Salt Lake City is also nearing the launch of its own microtransit service. It will connect to other UTA services, or drop off at destinations in the area. It will charge traditional bus system fares. Residents will be able to use smartphones or call a service center for a van to pick them up - and will be given an estimated time for pickup and arrival. It will be a hybrid between ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft and traditional service. (Photo courtesy of Via) A new contract between UTA and Via calls for using Mercedes Metris bans as part of an experiment with "microtransit." Callison said the first major portion of service enhancements from that tax hike is expected later this year with a “microtransit” pilot program in the southwestern portion of the county. While the county recently approved a tax hike for transit, increased bus service from that is not coming yet.
Some buses that had waited there between beginning and ending routes will now wait at new spots being added in front of the school’s student union building. to ease traffic problems, most bus routes will no longer directly serve the hospital loop. He also said that, at the request of the U. “Increasing hours, increasing frequency, just making it a lot more possible for people to use the transit system and get around without a car.”Ĭallison notes that some routing and schedule changes will occur on many bus routes in the city to allow for easier transfers and connection and future improvements envisioned by the city’s transportation master plan. “We’re really increasing the amount of access that people on the west side of the city have and we’re very excited about that," he said. It will provide service to downtown Salt Lake City and the University of Utah and will replace portions of Routes 228 and 516.Ĭallison said changes on Routes 4 and 9 now better connect the west and east sides of the city, and no longer require transfers to travel across it. Route 220 (which travels from Sandy to Salt Lake City) will also run along 200 South instead of 100 South, scheduled in such a way that between it and Route 2, buses will arrive about every seven to eight minutes on most of 200 South.Īlso added is a new Route 4 from Poplar Grove to Olympus Cove via 400 South and Foothill Drive. “It is basically revamping those routes to a much higher level of service.” “They are going to 15-minute service on weekdays and Saturdays, 30-minute service on Sundays, plus early-morning and late-night service” until midnight on weekdays and Saturdays, Callison said. Thanks to city funding from its Funding Our Future program tax hike, major improvements are being implemented on Routes 2 (mostly along 200 South to the University of Utah), 9 (along 900 South, now extended through Glendale and Poplar Grove to the University of Utah) and 21 (along 2100 South also to the U.).
Here is a look at some of the bigger ones: Salt Lake City Details of changes are available online at.
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