Changes made to seven UTA routes in Davis
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| | 3 | | That was one of the changes made to seven Utah Transit Authority routes, as part of a routine change day the transit agency has every April and December.
“We make these change day adjustments to routes to improve reliability, more accurately, they’re used as an opportunity to improve efficiencies,” said UTA spokesperson Gerry Carpenter. “We want to put the service where it is most needed, and eliminate trips with low ridership,” he said.
Route 473, the Salt Lake City to Ogden, U.S. 89 express route, has had the weekend southbound trip, leaving the Ogden Transit Center at 4:45 a.m., and the weekend northbound trip, leaving from the Komis and Wakara intersection in Salt Lake City cancelled. Arrival and departure times have also been adjusted to improve reliability.
Carpenter said the company wants riders to know a bus will arrive at a stop when it’s expected.
On Route 627, the Weber State University/Davis route, the 5:41 a.m. weekday trip to the Davis Applied Technology College , and the 6:15 a.m. trip to the Weber State University Davis campus have been cancelled due to low ridership.
Other changes have been made mainly to arrival and departure times to improve reliability.
The seven changes affecting bus service in Davis County were among many made throughout northern Utah.
Carpenter said UTA began notifying riders of the changes in November, and held an open house in Ogden to address all the changes then. Flyers were also posted on all area buses and at affected stops.
Carpenter said that as the economy improves, UTA hopes to expand its services.
A complete list of all changes can be found at www.rideuta.com/change day.
mwilliams@davisclipper.com
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