Moab, Utah, launches city's first transit service

[marmar]

Moab, Utah, marked the launch of the city’s pilot transit service that will operate as Moab Area Transit (MAT), a fare-free, fixed-route and on-demand service designed to offer transportation options in Moab to residents and visitors.

A $10 million Utah Hotspot grant, which is administered by the Utah Department of Transportation, supported the development and launch of MAT. The Hotspot grant was awarded in 2018 to support projects that reduce traffic congestion, support economic development and increase recreation and tourism opportunities. Additional funding for MAT was provided by the city of Moab and Grand County.

One goal of the service is to reduce downtown traffic congestion and encourage visitors to leave their cars at their hotels. The city has a permanent population of more than 5,300 but hosts millions of visitors annually who come to visit nearby National Parks.

The Moab Area Transit program includes an on-demand microtransit service that will provide door-to-door transportation to and from any location within the broader service area. Transportation will be provided using 13 MAT-branded passenger vans. .............(more)

https://www.masstransitmag.com/bus/article/53042285/moab-utah-launches-citys-first-transit-service

[MuseRider]

1. Amazing!

I have been there twice but it has been quite a long time ago. Both times stopping there to look around but headed somewhere else. I can picture it plainly however, one main road with a hotel on the left as you came in and then at the other end a hotel off the road on the left where we stayed. LOL. It was a cool place and the desert around there was awesome but to think of it needing transit just kind of blew my mind. Of course they do with the tourists and I am sure it has grown although probably not by much. It seemed like a hard place to live, to me anyway.