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Originally Posted by bob rulz
Wait, what's up with MAX? I haven't ridden it in years and never really go that direction.
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The Route is still running but it no longer runs in the dedicated lanes.
My understanding is that this is due to scheduling issues. With it being primarily a single lane route with just passing happening at the stations, any delay outside of the protected lanes caused the protected lane timing to break down completely.
There are some road blocks from UDoT on expanding the protected lanes to be 2 lanes for the length. UDoT doesn't want to give up any lane space and West Valley doesn't want the road to be any wider.
Once the issues are resolved, UDoT and UTA will work to add a second dedicated lane. The people I have asked said it would be this summer but since summer is here, I don't expect it to actually happen until the line is extended to 5600 West (2025 to 2030 estimated).
Ridership on the line and development along it have both been stifled due to the lack of a dependable schedule that comes with the dedicated lanes.