Imagine a hybrid of Uber and a city bus system. UTA soon will launch ‘microtransit’ experiment.

Combine ride-hailing services Uber or Lyft with a city bus system and you would have something similar to a new “microtransit” system that the Utah Transit Authority plans to test in southwestern Salt Lake County this fall.Like with Uber or Lyft, people use a smartphone app to hail a ride to a specific destination — and get an estimate of when it would pick them up and drop them off.But like traditional bus service, the fare is a set amount no matter the distance traveled (curr