Public Transportation in Salt Lake City

Public Transportation

Finding your way around Salt Lake City is easy, largely because early Mormon settlers laid out the town in grids. However, the city blocks are longer than in many other cities, so distances can be deceiving. Salt Lake has a very workable public transportation system. A Free Fare Zone for travel by bus covers a roughly 36-square-block area downtown and on Capitol Hill. A light rail system, called TRAX, moves passengers quickly around the city and to the suburbs south of Salt Lake. The north-south light-rail route begins at the EnergySolutions Arena (formerly the Delta Center) and ends at 10000 South Street; there are 18 stations altogether, and 11 have free park-and-ride lots. The east-west route begins at the University of Utah and ends at Main Street. For $4.50 you can buy an all-day ticket good for unlimited rides on buses and TRAX. For trips that begin on a bus, you must purchase the day pass at selected UTA Pass outlets. For trips beginning on TRAX, day passes must be purchased at a ticket vending machine.

Information

Utah Transit Authority (UTA) (801/743-3882 or 888/743-3882. www.rideuta.com).