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Show Davis County Not By ROSELYN KIRK Davis County, like the rest of the state, is not geared to mass transit ridership yet, but commuter and worker service bus routes in the county are busy during peak periods, according to a Utah ransit Authority (UTA) spokesman. I TERRY Twitchell, public relations expert for UTA, said the four routes from Salt Lake City to Bountiful and the commuter run from Salt Lake City to Ogden are busy during peak hours from 6 to 9 a.m. and from 4 to 6 p.m. But transit authorities must find a way to fill the buses during long-rang- e hours. k During J anuary 80, 241 Davis County residents boarded buses in Davis County to ride to either Salt Lake City or Ogden or from those cities back to Davis County. Morning commuter Inis from Ogden to Salt Lake is filled to standing as it heads toward Reek Street and the cilv. rgnngMUBt v qi'HjgH'w n UTAH is not too geared to ecology and there is not a solid market yet for bus services Ms. during these hours. Twitchell said. On Sept. 6 two kmdsof routes in Davis County were eliminated due to low Y 'I : , , s t Vv sX r4 , vs -MK; U, k...l -- op' si o- - i ' :' V ' "4- - ' J' 7 f , . :, if uw- -if y$n s I . jv ?, . 1 iX which run through Syracuse, Point and South Weber were cut. Ms. Mitchell said, It's hard to justify running buses that people aren't riding. ,V ''-5- t' A . rf. '. v the least expensive buses in the country, making the bus a good means of transportation Im both young and old. t . rr9$&f . w .' to HU minute iniervals during the day. UTA has a demand for 400 buses during the peak hours m the area services, but onlv 200 buses are available during off-pea- k more spread oui in Dais County it is more difficult to provide service. Lor instance a bus going from the city to North Salt center along Lake is not able to pick oui passengers for several miles. Even then North Salt Lake does not have a large residential area and the ridership statistics show that mil as many ACCORDING to Iwitchell, the LI Ms. board tom epi. but A tavors he mav not receive the money tor a lederal grant since two ul the liree counties have show n opposition to the plan. She said tile Irun.--n authority is not sure how man, i ider.s could be picked up durI periods. Haning dicapped and senior eiliens already ride free mm u a m. to 4p.m. and alter lip.m. low-pea- I SHE predicted that student dow ntown shoppers would increase. A! the present time bus lare is 15 cents tor passengers riding within one one or to an rulers and If the ruler taxes the bus from Salt Lake t ity tobovond Farmington, he passes through two zones and must pav 30 cents. Another 15 cents is required to rule into udacent zone. the third zone where Ogden is located. The Sail Lake ( il to Ogden trip is thus 4o cents. . rjpr Scf r ttiln1ili1lf, t ' ' y ewarf igti.ritrirfriAriirtf raygrtr Bwiv'.rnitr fi J; irre iffKv-- ratair ,irv-S- under Riders pass the time by reading or resting. how many kids manage to sleep through tin ir Mop on a nice spring day. s! i f I .tttes t i . , , ,, ; V. m f p Thall hour, the in. w 1 'x 'VV, rW fIi T x. 1 ' , s 1 )m drawback is waiting lor llie rule. Kvienenee(l riders claim to know when lo leave home or work in order lo reaeh the hn.-- stop al the moment llie lms arrives. ( ! V 41 wait a mi, THE THIRD type of sen ice the bus that pro ides service along Orchard Drive !io,n 80 is non- peak hours with (he hope that u might increase ridership. t W o! , iv h pA, j? one ' V V tv. ' is 58p.m. e being proposed during 'wfi J vX ride 9: said. Recently the Wasatch Eron! Regional Council (WFRO. the Davis County Council of Governments (COG), and t he Weber County COG voted trial which was against Xvlfgf .Jk - - a Ogden at Ms. ACCORDING to Twitchell ridership patterns must change in the state since statistics compiled by the Heart and Lung Association show that 95 percent of the pollution is caused by automobiles which carry an average of 1.4 passengers per car. This means that people are not riding buses and are not car pooling, Ms. Twitchell ? , Fifteen cents As a result of this change, Davis County now has three kinds of bus service. The trippers run from Salt Lake City to Bountiful during the peak hours. The commuter buses are routed from Sait Lake City to Ogden, averaging about once an hour but can come as often as every 20 minutes during peak periods. The last commuter bus leaves Salt Lake City at 9 :25 p.m. and passengers can be picked up and deposited as in more compact areas. Photos hv him Morris hC'1; .e- said. MS. TWirCHLLl said that since the population cenier is Lront area from Midvale to Ogden. The number of miles i HARD to explain why running buses in the north end of Davis County on rural routes, when other areas in south Salt Lake County were demanding more service, she IN addition, the rural routes in the north end of the countv y UTA buses carry 50,000 people a day in the Wasatch ,-v- ITS UTA was carried passengers from one area of the city to another or from one small city to another were discontinued. intra-cit- I Union, West tk . routes that Ms. Twitchell said. those hours. During the hours UTA must determine where those buses can transport the most passengers. The ' , v4'i ridership. per year that all buses travel is computed. Once that figure is reached, it is not possible to put on more buses unless they are taken from other routes. ?'' ,,Jf ' f.vi? I i " i" ,:TT' I frw,-- . ,, ;Lt 1 kh - A ' rTY -- e , ujii yj aiiill "v; ill fina.IyTmm, , Hen s with Commuter driver Jim Co gives direetion to a confused rider three in the trt'.nsfers. ICs possible to ride to walking distance anvwhcre eounlv area. |