August Change Day 2024
August Change Day 2024 is scheduled for August 18, 2024. The following changes align with UTA’s Five Year Service Plan and consider current staffing levels, ridership patterns, and ongoing community needs.
Fare Changes
- A new fare capping program will be implemented on FAREPAY Cards, setting a daily and weekly maximum fare.
- The 20% discount on FAREPAY Cards will be eliminated.
- Income-based reduced fare eligibility will be expanded to 200% of the federal poverty level.
- Local fare will be implemented on UVX.
For more information about these changes, please see the FAQ.
Why Fare Capping?
- Consistent Costs: Fare capping ensures you don’t pay more than a set amount each day and week, making transit costs predictable and fair.
- Ride More, Save More: Once you reach the fare cap, every ride after that is free, encouraging you to use transit more often without worrying about extra costs.
- Greater Accessibility: Fare capping makes public transit more affordable and accessible for the community.
FAREPAY
By replacing the 20% discount with the new fare capping program, we’ve eliminated the need to pay a large upfront cost for a monthly pass. You can load as little as $5 at a time and pay as you go. To learn more about FAREPAY and fare capping, click here.
Reduced Fare
We’ve expanded income eligibility for reduced fare from 150% to 200% of the federal poverty level. To find out if you qualify for reduced fare, click here.
UVX
The decision to charge fare aligns UVX with UTA’s other transit modes, ensuring consistency across the UTA system and supports our ability to maintain and grow the transit network.
To keep to UVX’s express schedule, UVX will not accept cash payments or electronic fare cards on board. Riders can pre-pay fares using several methods:
- Eco and Ed Passes continue to ride with Zero Fare. Passes must be tapped on and off at the UVX platform
- FAREPAY/Reduced Fare FAREPAY Cards must be tapped on and off at the UVX platform.
- Transit app
- Paper passes
- Transfers
Service Changes
Route Changes:
NEW ROUTING
9, 47, F11, 472, 473
SERVICE DISCONTINUED
606
MINOR CHANGES
1, 2, 4, 35, 54, 205, 209, 213, 217, 220, 240, 248, 551, F202, F570, F514, 821, 626, 627, 628, TRAX Blue Line, TRAX Red Line, TRAX Green Line
NEW ROUTING
Route 9
- Schedule adjusted for reliability
- Detour ended
- Schedule adjusted for long-term detour via Bangerter Highway
- Long-term detour
- Schedule adjusted for reliability
- Route returned to Beck Street southbound
- Schedule adjusted for reliability
- Route returned to Beck Street southbound
SERVICE DISCONTINUED
Route 606
- Discontinued
MINOR CHANGES
Route 1
- Scheduled adjusted for reliability
- One stop moved
- Route returns to 200 South at 200 East
- Schedule adjusted for reliability
- Schedule adjusted for reliability
- Schedule adjusted for reliability
- Schedule adjusted for reliability
- Route returns to 200 South at 200 East
- Schedule adjusted for reliability
- Schedule adjusted for reliability
- Schedule adjusted for reliability
- Route returns to 200 South at 200 East
- Schedule adjusted for reliability
- Schedule adjusted for reliability
- Schedule adjusted for reliability
- Schedule adjusted for reliability
- Schedule adjusted for reliability
- Campus View Drive stop removed
- One trip removed
- Trip added
- Schedule adjusted for FrontRunner transfers
- Schedule adjusted for FrontRunner transfers
- Schedule adjusted for FrontRunner transfers
TRAX (701 Blue, 703, Red, 704 Green)
- Minor schedule adjustments on all lines