UTA ridership starts to rebound, but is still 68% below pre-pandemic levels

The Utah Transit Authority is seeing glints of hope emerging from otherwise depressing data about its ridership during the pandemic.In short: while bus and train ridership is still down by 68% compared from what it was before COVID-19 hit, it has risen by 32% since ridership hit its lowest point on April 7.“Ridership is still down when compared to pre-COVID ridership. But we are making some progress,” UTA Chief Operations Officer Eddy Cummins told the agency’s board on Wednesda