3500 South MAX

3500 South MAX
3500 South MAX bus at the West Valley Intermodal Hub
Overview
Type	Bus rapid transit (BRT)
System	UTA MAX
Status	operating
Locale	Salt Lake County, Utah  United States
Termini	Magna Millcreek TRAX Station
Stations	26
Daily ridership	4,200 daily (2010)
Operation
Opened	14 July 2008
Owner	Utah Transit Authority (UTA)
Operator(s)	UTA
Character	At-grade street running
Technical
Line length	10.8 miles (17.4 km)
Operating speed	40 miles per hour (64 km/h) (maximum posted speed limit)
Route number	35M

3500 South MAX is a bus rapid transit (BRT) line in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States operated by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) that runs between Magna through West Valley City to South Salt Lake. It opened for service on 14 July 2008 and is the first of several BRT lines that UTA is planning in the Salt Lake Valley and Utah County.MAX (UTA's brand name for its BRT lines) is described by UTA as "light rail on rubber tires".

The 3500 South MAX line connects Magna with the West Valley Intermodal Hub in West Valley City and the Millcreek TRAX Station in South Salt Lake along a route 10.8 miles (17.4 km) on 3500/3300 South (SR-171). Costs for the project totaled $7 million (equivalent to $7,787,000 in 2016); a light rail extension along the same route would have cost $100 million (equivalent to $111,236,000 in 2016). Each of the initial 22 stations along the MAX line were designed by University of Utah architecture students. The 3500 South MAX runs Monday through Saturday (no Sunday service) from about 6:00 am to midnight (every fifteen minutes on weekdays and every half-hour on Saturdays) to coincide with the TRAX schedule (except Sunday service). Original plans were to discontinue MAX service between the Millcreek and West Valley Central TRAX Stations once the West Valley extension of the TRAX Green Line was completed. However, said service still continues years after the Green Line opened.