“We’re not trying to damage your community in any way,” Callison said. UTA’s Manager of Service Planning Eric Callison said UTA implements service and employee contract changes three times a year, typically in April, August and December, but it tries to make major changes in August. The Utah Transit Authority held a 30-day open comment period from March 2 through April 1. “I felt that, as someone who advocates for democracy, open government transparency, if you’re going to make a major change … that the people should be informed and allowed to provide input and tell the policymakers how this would impact them,” she said. The flyers’ other points - such as housing values or homeless activity - were added by others and don’t represent her own views, Holland said. She said her biggest concern is that her neighborhood wasn’t sufficiently notified of the changes. Weitz May 10, 2022īut Laurie Holland, an Avenues resident who helped create the flyer, said she is not anti-bus at all - in fact, she rode the bus for years. Something truly terrible appears to happen at 11th Ave's altitude.- Ashley S. My neighbors are honestly so embarrassing. “Folks who use public transit, whether that’s out of necessity or out of a conscientious decision to do so, are often seen as less-than or adolescent,” he said.

Something truly terrible appears to happen at 11th Ave’s altitude,” one wrote.Ĭragun said there are “a lot of inaccurate and incorrect assertions” in the flyer, and that people have treated public transportation as second tier for decades. “My neighbors are honestly so embarrassing. Respondents expressed frustration with people in the Avenues who have NIMBY (“not in my backyard”) attitudes. And a couple one might not, including that the new routes would decrease housing values and that buses will bring “homeless inhabitants” to the area.Ĭragun, who describes his interests as “music, public policy, politics and transit” on the social media network, was upset. It listed concerns one might expect, such as busier streets and increased noise.

“New bus route will affect you!” the unofficial flyer reported.

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