UTA’s big choice: increase 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 increase ridership, or should it spend its money instead to cover more geographic areas — including in sparsely populated neighborhoods?The board has a self-imposed deadline to decide by the end of the monthhow to balance those competing interests. No matter what, t