Improved Transit is a regional intercity bus company in Utah, United States. The company stopped offering regular bus services on June 1, 2017. It used to connect the central, eastern and southeastern regions of the country (Carbon, Grand, Emery, Juab, San Juan, Sanpete and Sevier counties) with Wasatch Front, specially Provo and Salt Lake City. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wasatch Transportation and is an official Greyhound Connect company.
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Description
The Transit upgrade provides daily routes in both directions throughout its service area, plus several additional roundtrips Thursday through Monday. Its headquarters are located at 42 North 100 East, Suite 1 in American Fork. Its parent company, Wasatch Transportation, has (since 2016) been operating in Utah for nearly 30 years, but specializes in special needs and school transportation. The Elevated Transit slogan is HIGH STREET. Seats are the first to come, first served and smoking is prohibited in High Transit vehicles.
Bus lanes are made to provide bus services to the central, eastern and southeastern regions of the country that previously had no public transport. It started operations with substantial financial support from the Utah Transportation Department (UDOT) and Greyhound Lines. Between UDOT and Greyhound, Elevated Transit will receive $ 864,000 per year for the first five years of operation. According to CEO Steven Fuller, it is expected that initial funding will enable the company to grow "to the point that public funds are no longer needed and will be self-sustaining." This service is intended to connect with existing Greyhound services, as well as other transit systems along the route.
Current Fleet
The Elevated Transit fleet includes two 35-passenger bus models (Glaval Synergy and Thomas HDX) with three models each. The Synergy Glaval has a compartment that has the capacity to hold a limited number of bicycles. However, to anticipate some passengers wishing to transport a bicycle to the Moab area, the bus has the ability to pull the bike trailer. Thomas HDX models are most commonly used for school buses, but are sometimes modified (as for High Transit) for commercial transport. Both buses have Wi-Fi, available satellite TV, toilet, wheelchair access, extra space for luggage and bicycles
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History
The past decade, Greyhound provides a wider bus service in rural Utah than at present, but most of these routes were abandoned years ago. Over the next few years, replacement services have been sought and the proposed bus service is nearing realization in 2012. This service will be provided by Salt Lake Express, however, the proposal fails when the Salt Lake Express bus can not meet the American standards required by Disabilities Act THERE IS). The contract reopens for bidding, with a proposal from Wasatch Transportation accepted. About a year later, the new subsidiary (Elevated Transit) receives its transport license on October 3, 2013.
After several false starts, the Transit Enhancement began operations on August 13, 2014. The initial plan was to start operations in late April, then mid-June, but the bus does not start running until August. The slower planned start is due, in part, to the late delivery of the vehicle. During the first three days of operation August 13-15), passengers are allowed to ride free tariffs to encourage familiarity with the service as well as identify possible problems with the service ("beta testing").
In 2015, Transit Improvement was awarded the Best Brand Design by the American Institute of Graphic Arts. The company logo and brand design was developed with the help of Cocoa Productions (Midway, Utah).
Future plans
Improved Transit anticipates providing fast package services in the near future.
Route
Since June 1, 2017, Elevated Transit has stopped previously being channeled between Salt Lake City and Blanding as well as Richfield and no scheduled services are left. This is the result of discontinued UDOT funding.
Blanding - Salt Lake City
- Blanding - San Juan Campus State University of Utah East (USUE) on West 100 South
- Blanding - Visitor Center on North Grayson Parkway (AS-191)
- Monticello - Shell station on North Main Street (AS-191)
- Monticello - West 200 North (near LDS Temple)
- Moab - 7-Eleven on South Main Street (AS-191)
- Moab - Lions Park Transit Hub at the intersection of US-191 and SR-128
- Green River - Knights Inn on East Main Street (SR-19)
- Price - USUE at East 400 North, just stop on the north path and stop twice
- Prices - Walmart on East Main Street (SR-55) - including a 39 minute stop on the northern route and 30 minutes transit on the south path
- Spanish Fork - Chevron Station on North Chappel Drive, off US-6
- Provo - Intermodal Center ( FrontRunner station) on South University Avenue (US-189)
- Provo - Greyhound stop/gas station at West Center Street (SR-114)
- Salt Lake City - International Airport on Drive Terminal - on the northern route only This includes 10 minutes of transit
- Salt Lake City - Greyhound station at Intermodal Hub station (Amtrak/ FrontRunner /TRAX) on South 600 West
Richfield - Salt Lake City
- Richfield - Miller Travel Center at West 1250 South, just off I-70 (Exit 37)
- Salina - Pantry/Conoco Holly Station on South State Street (US-50)
- Centerfield - Chevron Station on North Main Street (US-89)
- Gunnison - Utah Central Utility (State Prison) Facility at East 300 North (US-89)
- Manti - Chevron Station on North Main Street (US-89)
- Manti - 200 North East (near LDS Temple)
- Ephraim - Snow College on North 100 East
- Ephraim - Walmart on North Main Street (US-89)
- Fairview - Chevron Station on North State Street (US-89)
- Mount Pleasant - Library on East Main Street, not far from US-89
- Moroni - Conoco station on West Main Street (SR-116)
- Nephi - 7-Eleven on the East 100 North (SR-132) - including a 15 minute transit time in both the north and south lanes.
- Provo - Intermodal Center ( FrontRunner station) on South University Avenue (US-189)
- Provo - Greyhound stop/gas station at West Center Street (SR-114)
- Salt Lake City - Greyhound Station at Intermodal Hub (Amtrak/ FrontRunner /TRAX) station at South 600 West
In addition to this daily trip, Elevated Transit provides an extra round trip on the Richfield route - Salt Lake City. This additional roundtrip makes most stops the same along the route and runs every Thursday to Monday. They started mid-afternoon at Richfield with a 30-minute stop in Salt Lake City in the afternoon before returning to Richfield. There is also a 10 minute stop in Gunnison on the north foot course and there is no stopover in Nephi for both directions. This round trip does not stop in either direction: Snow College in Ephraim, Fairview, and Mount Pleasant. One of the goals intended for this additional journey is to facilitate access from the Wasatch Front to the Central Utah Correctional Facility (CUCF). The visitors of the prison can ascend to Gunnison in the morning and then return on the same night.
Ticketing
Tickets for the Elevated Transit service can be purchased online on its official website. Prices based on distance and one-way prices range from $ 2.00 for cross-city services up to $ 85.00 for the longest run (from USUE campus at Blanding to Salt Lake City International Airport). However, small discounts are offered to senior citizens and accompanying children (ages 2-11), at no charge to infants under the age of 2. As Greyhound Connect authorized service providers, tickets for routes at both bus companies can be purchased on the company's website. (For the first few months of the Elevated Transit operation, tickets must be purchased separately In addition, due to compatibility issues of the website, as of July 2015, the Elevated Transit website can not accept credit cards from card customers with non-U.S. billing addresses. to use the Greyhound website to buy their tickets.)
See also
- Utah Transit Authority
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References
External links
- Official website
- Improved Transit on Facebook
- Greyhound (official website)
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