tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15276058.post4527318479725263905..comments2024-01-23T08:50:37.343-08:00Comments on Urban Planning and Transportation Blog: Split Up UTA?John Dornoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12041369067854087815noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15276058.post-37933043429589669742010-08-14T20:51:09.224-07:002010-08-14T20:51:09.224-07:00UTA has very Poor Customer Service and the Bus Rou...UTA has very Poor Customer Service and the Bus Routes Schedules are so Tight a Majority of Bus Routes are running late. UTA Executives do not care about Improving the Transit System, they only care about their Excessive Salaries.Tammi Diazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18325625353963979527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15276058.post-18620057576722634482010-08-07T16:38:04.581-07:002010-08-07T16:38:04.581-07:00Now I agree with a lot that you have said here and...Now I agree with a lot that you have said here and there is one point I want to continue with. I want the Utah Transit Authority be a State wide authority. They will be concerned with the Front Runner, inter-agency transportation and the like, and that would be the extent of their authority. They will not be involved with the Cash Vally Transit District, the other new Districts or any other Transit provider. They will have the Authority to oversee these Districts but they cannot be involved with the operation and planning of these districts. That is a placation to Cash County that wants Front Runner but still be separated from the now UTA. <br />I also believe that as a State Agency, the State Government would have a better oversight than what they have now AS A PRIVATE AGENCY contracted to provide a Public service. Too many times people have called upon the upper management of the UTA to explain their overly high wages while services are being cut. I do NOT believe that the Director of the UTA deserves a 1/4 of a million dollar salary for a Service provider that is the size of the UTA. If the UTA becomes a State wide agency then their salary may warrant the price they are demanding, than what they are getting now.cptrefthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686270054492763070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15276058.post-55464922446170611422010-08-03T19:10:28.312-07:002010-08-03T19:10:28.312-07:00Thanks for using my photo!
And regarding Sound Tr...Thanks for using my photo!<br /><br />And regarding Sound Transit, they operate service everywhere they impose taxes. That happens to be over three counties--a combined 6,309 square miles with about 3,407,848 living in them. Sound Transit does not nor never has employed any operators or mechanics. All of their vehicle operations are subcontracted out to the agency that operates the majority of the route. For example, route 510 starts in downtown Seattle, heads north across the county line and terminates in Everett. The route is operated by the northern county. Or, route 545 which connects Seattle to Redmond (yes, there are a ton of Microsoft employees on the bus, but there are other people that ride it too). It stays inside one county and is operated by that county's transit agency.<br />However, Sound Transit has their own administration, their own route planners, their own GIS team, etc. They own the fleet, but it is stored and maintained at the contractor's garage (again with the contractors still being transit agencies).<br />It's actually quite a bit more complex than that and there are some exceptions.Timhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/atomictaconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15276058.post-48393285491736037092010-08-03T15:46:23.957-07:002010-08-03T15:46:23.957-07:00Thanks for the great points. The grass is always g...Thanks for the great points. The grass is always greener...John Dornoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12041369067854087815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15276058.post-8278744617517202822010-08-02T23:30:33.274-07:002010-08-02T23:30:33.274-07:00I would say that SF is even worse. Many overlappi...I would say that SF is even worse. Many overlapping agencies are much worse than Metro in LA which runs both county bus and rail service. BART, Caltrain, Muni, AC Transit are all agencies that could benefit from more coordination. Though I'm not sure what the answer is, UTA is in a good spot from my perspective.Pantograph Trolleypolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.com