(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Transit Authority is defending its decision to pull a rainbow-wrapped bus from a weekend Pride parade. The UTA issued a statement yesterday saying the decision to pull the bus from the Utah Pride Parade was not meant to offend the diverse communities it […]
EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah (AP) — Authorities say an Eagle Mountain man missing for more than a week has been found dead in his car. Utah County Sheriff’s officials say the body of 19-year-old Eli Merlin Dutson was located Friday night in the park-and-ride lot at the Lehi UTA FrontRunner station. […]
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — Utah transportation officials are testing a driverless shuttle at a Farmington retail hub. The Standard-Examiner in Ogden reported Monday that the robot vehicle will be operating at Station Park throughout May. The autonomous vehicle is part of a joint pilot project between the Utah Department of Transportation and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah residents will be able to have free rides on public transit later this week. The Utah Transit Authority is waiving fares for public transportation on Thursday and Friday. KUTV in Salt Lake City reported Monday that the fare will be free for FrontRunner, TRAX and bus […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a man was killed Wednesday when struck by a FrontRunner commuter train in Orem. The Utah Transit Authority says the man was struck by a northbound train near a station and resulted in northbound rail service delays during the tail end of the morning […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah County Commission and Utah Gov. Gary Herbert agreed to end their legal fight. The Deseret News reports the commission voted Monday to put forth a new nominee to the Utah Transit Authority’s new board. Herbert later Monday accepted the nomination, and county leaders promised to […]
NORTH SALT LAKE, Utah (AP) — A collision between a Utah Transit Authority train and a minivan disrupted passenger train service at a crossing in the Salt Lake City area Thursday morning. Media outlets report that the minivan’s driver was the only person in that vehicle and suffered only minor […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Transit Authority officials say sparks and an explosion on a light rail train has shut down service lines in downtown Salt Lake City. Officials say a catenary wire that carries power and runs above the TRAX train fell onto it late Tuesday, causing the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say a man has died after being struck by an oncoming train in Salt Lake City. KSL-TV reports that the Utah Transit Authority says the incident happened Sunday night around 9:45 p.m. UTA spokesman Carl Arky says the 25-year-old man was walking on the tracks when […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The Utah Transit Authority begins new rapid transit bus service in Utah County on Monday, and it’ll be free for riders for the first three years. The service will link Provo and Orem, including Brigham Young University and Utah Valley University, using 25 new 60-foot-long 18-meter) […]
