UTA experienced significant increases in ridership across the system during Free Fare February. In addition to supporting transit ridership and celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Olympics, a survey of more than 5,000 people conducted during February indicated that the month had a positive impact on riders.
UTA has completed the Final Report on Free Fare February, including the final weekday and weekend ridership numbers for each of our services…bus, TRAX, FrontRunner, paratransit, UTA On Demand and more. You can also link to a dashboard of the Free Fare February ridership numbers on our Open Data Portal here https://data-rideuta.opendata.arcgis.com/. The Final Report also summarizes the results of the rider survey.
Thank you to Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and the numerous local governments, partner agencies and private businesses that supported Free Fare February. Free Fare February was a collaborative effort and could not have been accomplished without the contributions of so many partners. But most importantly, thanks to all the people who ventured out and rode UTA in February, bringing family and friends along, going to events and activities in the community, and sharing their Free Fare February adventures with all of us.
We hope you’ll keep the spirit going and keep riding transit to work, school, entertainment, and sporting and community events. Thank you for making Free Fare February a success!
