The bipartisan Utah Legislative Clean Air Caucus unveiled several bills and appropriations this week aimed at improving air quality in Utah. One of the boldest ideas would enable Utahns to drastically reduce their driving for an entire year.
One of the boldest ideas would enable Utahns to drastically reduce their driving for an entire year. The caucus is also squarely focused on the negative air quality impacts of the shrinking Great Salt Lake.This year, legislators will consider a statewide, free fare pilot program for an entire year to make a bigger dent in the No. 1 source of our pollution.
Saturdays saw the biggest increases with FrontRunner up a whopping 202%, 74.5% for TRAX and overall ridership up 58%. Average ridership on Sundays increased 32.5% overall, 144% on UTA On Demand alone. Collectively, Utahns drive 60 million miles a day along the Wasatch Front in one million different vehicles. The committee co-chairman believes the program could take more cars off the road than any other effort.
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