Planning is underway to bring the streetcar back to downtown Salt Lake City, and you can help decide where it should go!
Join Salt Lake City for a public open house at Harmon’s City Creek on March 13th from 5-7 p.m. Take a peek at the map below to view the proposed streetcar routes.
This is a great opportunity to weigh in on the future of the streetcar in SLC. Don’t miss it!
Salt Lake City’s shiny new Hive Pass is landing on Saturday, March 1st!
The pass will be available this Saturday at a special event in the atrium of the downtown Main Library from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
We’d love to see you there!
Starting in March, you will be able to purchase the Hive Pass at three permanent locations, or through a series of mobile events.
Mobile sales locations will include all Salt Lake City public libraries and the downtown Winter Market. These events generally occur during the evening or on weekends. View the full calendar of mobile events.
The Hive Pass is an annual UTA pass exclusively for Salt Lake City residents good on regular bus service, TRAX, FrontRunner and the Sugar House S-Line Streetcar. The pass costs $360 a year, and can be paid in monthly installments of just $30!
Proof of residency is required to obtain your pass, and it is important to carefully review the items you will need to bring with you for purchase. Only residents who reside within Salt Lake City boundaries are eligible. Find out if you qualify.
We are very excited to offer this one-of-a-kind pass to our wonderful residents! Visit the new RidewithHive.com for details, and join the conversation with the #RidewithHive hashtag.
The city is buzzing!
The Hive Pass, Salt Lake City’s new annual UTA pass exclusively for city residents, launches on March 1, 2014.
The pilot program is the result of a partnership between Salt Lake City and UTA and will offer city residents an annual transit pass at a deep discount — just $360 a year!
There are two options for pass payment:
Stay tuned for details on purchasing locations. You can explore frequently asked questions about the Hive Pass at RidewithHive.com.
Be the first to know! If you are super excited to get your hands on this pass (and who isn’t?), sign up to receive email alerts.
Join the conversation — use the #ridewithhive hashtag on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Streetfilms stopped by Salt Lake City last summer and filmed this shortie cruising around on GREENbikes. Check it out!
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Streetfilms Shortie – Checking out GreenBike in Salt Lake City from Streetfilms on Vimeo.
Are you dreaming of warmer days and bluer skies? So are we!
SLCgreen was recently awarded a grant from the Utah Clean Air Partnership (UCAIR) to fund our SmartTrips 2014 neighborhood! Even though it is hazy and cold outside, we’re moving full speed ahead with some exciting plans for 2014.
The newly launched SmartTripsSLC Instagram is making a splashy debut, hosting a series of images from the new neighborhood. Take a peek and see if you can #guesswhere in SLC!
Stay tuned for the neighborhood announcement and a new SmartTrips SLC blog chock full of awesome content.
In the meantime, see if you can guess the new SmartTrips 2014 neighborhood from the images below!
We’re off to a great start in 2014! If you haven’t made a resolution yet, what are you waiting for?
Get ready to be amazed by some local ingenuity…
This one-of-a-kind electric bus is capable of charging itself through wireless induction technology!
The electric “Aggie Bus” uses a high power, high efficiency wireless power transfer system that is capable of transferring enough energy to quickly charge the vehicle on an air gap of up to 10 inches.
In practical terms, this electric bus charges itself instantly, and at every stop. Plus the vehicle has zero emissions!
Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker gathered with community leaders late last week to unveil a new proposed program geared towards clearing the air. The program would offer discounted UTA passes to Salt Lake City residents for just $30 a month — a 63% discount!
We all know that vehicle emissions are a key factor in the poor air quality that plagues our valley during the winter months. The good news is that getting people out of their cars and on to public transportation can go a long way to help reduce emissions and clear the air. This exciting program – the first of its kind in Utah – could make it possible for most city residents to have a UTA pass in their pocket!
Here are the details on the proposed program.
Purpose: Offer an annual transit pass to Salt Lake City residents to incentivize transit use and make riding transit more affordable.
Basic Structure: Salt Lake City residents will be eligible to purchase a one year transit pass for $360. The passes will be available for purchase from Salt Lake City upon providing proof of residency. Residents may pay all at once, or pay in 12 installments of $30 via a monthly bill.
The pass will be issued with the resident’s photo on it, and is non-transferable. There is no limit per household. The pass will be good on local and express bus, TRAX, and FrontRunner. Ski bus, Park City Connect and paratransit services will be excluded from the pass.
The program is a unique partnership between UTA and Salt Lake City. While modeled after other bulk pass programs offered by UTA for employees of eligible organizations, it’s the first pass of its kind to be designed for residents.
Benefits: In just 12 local trips per month (6 round-trips), residents who opt in to the pass will have broken even on their investment. Having a ‘pass in pocket’, residents are more likely to use transit.
Timeframe: The program will launch in early 2014. This pass is being implemented as a one-year pilot program. If successful, UTA and SLC may choose to continue the program. The program will be refined as needed and made available to other communities.
Basis: UTA completed a random sample telephone survey to assess interest in purchasing this pass. Based on results of the survey, up to 6,000 passes could be sold.
Media Coverage:
Next Steps: To make this program a reality, work to be completed over the next few months includes:
This is a guest blog written by Sara Rose Tannenbaum of Salt Lake City’s SmartTrips Program.
On Saturday September 21st, over 40 neighbors gathered on the corner of 300 North and 900 West. While adults mingled under the shade of the giant Coca-Cola billboard, kids chased chickens and discovered eggs in the maze of sunflowers.
The reason for their gathering was the Fairpark Promenade, a collaborative “Community Walk around the Block” hosted by the Fairpark Community Council, the Urban Growth Garden and SmartTrips Fairpark.
