UTA trustee outlines Davis–Salt Lake five-year service plan including a 15-minute Davis–Salt Lake connector

KAYSVILLE, Utah — Utah Transit Authority Trustee Beth Holbrook told the Kaysville City Council on Thursday that UTA will implement a set of service adjustments beginning April 2025 and plans additional, larger changes by 2028 that aim to increase frequency and connectivity across Davis and Salt Lake counties.

"April 2025 is the timeline that all of these changes are going to happen," Trustee Beth Holbrook told the council, describing a new annual "change day" for schedules that had historically followed school calendars. She said the immediate updates involve rerouting and frequency increases on key north–south lines (notably routes 470 and 455) and new or adjusted routes that expand westward and to the Weber State Davis campus.

Holbrook described a planned Davis–Salt Lake Community Connector (sometimes referenced as the 470x) that, when in service, would operate every 15 minutes all day between Farmington’s Frontrunner Station and Research Park in Salt Lake City. She said preliminary service increases and new routes (including numbered routes in the 600 series) will change local and regional connectivity and that bus rapid transit (BRT) service similar to the electric OGX (Ogden BRT) is planned for South Davis by 2028.

UTA staff emphasized that implementation depends on available operators and vehicle fleets, including timing linked to bus manufacturing and operator recruitment. Holbrook said UTA’s near-term priorities are frequency and reliability: "One of the things that we are really trying to focus on is frequency. Frequency is one of the key things for connection because then you don't have to wait quite so long for your next connection."

Council members asked about stop placement in Kaysville and how UTA decides locations. Holbrook described a mixed process: UTA performs regional analysis and ridership modeling and also solicits city input. "It's a little bit of all of the above," she said. For Kaysville, she said there will likely be one or two stops in the city, with final locations determined as designs firm up.

The plan includes transit-signal prioritization technology (TSP) that keeps lights green for approaching buses to improve travel times. Holbrook noted branding of frequent-connector stops and said additional public information is available at UTA’s website (rideuta.com) and via UTA outreach as routes are finalized.

What’s next: The earliest service changes are set for April 2025, with additional corridor-scale investment and BRT planning aimed at 2028. Holbrook invited council and residents to continue engagement as stop locations and schedules are refined.