Value: Planning for People and Places
Planners in the public and private sectors are involved in coordinating efforts to make facilities and equipment that reflects the needs of users. Facilities are planned to reflect the quality of the neighborhood in which they are located. Conveyance systems adjust size, according to patterns of transportation needs, to move people comfortably, quickly, and safely.
Theme: Reliable and Frequent Transportation
Buses, trains and other transportation vehicles are consistently on time. They are maintained to insure that there is no disruption in service. This has resulted in a strong customer base and positive attitudes toward mass transit use. Wait time is no more than 10 minutes for buses and transit trains. Commuter rail schedules and "run times" are reliable. Waiting areas are comfortable and safe.
Each mode of transportation will consider the customers most likely to use it and plan to meet that customer’s unique needs.
Value: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Accountability, Cost versus Need
Transportation is efficient, cost effective, and affordable. It is priced so that all are able to choose between services according to their desires and means, and keep themselves independent from all outside forces and pressures. Government resources are appropriated according to transportation mode market share.
Value: Environment & Safety & Quality of Life & Livable Communities
We value having a clean environment that is free of pollution, protects our resources, is safely constructed and safe for everyone. This leads to livable communities that improve our quality of life.
Theme: Technology
We utilize the latest and best technology to maximize the efficiency, speed, amenities, communication, cost effectiveness, convenience and accessibility for all modes of transportation.
We partner with others to invest in, develop and implement promising technologies to improve our mobility and expand our choices and integrate our systems.
Theme: Choice of cross Modally Integrated Modes
We have an extensive, integrated transportation and distribution system that consists of viable multi-modal choices; providing service to multiple communities and employment centers, by reducing dependence on any single mode.
Theme: Livable Communities
In the Wasatch Front we have created livable communities through a process of neighborhood planning coordinated across the region. Pedestrian friendly neighborhoods where you can live, work and play. This process allows:
- Integration of all modes of transportation
- Mixed housing types and pricing
- Maintain home ownership
- Enhanced modes of transportation
- Efficient use of public resources
Value: Accessibility
All modes of the public transit system are accessible and affordable to all people. The system assures equal access that is simple to use, regardless of the physical and/or mental attitudes of the user.
Theme: Cooperating Partnerships
Region transportation is an integrated transportation system that has multiple partnerships to provide efficient and affordable service. Public, and private agencies and stakeholders are working together to provide transmodal services to meet the needs of Utah’s growing population.
Value: Willingness to Change/Responsive to Change
Building on the past while demonstrating a willingness to discover new ideas, new methodology and new technology then to absorb and reconstruct, and respond to those changes.
Value: Cooperation
There is an ongoing, productive dialogue between government, business, and citizens. Insight from affected parties is continuously and actively solicited and thoughtfully considered. Final decisions reflect the common good of all concerned while preserving individual community identity and autonomy.
Theme: Positive Image and Incentives for Transit Use
UTA aggressively markets monthly bus passes to employers at substantially discounted rates. On a regular basis the media recognizes programs that work. This would include, but not be limited to corporate funding for employee transit use; free taxi use for emergencies; vanpool access from transit stations to work site by employers; company carpool for short business trip connections; and tax incentive rewards for employers and employees who support public transit use.
Value: Convenience and Reliability
Getting around the Wasatch Front is now easier than ever. The new system uses a responsive, interactive, real-time system of informing users of the most fitting mode of travel for the individual user (private car, walking, senior-van, para-transport, buses, light rail, commuter rail). The system is safe and reliable with increased hours of service, improved frequency, which minimizes unnecessary transfers and delays.
Unresolved Differences
Efficiency versus Access
Sustainability
Legacy Highway
Who Pays?
User Pays
Competition of Services
Effective Multiple Choices
