Here’s a map from a regional bus service that I had to unexpectedly use this last week in order to get to Idaho Falls from Salt Lake City Airport. Linking the Salt Lake Valley with the major regional centres of southern Idaho (Boise, Idaho Falls and Rexburg), Salt Lake Express is a vital transportation option, especially when airfares for the shuttle flights from SLC into Idaho Falls are ridiculously high (grumble, grumble).

While the map is rather nicely designed, it only shows the general extent of the service area, not actual routes. This higher level of detail could be a very handy thing to know for travellers, as on my trip, some people seemed a little confused as to where and if they needed to transfer to complete their journey: Pocatello is a transfer point for those travelling between Salt Lake and Boise, for example.

The other major fault of the map is that it doesn’t show every town that the buses stop at – on this trip, the bus also stopped at Malad City in Idaho, while on a previous trip, it stopped at McCammon, ID as well.

Minor quibbles: the labels for Rigby and Rexburg are a little awkwardly placed and the dotted line between Logan and the main route line isn’t explained in the legend.

Our rating: Looks good, although it could be a little more useful for potential travellers trying to work out how to get from here to there. Two-and-a-half stars.

Source: Salt Lake Express Facebook page