The Utah Transit Authority reports Salt Lake City had the nation's second biggest increase in ridership for light rail in the country, second only to Memphis at 45.7 percent. The increase in FrontRunner ridership was in the top 10 nationwide for commuter rail, at 8.5 percent, ninth in the country.
A new report from the American Public Transportation Association crunched the numbers for 27 light-rail systems across the country. Twenty-five of the 27 reported increased ridership. When combining bus, light rail and commuter rail service, public transportation ridership jumped 5 percent in the first quarter of 2012 over the first three months of 2011. The combined service increase for UTA year over year was 7.5 percent. Deseret News
