UTA hopes these free fare days will persuade more Utahns to try leaving the car at home for once, and continue to do so, even when the rides have a cost.
SALT LAKE CITY — Free fare for 48 hours this Thursday and Friday was a relief for regular riders like Marlowe Williams.
“We see the ozone layer," UTA spokesman Carl Arky said."In the winter, we see the inversion. We've got to do something to try to address this, and this is one good way of taking people off of the road, but also introducing people to mass transportation and public transportation when it's not necessarily been part of their culture.”
“It'll be interesting to see what happens in the legislative session coming up," he said."This coming year in January and in February, I've got a feeling it'll probably be revisited, and so we'll see where it goes from there.” “It's going to reach a tipping point," he said."I really think that at some point down the road in the future, more people, especially the younger generation, are going to say, 'Hey, you know, it's easier to get around using public transportation than it is to own an automobile and then try to get somewhere in that car.'”
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