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Bronda Kaschmitter checks out a mural with son Luke and daughter Elizabeth on Thursday. Three new murals by area artists will be installed in Utah Transit Authority bus shelters after the UTA mural exhibit wraps up Wednesday at the Weber County Library’s Pleasant Valley Branch in Washington Terrace. (NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)

3 new murals to grace UTA bus shelters across Wasatch Front

Last updated Saturday, May 12, 2012 - 12:06am

OGDEN — It’s art in transit.

The Utah Transit Authority has opened a special art exhibit in Washington Terrace that showcases murals created by local artists. That art is, or soon will be, seen in bus shelters across the Top of Utah.

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(Erin Hooley/Standard-Examiner) People get on and off one of the Utah Transit Authority's diesel-electric hybrid buses at the Ogden Intermodal Transit Hub on Friday.

Diesel-electric hybrid buses now serve in Ogden

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 23, 2012 - 6:15am

OGDEN — The Utah Transit Authority’s buses are painted red, white and blue, but a handful of new buses in Ogden are now also green, as in energy efficient.

UTA recently introduced six diesel-electric hybrid buses that are now in service in Ogden.

Before the year is out, three more buses are scheduled to be delivered to serve the Ogden area.

When the final buses are delivered, UTA will have 31 hybrid buses in service along the Wasatch Front.

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Young adults opting for bikes, buses instead of cars

Dug Begley The Press-Enterprise

Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 3:57pm

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- At the corner of Magnolia Street and Terracina Drive, just off the Riverside Community College campus, empty spots on the front bicycle racks of Riverside Transit Agency buses are becoming a hot commodity.

On a recent day, students snagged the two holders on a southwest-bound bus, leaving another to wait for the next bus to come along.

The high cost of driving and a greater interest in personal fitness and environmental stewardship have many young adults ditching their cars and trucks in favor of buses and bikes.

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Photo courtesy of Alex Salvo
Vandals damaged three school buses at St. Joseph Catholic High School over the weekend.

Vandals strike St. Joseph Catholic High School buses

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 2, 2012 - 10:17pm

OGDEN -- About 60 St. Joseph Catholic High School students had to find their own transportation to classes Monday after three of the school's buses were vandalized.

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Farmington to continue paying Lagoon bus subsidy

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 10:51pm

FARMINGTON -- City leaders have signed off on a plan to continue providing a partial subsidy for a bus shuttle to Lagoon amusement park during the park's season.

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UTA studies distance-based fares

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 12:13am

LAYTON -- The Utah Transit Authority is getting serious about its proposal to move to a distance-based fare system.

The agency's board has announced it will begin to hold several public meetings in 2012 to meet with UTA riders and stakeholders to discuss the ramifications of charging transit users based on how far they travel instead of one flat rate.

"Basically, we are getting ready to start a yearlong public discussion to think about distance-based fares," UTA spokesman Brandon Bott said. "The board approved moving forward on that, so that's what we will do."

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Broken windows on a Davis County School District bus that was severely damaged in the windstorm, on November 29th. (MIKE FRIBERG/ Special to the Standard-Examiner)

Davis School District wants to improve weather procedures

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 6:23pm

FARMINGTON — Davis School District’s administrators want to improve the procedure for weather-related school closures following Thursday’s windstorm.

“We understand Centerville had their hands full and wanted to get as many people off the streets as soon as possible, but we need to control the situation,” said Christopher Williams, the school district’s communication and partnerships director.

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FrontRunner service in Farmington disrupted by storm debris

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 2, 2011 - 7:26am

FARMINGTON -- Thursday's wind storm in the Top of Utah not only caused delays on Interstate 15, it completely shut down FrontRunner service through Farmington.

As overturned semitrailers and uprooted trees caused major traffic delays for motorists on I-15 and other Davis County roads, a pile of debris landed on the Utah Transit Authority's rail track in Farmington, making it impossible for the train to pass through the area.

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(LAKEITH KENNEDY/The Associated Press) Investigators examine the scene of a bus crash, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011 in Paint Rock, Texas. A bus carrying Abilene Christian University students and faculty to a children’s home for a weekend of missionary work lost control Friday and overturned, killing a 19-year-old student and sending all 15 other people onboard to hospitals, officials said.

Texas troopers interviewing bus crash survivors

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, November 5, 2011 - 4:08pm

ABILENE, Texas — Survivors of a deadly bus crash are being interviewed, but it will take time for investigators to determine why an Abilene Christian University bus left the highway and overturned, a state trooper said Saturday.

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Utah school district first to sell bus ads

Josh Loftin The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 4:35pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Early next year, a suburban Utah school district will be the first in the state to plaster its buses with advertisements in an effort to generate additional revenue without raising taxes.

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This Oct. 3, 2011 shows a TriMet bus stopping for passengers at a bus stop, in Hillsboro.Ore. Oregon's largest transit agency says it's investigating a complaint that a driver kicked a woman and her crying baby off a bus in suburban Portland, saying, "I can't drive with that noise." Mary Fetsch, a TriMet spokeswoman, says drivers are not supposed to eject passengers from "vulnerable populations," including women transporting children. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

How a crying baby on a bus turned into a mass protest

Kim Murphy Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, October 7, 2011 - 10:05am

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Can. Someone. Please. Make. That. Baby. Stop. Crying.

No, actually. Babies are notorious for crying as long as they feel like it; adults are known by psychologists to hate the sound of crying babies more than just about any other sound; and well, there you are.

It's an age-old dilemma, and its very familiarity may account for the way in which an incident last week on an Oregon bus has become an international cause celebre. It is the story of two dozen passengers, more or less, a baby in a bad mood, and a bus that motored through its own terrible little Twilight Zone on the 16 miles from Beaverton to Forest Grove in the Portland suburbs.

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UTA aims for cashless fares by 2020

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 6:34am

LAYTON -- The Utah Transit Authority hopes to make its entire fare system cashless by 2020.

At a recent board meeting, UTA officials discussed the results of a fare study that identified ways to update the agency's current fare collection system to save time, save money and make trips more convenient for transit riders.

The update would include doing away with all cash payments on UTA's three main modes of transit -- buses, TRAX and the FrontRunner commuter train.

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School districts look to bus ads for revenue

Rita Giordano The Philadelphia Inquirer

Last updated Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 8:43am

Could bus-side advertisements for brand-name sneaks spare little feet from having to trudge a couple of miles to school?

Will promos for banks and other local businesses spell tax relief for beleaguered homeowners?

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UTA may cut FrontRunner runs, increase bus service in Pleasant View

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 11:16pm

PLEASANT VIEW -- Utah Transit Authority is considering eliminating FrontRunner service between Pleasant View and Ogden after less than three years of operation.

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