Tribune editorial: Protect transit while protecting taxpayers

The Transportation Governance and Funding Task Force seems to know the state has to grab UTA by the horns. It may have to face up to seizing the rest of the beast, too.The task force, appointed by the Utah Legislature to review oversight of the Utah Transit Authority, has been looking at a few options to make mass transit more accountable. One notion is to put it under the purview of the Utah Department of Transportation, with its priorities set by the Utah Transportation Commission. That has th