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Metro

UTA offers free public transportation for BYU students

Emily May
By Emily May
September 25, 2024 11:17 AM
Utah Transit Authority provides BYU students, faculty and staff free public transportation, connecting them to Utah cities along the Wasatch Front.
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Metro

UVX to begin charging for bus rides, BYU students still ride free

By Payton Pingree
August 15, 2024 01:00 PM
On Aug. 18, the Utah Valley Express buses will begin charging riders a regular fare of $2.50, after six years of a zero fare promotion.
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Environment

Can Provo support potential policy changes limiting purchase of gas-powered vehicles?

By Zoe Cook
October 13, 2023 12:00 AM
With vehicle sales approaching pre-pandemic levels, there does not appear to be a decline in vehicle dependency, but Utah, Provo and BYU continue to make efforts to support sustainability and increase public transportation options.
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Local

Utah Transit Authority scavenger hunt begins, raising awareness for Clear the Air Challenge

By Joel Leighton
July 07, 2023 12:00 AM
Utah Transit Authority's scavenger hunt is underway, raising awareness for Utah's Clean the Air Challenge.
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Featured

Winter inversions lower air quality below EPA standards

By Joe Wirthlin
February 02, 2023 12:00 AM
When people think of winter time, snow, skiing and Santa often come to mind. In Utah, another winter phenomenon has residents less enthralled: inversions.
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Metro

UVX celebrates one year anniversary

By Universe Contributor
September 16, 2019 12:00 AM
Utah Valley Express, the Bus Rapid Transit service in Orem and Provo, celebrated its one year anniversary this weekend.
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Nation

Elon Musk firm pitched to build transit system in Las Vegas

By Associated Press
March 06, 2019 12:00 AM
This undated conceptual drawing provided by The Boring Company shows a high-occupancy Autonomous Electric Vehicle (AEV) that would run in a tunnel between exhibition halls at the Las Vegas Convention Center proposed for Las Vegas. Entrepreneur Elon Musk's dream of a tunnel transit system may finally become a reality in Las Vegas. Tourism officials in Sin City announced Wednesday, March 6, they might soon grant him a contract to build and operate a mile-and-a-quarter-long project with autonomous electric vehicles to move people around a mega convention center. (The Boring Company via AP)
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Nation

Things you should know today: 3/6/19

By Anne Wallace
March 06, 2019 12:00 AM
Elon Musk firm pitchedtobuild transit system in Las Vegas
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Local

Legislative panel encourages Salt Lake Chamber to participate in statewide progress

By Katie Harris
January 24, 2019 12:00 AM
Business people from around the state gathered on Friday, Jan. 18, to discuss their priorities for the upcoming 2019 legislative session.
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Local

FrontRunner line to Provo may open in December

By Jessica Henrie
February 02, 2012 12:00 AM
Liz Stevenson does not have a car and has to be creative in the ways to get around. Depending on how far she wants to go, she can walk, ride a bicycle, get a friend to drive her, or take a bus. However, with the Utah County Commission recently authorized the sale of $52 million in bonding to repay a loan to UTA, Utah County residents, like Stevenson, may be able to add “catch the train” to that list come December.
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Local

Provo, Orem getting road makeover with bus rapid transit system

By Ben Wallace
January 01, 1970 12:00 AM
Provo and Orem are about to get a roadway makeover.
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