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Fare is free on UTA trains and buses two days next week

Salt Lake Tribune | February 20, 2019

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Utah Transit Authority buses and trains will be free for all on Feb. 28 and March 1 — Thursday and Friday next week — in an experiment to help reduce air pollution and attract new riders.

UTA said at a news conference Wednesday that it will be funded by $80,000 in donations from others: $25,000 each from Salt Lake County and Intermountain Health Care; $20,000 from Salt Lake City; and $10,000 from Davis County.

Also, UTA will essentially contribute lost cash fares from those days — which officials estimated at roughly $70,000 for a typical weekday.

Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Carlton Christensen, District 1 Representative in the Salt Lake City Council, speaks at a meeting of the Fairpark Community Council at the Northwest Community Center on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. Christensen is leaving the council after serving for 16 years.
Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Carlton Christensen, District 1 Representative in the Salt Lake City Council, speaks at a meeting of the Fairpark Community Council at the Northwest Community Center on Thursday, Dec.
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