UTA = Unreliable Service

It has been a while since I posted anything, but something has really gotten to the point where I have to say something about it. The metropolitan area of Salt Lake City has a mass transit system named Utah Transit Authority (UTA). I have used the system for the last seven years commuting between Ogden and Salt Lake City every day.

Last Monday, December 14, 2009, was what they call “Change Day”. This is the day that they implement any route changes that they feel would improve service. Well, this time they got it WRONG!

They have an express bus route from Ogden to Salt Lake City that has been quite successful in transporting its passengers on time. Well, UTA decided to cut several runs of that route to “encourage” passengers to use the newer, “better” FrontRunner. This is the new commuter heavy rail service between those two cities with plans to expand further south to Provo.

They changed the major routes in the downtown Salt Lake area to confuse even the longest time riders beyond belief, and the timetable is ridiculous.

OK, about the FrontRunner. For the last few months they had three passenger cars that were pretty full both northbound and southbound. Well this last Monday, they cut the trains to only two cars. Remember earlier that they also cut a good portion of express busses to encourage passengers to ride the FrontRunner? Well, now the FrontRunner is pretty much jam packed and usually passengers left standing. Standing on a train traveling up to 80 mph with NO hand holds. Hmmmm, I wonder what happens when the train operator puts the breaks on……I smell lawsuit!

UTA has had many years of providing adequate service, but at $162.00 a month for their “premium” pass, they are leaving MUCH to be desired.

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