The Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC), the Mountainland Association of Governments (MAG), the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), and the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) jointly conducted a study to evaluate the potential effects of partially or fully eliminating fares on the UTA system. The study was a data-informed, technical process intended to provide decision makers with information regarding the financial, operational, and community-related tradeoffs of four different alternatives to partially or fully eliminating transit fares.

UTA is working with willing sellers to purchase a 50-foot
corridor adjacent to Union Pacific’s track between Ogden and Brigham City, to
support future transit options linking these communities. UTA has successfully
obtained several properties, including a future station site, in Box Elder
County.

Building on the successes of Routes 455 and 470, this proposed Bus Rapid Transit system will connect southern Davis County and Salt Lake City communities to opportunities including jobs, entertainment, and recreation. See details here.

The Five-Year Service Plan is a dynamic guide for UTA’s near-term future. It’s a snapshot in time, will be updated periodically, and reflects UTA’s intended service based on the best information available. Learn more.

A comprehensive analysis of UTA’s light rail network is needed to determine which improvements to pursue in both the near and long term to adapt to growth and evolving travel patterns. Details are here.

The Midvalley Express is a Bus Rapid Transit system being developed to link Murray Central Station with the SLCC Redwood Campus in Taylorsville and West Valley Central Station. See more details here.

This study, completed in December 2020, has identified a Locally Preferred Alternative corridor to provide high-capacity Bus Rapid Transit between southern Salt Lake County and northern Utah County.

The South Utah Valley Transit Study is evaluating options for providing high-capacity transit service in the southern portion of Utah County, between Provo and Santaquin. Learn more here.

UTA is preparing to evaluate and recommend transit services to address growth, economic development opportunities and regional mobility needs across the Tooele Valley and connecting to the Salt Lake Valley. See here for details.

Federal TIGER funding is being used for hundreds of projects throughout the UTA Service Area to make it safer and easier to walk and bike to transit, leading to better air quality and reducing traffic congestion. Learn more.

The original TRAX vehicles, which began service in 1999, were Siemens SD100 cars. UTA has since added 17 Siemens SD160 light rail cars. UTA is overhauling these vehicles, by federal requirement, to safely achieve their projected 30-year operational lifespan.

The BSRP is a system-wide, ongoing effort to improve the speed and reliability of bus service across UTA’s service area. The BSRP is modeled on similar programs at peer transit agencies that have successfully improved bus operations through interventions at locations where delays occur. The program is beginning with a small number of high-ridership initial study routes but is envisioned as a long-term process to address delay anywhere it occurs in the network.

UTA is developing an Active Transportation to Transit Plan (“AT3P”). Public transit accessibility relies on active transportation accessibility. Active transportation includes human-powered mobility, such as biking, walking, or rolling. At the stop or station-level, every transit trip on UTA’s system at some point involves some form of active transportation to board, wait, travel to and from public transit locations, and more.

UTA’s Customer Experience team is engaging riders to look holistically at their entire journey through UTA’s transit system. This document will identify customer facing projects and improvements to address shortcomings in the system.