MAX RED LINE

Benson said UTA found — by tracking those who use electronic passes — that about 30 percent of the former passengers who used express buses between Utah and Salt Lake counties never made the switch to FrontRunner, and are now apparently driving instead to save time or money.

Or both. Their "Frontrunner" train is kind of like TriMet's WES. Again, when bus service gets cut and people find that their commute time has just doubled (and increased in price), people tend to drive - or find other methods of getting to where they need to go. Who wants to spend four or more hours each day getting to work on transit, when they can drive there in half an hour or less?
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