The Transit UTA acquires Authority Full three- Ogden City founded by county Lines and residents from UTA connects system in New UTA begins , headquarters the east and operation. 1970’s Murray, Midvale, operation in west sides of Ridership August opens. November Weber and Davis Sandy and the Salt Lake doubles in one 500 West Counties. 1969 Bingham. 1970 200 South. 1973 1974 County. 1976 year.

Utah Transit UTA acquires Weber and Davis UTA acquires Ski Service to Authority March 3 Salt Lake City June Counties August Metro 1975 Alta, Brighton, 1977 District Act Lines. approve Transportation Snowbird and passed by 1970 1972 annexation to 1974 and Lake Shore Solitude is Utah UTA. Motor Coach added. Legislature. Lines. 1980’s Initial planning for a UTA opens system begins Mobility Center at Bus Service through a study UTA started Midvale Sutherland conducted jointly by UTA added to Lehi, UTA wheelchair- Lumber Center and the Utah American Fork, Timpanogos May accessible bus before moving to Department of September Pleasant Grove facility opens service. 4500 South 3 years Transportation (UDOT). and Lindon. 1988 in Orem. 1988 1986 later. 1985 1981

UTA Salt Lake UTA begins Mt. Ogden Bus Service added to UTA opens the new 1989 Central 1988 Paratransit April facility opens. 1986 Provo and Orem, which 1984 Meadowbrook bus facility opens. Service. extended UTA’s Transit facility. 1986 District into a fourth County.

UTA service extended to 1990’s A Salt Lake APTA awarded the cities of Willard, County UTA “Best UTA provides Perry, and Brigham City, referendum to Transit Agency transit vehicles in Box Elder County. fund the TRAX in North in support of the light-rail line America” and the Box Elder County Vanpool service 1996 Paralympic through a “John A. Volpe became the sixth county May begins with 27 Games in quarter-cent Silver Safety Award” in the UTA Transit vans. Atlanta, GA. 1991 sales tax fails. 1993 1995 for the second time. 1996 1997 District.

UTA extended into a Utah County Transit service Ski service is UTA Rideshare fifth County, Tooele, 1992 expansion 1994 began in Spanish 1996 added to the 1996 program 1997 which included continues Fork, Mapleton, Sundance begins. Tooele, Grantsville, with Alpine Salem, and Resort in Provo Erda, Lincoln, and Highland Payson. Canyon. Lakepoint, and and Cedar Stansbury Park Hills. cities.

For an Voters in Salt Lake, Weber unprecedented and Davis counties 2000’s third time, approve a quarter-cent UTA was sales tax increase to named by 2001 - TRAX implement the public APTA as the University of transit component SM January Outstanding Utah Line opens of a 20-year regional December 4 Midvale Rail Transit System of to Stadium transportation Service Center 2002 the Year. 2002 Station. 2000 improvement plan. 1999 opens. 1997

UTA signed an agreement with The 2002 Olympic In its first full year of TRAX light rail UTA opened the to 2002 Winter Games. UTA 2001 operation, the North- 2000 service begins with 1998 the Riverside acquire 175 miles of railroad coordinated and provided South TRAX line not only the Blue Line from Facility. right-of-way. This purchase is spectator transportation exceeds the initial year Sandy to considered one of the largest during the 2002 Salt ridership projection of Downtown Salt geographic land acquisitions Lake City Olympic 14,100 riders, but Lake City. ever undertaken by a transit Winter Games, exceeds the 20-year agency in the . carrying 4 million forecast of 19,000 riders in 17 days. riders per day.

The quarter-cent sales tax referendum TRAX Red Line opens passed in Salt Lake to , passing through Murray, 2000’s and Utah counties TRAX Blue Line Rail Midvale, West accelerating extends to Salt Lake Service Center UTA Hosts APTA Jordan and South construction of the five Central Station. Annual Meeting. opens. FrontLines 2015 projects. Jordan. SM 2003 2006 2008 2008 2011

TRAX Red Line TRAX Blue FrontRunner opens 2008 UTA breaks 2011 TRAX Green extends to 2003 Line Sandy 2006 offering high-speed ground on five Line opens to 2011 University Expo Station rail service along a light rail West Valley Medical Center opens. 44-mile projects, as City. Station. stretch between part of the Weber County FrontLines and downtown 2015 project. Salt Lake City.

UTA’s second bus 2010’s rapid transit line, TRAX Green Line Electric Utah Valley opens to Airport FrontRunner buses begin Express (UVX), Station, Blue Line expands to service in begins operation extends to Draper Murray, SM Salt Lake City between Station and S-Line South Jordan, & University Draper, Lehi, Orem Central and UTA hosts the Streetcar opens from of Utah. Provo Central stations Central Pointe to American Fork, APTA Rail Orem and Provo. 2018 via UVU and BYU. 2016 Conference. 2014 . 2013 2011

Trolley buses UTA provides UTA recieves UTA completes the FrontLines 2015 UTA enters into an 2019 begin service in 2018 transportation 2015 APTA “System 2013 program, more than two years ahead of 2012 interlocal Ogden, Layton for the National of the Year” schedule and $300 million under budget. agreement with Frontlines 2015, a $2.8 -billion program and Farmington Veterans for the fourth Park City and to build 70 miles of rail in seven years, City. Wheelchair time. Summit County was initially scheduled for completion in Games. to start the PC- 2015. Four new lightrail lines and one SLC Connect new commuter rail line have more than service. doubled UTA’s rail system.

2010’s Today, UTA riders take more than 44 million trips every year, across six counties and throughout over 80 cities. We carry Utahns by bus, (BRT), SM UTA’s light rail, commuter rail, streetcar, paratransit, vanpool, and rideshare services. The Microtransit We've adapted our bus fleet to include hybrid, compressed natural gas, and fully SM autonomous pilot program, electric vehicles, as well as historically inspired trolley buses. We're currently vehicle pilot begins “UTA on researching new transportation technologies, such as autonomous vehicles and in partnership with Demand by VIA” on-demand microtransit services. The future is always changing what's possible, UDOT. begins. and we're proud to be pioneering the way we move in Utah.

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