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Car-free living becomes a reality with regional, multimodal transit

High Valley Transit’s integrated network connects a small downtown with the surrounding mountains for residents and winter sports enthusiasts alike.

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47%
year over year growth in fixed-route ridership
60%
improvement in paratransit efficiency by commingling with microtransit
75%
of trip requests received a fixed-route or intermodal proposal

The bottom line.

Fixed-route bus lines, on-demand microtransit, and paratransit work seamlessly together to make car-free travel an appealing option in rural Summit and Wasatch counties. Behind the scenes, a custom-tailored algorithm directs passengers to the right mode for their requested trip, balancing cost-efficiency, convenience, and rider ability needs.

Tell me more.

High Valley Transit was born in 2021 as a brand-new transit agency with a multimodal, tech-powered approach to rural mobility. Via’s multimodal rider app and mode assignment logic makes their vision possible: fixed-route headways stay low —  as low as 15 minutes — while microtransit fills in the gaps with short wait times. Intermodal trips, combining fixed-route and microtransit, make cross-county travel possible for the first time without a private vehicle. Commingling paratransit and microtransit trips allows for more spontaneous paratransit travel and leads to greater operational efficiency.

high valley map and schedule

 

I rely on HVT as part of my regular local commute strategy. I choose not to drive anymore and am hoping for expansion of services so that I never have to drive again.

Summit County Rider

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Location
Summit and Wasatch counties, Utah
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Geography
Rural
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Use case
Fixed route, microtransit, paratransit