Salt Lake Tribune · Mar 16, 2018
Special UTA buses for legislative session averaged only 5 passengers per trip
(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) UTA's new long "BRT" (bus rapid transit) is parked in front of the Capitol during Transit Day on Capitol Hill in Salt Lake City Friday February 2, 2018.It sounded like a decent idea: help address horrendous parking problems around the state Capitol during the 45-day legislative session and reduce air pollution by offering free UTA buses there every 15 minutes.
But those “Capitol Connector” buses averaged only five passengers per trip this year, according to agency data requested by The Salt Lake Tribune.
Since buses have between 35 and 37 seats each, the few passengers using them at least had plenty of room to stretch out.