356 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:25:24 -0400 I think that him talking about immigration in the US is euphemism because he is not really saying what he wants to do, he is just talking about how bad he thinks immigration is. I think it is implying something without actually saying it. https://writingpartners.net/documents/772?scroll_to=3344 https://writingpartners.net/documents/772?scroll_to=3344 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:21:08 -0400