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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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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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Are fines UTA's next step in stopping rail accident?

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 11:05pm

OGDEN -- If you're near one of the Utah Transit Authority's rail lines, and you aren't paying attention, it might cost you -- literally.

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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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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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Medical personnel tend to a pedestrian who was struck by a FrontRunner train at the Layton station on Friday. Officials say the woman was struck as the train passed her, and she suffered injuries. She is expected to recover. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Woman hit by FrontRunner in Layton suffers 'fairly significant' cuts

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 8:47pm

LAYTON — A FrontRunner train hit a woman as she was crossing the tracks Friday morning at the Layton train station.

“She’s got a couple of cuts that need to be treated, but it looks like she’s going to be OK,” said Layton Police Sgt. James Petre.

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Medical personnel tend to a pedestrian who was struck by a FrontRunner train at the Layton station Friday. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Woman struck by FrontRunner train in Layton

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 17, 2012 - 7:02am

LAYTON — A woman was hit by a FrontRunner train while trying to cross the tracks on Friday morning.

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A UTA bus sits in the front yard of a home at 25th and Harrison Blvd. after an early morning wreck in Ogden Wednesday, March 14, 2012. (CADY POORMAN/Special to the Standard-Examiner)

UTA bus collides with car in Ogden

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 6:17am

OGDEN — Bark sheared from a tree trunk and fresh tire tracks marked the spot where a Utah Transit Authority bus and sport utility vehicle collided Wednesday morning, both nearly crashing into a house at the corner of 25th Street and Harrison Boulevard.

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TRAX train derails after crash with car

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 6:13pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Nobody was seriously injured when a car ran a red light in downtown Salt Lake City and crashed into a TRAX train.

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Well-known 82-year-old SLC businessan hit by UTA bus dies

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 3:21pm

SALT LAKE CITY — A well-known, 82-year-old Salt Lake City businessman has died after he was struck and pinned beneath a Utah Transit Authority bus.

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Man struck by UTA bus in SLC

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 11:38am

SALT LAKE CITY -- A man believed to be in his 80s is fighting for his life after he was struck by Utah Transit Authority bus in Salt Lake City.

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UP, UTA concerned over lack of access

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 10:41pm

FARMINGTON -- Officials from Union Pacific Railroad and the Utah Transit Authority are worried a move to vacate Red Barn Lane as a public right of way could jeopardize their access to a key point to maintain rail systems in the county.

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Audit forecasts UTA shortfalls

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 27, 2012 - 12:45am

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Transit Authority might not have the money to build future projects or even properly operate and maintain projects that are currently under construction.

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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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