Lawmakers engineer massive overhaul of the Utah Transit Authority

The 2017 Legislature hit the accelerator on big transportation issues — including reorganizing and rebranding the scandal-scarred Utah Transit Authority.It also authorized more toll roads, possibly starting with one in crowded Little Cottonwood Canyon in a few years. Legislators say new electronic tolling — maybe by photographing license plates to deduct from accounts set up by drivers or mailing bills to homes — may spread statewide and someday even replace gasoline taxes.But,