UTA Executive Director Carolyn Gonot has assembled a task force within the agency to develop a customer-centric service restoration plan as UTA looks ahead and prepare to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

To share our recovery priorities, UTA has launched a COVID-19 recovery storyboard, which provides real-time data and information on ridership, financial information, safety and sanitation procedures, service updates and planning activities. The recovery storyboard will be updated regularly and can be accessed at rideuta.com/recovery.

“We are looking at both short-term demands and long-term outcomes with a detailed focus on ridership, financial sustainability and rebuilding community confidence in public transit, said Gonot. “UTA’s goal is to restore service in a way that aligns with the community’s efforts to reopen, the health of the economy, as well as the evolving ridership demands.”

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided UTA the opportunity to assess and reevaluate public transit options along the Wasatch Front. Long-term service design is a top priority throughout this effort and will be taken into consideration as the service restoration plan is developed. By taking a calculated approach, UTA will be able to implement strategic and sustainable service to the community.

In addition to the recovery efforts that can be found at rideuta.com/recovery, the latest information about UTA’s response efforts to COVID-19 is updated on a regular basis at rideuta.com/health.