Legislators propose radical changes for transportation, transit — including a tax hike

The scandal-scarred Utah Transit Authority could be radically reorganized, a sales-tax increase rejected by voters could be mandated, some highway funds may be diverted to mass transit, and registration fees for electric cars could quintuple.
All those game-changing proposals are included in a 114-page bill proposed Thursday by a legislative task force created to look at how to fund transportation as gasoline tax revenues shrink and public trust in UTA erodes.It “will better our state&rdqu