UTRU is excited to announce the formation of its first chapter: UTRU Students! UTRU Students is an official local chapter of UTRU and has been formed to specifically advocate for the transit needs of students attending Utah’s colleges and...
UTRU wants to learn more about the ridership habits of women and non-binary individuals and why they do and do not choose to use transit at proportional levels. A 2019 Survey conducted by RSG found that 41% of riders...
A recording of the meeting can be found here and draft meeting minutes for our November 2022 Board Meeting can be found here. Agenda items discussed were: Approval of August Minutes – All Approval of August Special Session Minutes...
A recording of the meeting can be found here and draft meeting minutes for our October 2022 Board Meeting can be found here. Agenda items discussed were: Executive Director activities report/Membership update – Curtis Haring October Annual Meeting Discussion...
If the Utah Department of Transportation were actually called the Utah Department of Roads, we could at least understand why the government agency is only capable of building roads at the expense of Utah’s future. Yesterday, UDOT held its...
Salt Lake City, October 14, 1995 – You wouldn’t know it, but the skies were blue overhead as Governor Leavitt addressed a crowd of approximately 100 officials 70 feet below the intersection of South Temple and 300 East. Leavitt,...
During the summer of 2022, members of UTRU’s Board of Directors started to notice more bikes appearing on buses, light rail, and commuter rail – specifically on the Utah Transit Authority’s (UTA) network. With this in mind, the board...
Our Fall 2022 Newsletter is here! In this edition: Mark your calendars for our September Quarterly Membership Meeting, featuring speakers from UTA, The Wasatch Front Regional Council, and the Utah Rail Passengers Association. Don’t forget to add our October...
A recording of the meeting can be found here. and draft meeting minutes for our July 2022 Board Meeting can be found here. Agenda items discussed were: Approval of July Minutes – All Executive Director activities report/Membership update –...
On Wednesday, KSL reported that 2022 has been the deadliest year in over a decade for bicyclists with 38 injured and 11 dead over the past seven months. These numbers have UDOT, according to KSL, “asking questions” and “Trying...