Now that pompous mayor Ralph Becker and his idiot cohorts
 want everyone to pay for parking until 8PM (instead of 6PM like it used
 to be) on weekdays, here's where you can park for free in Salt Lake:
In back of the Salt Palace next to the Buddhist Temple: http://tinyurl.com/9gcvecn
Take the train, which is free to downtown from the Salt Lake Central station: 
http://goo.gl/maps/3zkSy
Parking
 at the second place is not limited to 2 hours. Park there and take the 
free "trax" train to the malls & so on. You can also take the train 
to the nice big library: http://www.letsrideuta.com/tag/free-fare-zone/
Parking on Saturdays is supposedly still free, but check the signs on the new meters they've put everywhere.
Here's another key reason why Becker is an idiot:
http://westviewmedia.org/soccer-complex-on-hold-by-michael-mcfall/
...his attempts to destroy a part of the Jordan River parkway.
Jordan River Restoration Network: http://www.jrrn.org/
Previous
 attempted contact with Becker over these issues reveals the man is very
 pompous and has placed himself on a nearly unreachable pedestal.