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Originally Posted by SLCrising
Hey everyone, not sure if it has been mentioned or not, but wanted to remind you that the MAX service, Utah's first BRT starts soon. It will go down 35th South in the WVC area and connect with TRAX. Does anyone have any comments on this, I think it's huge. If this is successful I think it will take off in other areas, like on 7th East, and perhaps 21st South. I'd like to see it in areas that are not currently served by rail to enhance the accessibility.
Since State Street is quite a major artery, seems like it would be natural to have MAX there as well. I think that would be a major enhancement.
Go to the UTA site, they have a banner on MAX and let us all know what you think about this, I think it's great.
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I think this will be great. I actually saw one of these on 3500 S the other day doing some training, its very sleek looking, as are the shelters at the stops. Hopefully this will help attract more riders who normally wouldn't be willing to ride a bus. I especially like that you buy tickets at the station, similar to TRAX, this, combined with the limited stops and signal proirity, should make it faster and far more appealing than the regular bus. I cannot recount how many times I've been late getting somewhere on a bus, getting more and more frusterated as the things stops every 200 feet and waiting as old ladies slowly pay their fare one nickel at a time.
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