UTA’s big choice: boost bus frequency or cover more areas

The Utah Transit Authority board faces a big question that could refocus its bus service for years, and create a new set of winners and losers among taxpayers.Should it increase bus frequency in busy, densely populated areas to boost ridership, or spend its money instead to cover more geographic areas — including in sparsely populated neighborhoods?The board has a self-imposed deadline to decide by month’s endhow to balance those competing interests. No matter what, that seems bound