SB136 requires UTA to adopt the name Transit District of Utah, or TDU, “over time and as resources permit.” Some board members suggested that language could be used to delay action until after next year’s Legislature meets, perhaps avoiding what some argue is a waste of up to $50 million to alter signs, buses and trains.
UTA President and CEO Jerry Benson said the agency plans to change the name as ordered, and is studying how best to do so at the lowest cost and with the least confusion possible.
“Fortunately, they gave us some time to do that,” he said.