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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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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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UTA to study distanced-based fares; monthly pass-holders required to help

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 5:25pm

OGDEN — The Utah Transit Authority is changing its monthly pass system for the next two months in an attempt to gather data for a distance-based fare system.

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Higher UTA fares start April 1

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 7:16pm

OGDEN — A systemwide fare increase for all Utah Transit Authority services goes into effect late next week.

The change comes as part of the agency’s overall budget planning to support its services and operations, said UTA spokesman Gerry Carpenter.

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More than vehicles, oil refineries pollute Utah's air; new website offers info

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 12, 2012 - 7:45pm

Utahns can now learn what — other than cars — causes the winter pollution that so concerns the Division of Air Quality.

Snowblowers, domestic animals, farm machinery, graphic art chemicals and deep-frying equipment also add to the pollutants in the air, according to a DAQ report released Monday.

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A performance audit of the Utah Transit Authority shows the agency might not have the money to build wanted future projects or even operate projects that are currently under construction.

UTA may not have the money to fund its plans

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 1:38pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A performance audit of the Utah Transit Authority shows the agency might not have the money to build wanted future projects or even operate projects that are currently under construction.

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Adviser: Plan local funding, but federal money likely for Ogden streetcar

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 12:24am

OGDEN -- The likelihood of securing federal funding remains one of the biggest issues in bringing a streetcar system to Ogden.

At a special work session held after Tuesday night's Ogden City Council meeting, an independent consultant hired by the city said while the federal funding landscape is unpredictable, the Ogden project would stack up well against other projects around the nation competing for the same funding.

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Ogden council to hear streetcar input tonight

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 12:42am

OGDEN -- The great Ogden streetcar debate is set to heat up again. The Ogden City Council will hold a special fact-finding work session tonight to discuss the viability of a streetcar project in the city.

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Legislative three-card Monte: Roads win, everyone else loses

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 12:56am

We ran a scary story last week about how much highways are going to cost Utah over the next 30 years. The tab is $69 billion, a chunk of that just in the Top of Utah.

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Transportation policy to consider needs of cyclists, pedestrians and more

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, October 29, 2011 - 9:39pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- State road planners want future streets to be able to handle more than just cars.

The Wasatch Front Regional Council is currently talking with cities in the region about how to implement a policy that would make roads more accessible for all users, not just motorists.

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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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