Utah officials foresee that in the not-distant future, improved smartphone tools will ease the use of transportation options that might just kill off the need for personal cars — or at least help most families reduce from two cars to one.
That’s because smartphone apps are increasingly making it easier to plan and use everything from mass transit to ride hailing, e-scooters, taxis and bicycles in the same trip. Unified apps may allow paying and booking at the same time for multiple options — or allow a monthly subscription for perhaps even unlimited use of all of them.