Utah Transit Authority Transit Express (TRAX)

Since its inception as a way to move spectators during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, the Salt Lake City transit system, Transit Express (TRAX), has served the city and its surrounding suburbs as a quick and affordable way to travel. When the first line opened in 1999, estimates predicted that the system would move approximately 15,000 people a day. However, current statistics from APTA show that ridership has increased exponentially, to approximately 53,000 customers a day in the last quarter of 2008. There are now plans to add at least 3 new lines to the 19-mile system, extending it to the airport and farther into the growing suburbs.