Utah Code 17B-2a-827. Integration of public transit services and facilities
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(1) If a public transit district provides public transit services in an area that is adjacent to or overlaps with an area in which public transit services are also provided by another public transit provider, including a public-private partnership entity, the public transit district and the public transit provider entity shall ensure that:
Terms Used In Utah Code 17B-2a-827
- Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section
72-1-201 . See Utah Code 17B-2a-802 - facilities: includes any structure, building, system, land, water right, water, or other real or personal property required to provide a service that a special district is authorized to provide, including any related or appurtenant easement or right-of-way, improvement, utility, landscaping, sidewalk, road, curb, gutter, equipment, or furnishing. See Utah Code 17B-1-102
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Public transit: means regular, continuing, shared-ride, surface transportation services that are open to the general public or open to a segment of the general public defined by age, disability, or low income. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
- Public transit district: means a special district that provides public transit services. See Utah Code 17B-2a-802
(1)(a) any public transit facilities of one provider connect with the public transit facilities of the other provider;
(1)(b) the schedules of all relevant public transit providers are coordinated as one public transit system; and
(1)(c)
(1)(c)(i) if both public transit providers collect a fare directly from public transit passengers, an integrated and uniform fare system is implemented across the coordinated public transit system; and
(1)(c)(ii) the revenue generated from the uniform fare system is equitably divided among the public transit providers according to service provided and mileage covered.
(2) A public transit district and a public transit provider, including a public-private partnership entity, may negotiate the ability of one public transit provider to operate on the transit facilities of the other public transit provider.
(3)
(3)(a) The Department of Transportation shall oversee the negotiation, integration, and coordination described in Subsection (1).
(3)(b) For the negotiation, integration, or coordination between a public transit district and a public-private partnership, the oversight described in Subsection (3)(a) applies only to fixed-route bus or rail services.