Utah Valley Express, also known as UVX, is a bus rapid transit (BRT) line in central Utah County, Utah, United States. The line is operated by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) and runs between southwest Orem to south central Provo by way of Utah Valley University (UVU) and Brigham Young University (BYU). It began service with a soft opening on August 13, 2018 while the station platforms were being finished and was formally opened on January 9, 2019. It is the second of several BRT lines that UTA has or is planning in Utah County and the Salt Lake Valley. Description The Utah Valley Express line connects the Orem FrontRunner station with UVU, the University Mall, BYU, downtown Provo, the Provo FrontRunner station, the Provo Towne Centre mall, the East Bay Business Park and follows a route primarily along University Parkway (SR-265) and University Avenue (US-189). The line includes 17 stops (stations) and runs at 10-15 minute intervals, with 6 minute headways during peak hours. UTA had anticipated having the Utah Valley Express operational by the time the Provo and Orem FrontRunner stations opened in the fall of 2012, but by early July 2016 construction on the line had yet to commence. The Federal Transit Administration reported that construction would begin in mid 2016 and that service would begin in 2019. The initial cost of the Utah Valley Express was estimated to be nearly $160 million. The Utah Valley Express connects with the FrontRunner at both the Provo and Orem intermodal centers (stations). The FrontRunner is a commuter rail service run by UTA that operates along the Wasatch Front with service from Provo, through Salt Lake County (including Salt Lake City), Davis County, Weber County, and Ogden. The FrontRunner also connects with UTA's TRAX light rail system in the Salt Lake Valley as well as Amtrak's (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) California Zephyr (which runs daily between Chicago, Illinois and the San Francisco Bay Area) and Greyhound inter-city buses. History As the initial route was nearing finalization in early 2013, Brigham Young University announced that it was closing a portion of East Campus Drive. Even though none of the (then current) Utah Valley Express route ran along this road (although it had been previously anticipated), the closure of this five lane road would affect traffic on nearby streets, primarily 900 East. Since the traffic projections were based upon the use