UTRU stickers are here, get yours today!

Help advocate for public transit and show off your love of transit with UTRU's new stickers!

By contributing just $5 a month (and becoming an official dues-paying member in the process), you not only get to display your passion for transit, but you also help a great cause.

Your support helps UTRU advocate for better transit options for everyone. Plus, it's simple – just click the link below and set up a recurring donation of $5 a month to receive two of our four sticker types: 

• My other bike is a train
• My other bike is a bus
• I prefer professional drivers
• I only use professional drivers

You will also receive three of our UTRU-branded stickers.

Individual stickers can also be purchased for $7.50 each.

To set up monthly dues or purchase a sticker, visit our Donations Page.

What is UTRU Cooking Up?

You may be wondering what UTRU is doing to advocate for transit...well, aside from being a voice for the transit rider while communicating with transit agencies and setting up local chapters to advocate for on-the-ground change, UTRU is also working on a few initiatives to increase transit advocacy across the state.

This month, we want to tell you about the Community Advocacy Training for Transit (CATT) Initiative, which is designed to increase community involvement, awareness, and advocacy for transit by holding community-based trainings that discuss items such as the history of transit in Utah, how rules around zoning affect our lives, the role communities, cities, and the state play in transportation policy, and how individuals can play a deciding role in transit-related policy-making.

In Phase I, UTRU intends to provide training to 15 communities along the Wasatch Front that are currently underserved by transit, either due to low or no access to transit in terms of frequency and/or coverage or because transit in communities isn’t providing maximum economic potential because service, though it exists, doesn’t go to where the people need it to go.

We are currently raising funds to help get the initiative off the ground - we are currently seeking $10,000 to do so by applying for grants and by looking for support from individual donors (if you are interested in becoming an official sponsor, reach out to our Executive Director at curtis.haring@utru.org to learn more) to cover the upfront costs associated with the project. 

UTRU Chapter Updates

South Salt Lake/Sugar House Chapter

The SSL/SH Chapter of UTRU held its first organizing meeting late last month and has decided to move forward with officially adopting a stop as part of UTA's official program by the same name. 

Sign up today to get more involved! Visit the South Salt Lake/Sugar House Chapter page to learn more!

UTRU Students

UTRU Students continues to work with the University of Utah to have bike supplies available through vending machines on campus. Thanks to warmer temperatures, they were able to hold their first tabling event at the start of last month as well. 

The group continues to advocate for transit and is investigating the possibility of also adopting a stop or two. 

Want to get involved? Visit the chapter page!

Want to start your own chapter? Click here to learn more.