Transit Advocacy ft. Curtis Haring: Episode 13

Utah Transit Riders Union: https://utru.org/

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Timestamps

• 00:00 Cities Skylines
• 00:41 Intro: Curtis Haring, Executive Director of UTRU
• 01:07 The News
  • 01:26 Montreal REM delays
  • 02:16 Double-tracking on Indiana's South Shore line
• 02:52 Curtis's background
• 04:07 Transit in Bountiful, UT
• 05:30 Lifelong transit rider
• 06:57 Background in advocacy
• 09:09 UTRU & UTA: adversarial ally
• 10:42 Other transit systems in Utah
• 11:28 Curtis's routes
• 12:18 August 2022 Change Day & Rose Park
• 13:17 Brief history of UTRU
  • 14:23 The seven-day challenge
  • 15:05 UTRU post-pandemic
  • 16:28 Transit is at a crossroads
  • 18:13 The climate crisis
  • 18:50 Successes of UTRU
• 20:15 Community councils
  • 20:50 The Avenues
  • 23:56 Everything's local
• 25:12 UTRU outreach & awareness
• 28:13 The future rider
• 28:56 Representatives & bus stops
• 30:42 Biggest issues along the Wasatch Front
  • 31:01 Rubber-stamping roads projects, transit eh
  • 31:27 UDOT taking over rail building
  • 33:18 Utah grew up when cars became a thing
  • 34:01 Lack of transit education
• 37:46 Free Fare February & barriers
  • 41:14 UVX
  • 42:34 Free Fare Forever?
  • 45:15 Why car?
• 46:42 Advice for people who want to get involved
  • 48:42 Building communities around people
  • 49:37 Utah's future
• 50:30 Blathering on
  • 50:41 Cities Skylines
  • 51:44 Complaining about microtransit
  • 56:06 30 minute minimum frequency
• 58:37 Engage with policymakers
• 59:55 Transit is an issue of economics
• 1:01:23 Ribbon-cutting
• 1:03:03 Outro: follow UTRU

References & notes

1. [1] CBC: Opening of most REM light rail stations pushed back to end of 2024
2. [2] Mass Transit: Construction begins for 'game changing' South Shore Line Double Track project
3. [3] The Salt Lake Tribune Archive: UTA says committee meetings are no longer public, which may violate Utah law

See also

4. [4] Transit Riders of the United States Together (TRUST)
5. [5] Wikipedia: List of urban transit advocacy organisations