tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15276058.post4291259355934210590..comments2024-01-23T08:50:37.343-08:00Comments on Urban Planning and Transportation Blog: Contract Out Services?John Dornoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12041369067854087815noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15276058.post-39231508790769346532010-08-01T14:39:42.217-07:002010-08-01T14:39:42.217-07:00First let me state that I am impressed with the wa...First let me state that I am impressed with the way MV Transport is running the Paratransit Services in Weber and Davis Counties. If this is bad then where is it good? I myself find that the Mismanagement of the Utah Transit Authority is why bus service is being cut in Weber and Davis Counties, in favor of Rail service which is expensive to build and caters to Downtown Salt Lake City while outlying areas suffer. I will agree that the UTA is different in that it covers the area of the New York Metropolitan Transit Area yet is the same population as the VIA in San Antonio Texas. Yet these SO-Called planners are demanding and getting New York pay. This is a crime to me.<br />I would be in favor of Rep. Dougall's proposal, except I have lived where a Transit Authority contracted its service and continually runs in the red. I am in a different mind set here as I think that the UTA cannot handle the size of service that is needed in the Greater Metropolitan area. Let the UTA be in charge of Transit through-out Utah. Divide the current UTA into three smaller Authorities, representing Salt Lake, Summit and Tooele Counties; Davis and Weber Counties, and Utah County. These smaller Authorities will provide bus and Trolley services connecting to the Inter-agency UTA Service (Front Runner, 470, 472, 880, and alike) That way the Front Runner can become a state passenger Railroad, while bus service and alike will be in the control of local Authorities to meet the growing needs of the area.cptrefthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686270054492763070noreply@blogger.com