[Nfbmt] Fwd: Salt Lake Express Restoring Montana Bus Routes

Sat Apr 6 00:48:42 UTC 2013

Now if they would come to Billings, we are on the map ya know?
Well maybe giggle.

Original message:
> Great news!

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> From: "Lisa Ballard, Current Transportation Solutions"
> <lballard at currenttransportation.com>
> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 19:35:14 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Salt Lake Express Restoring Montana Bus Routes
> To: burke.dall at gmail.com

> Yesterday all services between Missoula and Billings were restored, and 
> starting
>  April 15th Great Falls to Butte will have service. See below for the
> press release.
> We are trying to keep information updated on 
> http://mtndintercity.wordpress.com/
>  
> [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001FE0eWrFG8Qd2_ycNPperQRaJMop7xMZMMxdr3vAeMoaHmuFL4XLdMZ1JCj5wZpAhyo-CDarwHJMstOGzhoz0yYVxy8atjpoXNVAFY6T5gXQKspDVMWkkmE8_xczBiJM8]
> Lisa Ballard, Current Transportation Solutions
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> Salt Lake Express Restoring Montana Bus Routes

> Companies working together to restore service to six of Montana's seven largest
> cities

> Yesterday April 4th Salt Lake Express (SLE) began running two roundtrip 
> routes a
>  day from Billings to Missoula; one of these schedules will service Helena with
> the other connecting through Butte. Starting April 15th, the Rexburg,
> Idaho based
> business will begin offering bus service in and out of Great Falls
> twice a day with
> one shuttle going to Helena and the other passing through Helena and connecting
> on to Butte. Great Falls and Helena have been without intercity bus
> service since
> March 22, when Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
> inspectors shut
> down the Billings-based Rimrock Stages bus fleet.

> "We are thrilled to be able to help out in the interim covering
> several of the routes
> previously serviced by Rimrock Stages," said Jacob Price, Operations Manager at
> Salt Lake Express (SLE). "SLE believes Rimrock Stages may resume
> operations in the
> future. If this occurs, these lines will be picked up again by
> Rimrock." Price says
> SLE will be hiring 10 to 15 local Montana drivers to cover these
> routes. All ticket
> agency and boarding locations will remain at the same locations that 
> have served
>  Rimrock Stages.

> SLE and Minnesota-based Jefferson Lines are working together to restore service
> to six of Montana's seven largest cities. They have been assisted by
> Lisa Ballard
> of the Missoula-based transit consulting company Current
> Transportation Solutions,
> who has been volunteering her time to act as a central point of
> contact and facilitator
> for the parties involved. Ballard said that Montana Department of 
> Transportation
>  (MDT), North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT), and the
> Federal Transit
> Administration (FTA) are also working hard to seek solutions.

> On Saturday, March 30 Jefferson Lines began one round trip from 
> Billings through
>  Butte to Missoula and extended its Glendive run from Fargo on into 
> Billings. In
>  combination, Salt Lake Express and Jefferson have been able to restore most of
> Montana and North Dakota intercity bus service to previous levels. US
> 93 from Missoula
> to Kalispell, and I-94 between Glendive and Bismarck remain without
> service. This
> restored service allows daytime bus travel to many Montana
> destinations, and removes
> 12-hour layovers for cross country travelers.

> "As a progressive business with great customer service we feel privileged to be
> able to help passengers by making national connections through our main express
> routes between Montana and Salt Lake City," said Price.

> All SLE's schedules are programmed to link with Greyhound, Arrow
> Stages and Jefferson
> Lines. Salt Lake Express currently provides a bus connection from
> Southeastern Idaho
> to Butte, Montana and Salt Lake Valley in Utah. They also serve West
> Yellowstone,
> Pocatello, Boise and the Cache Valley in Utah. By April 21st, their
> express routes
> will service Moab, UT and Richfield, UT.

> Current Transportation Solutions has been involved because the company
> has worked
> closely with Rimrock Stages, gaining a detailed knowledge of the
> Montana bus service
> through development of a 2011 transit plan completed under contract
> with the Montana
> Department of Transportation (MDT). Current Transportation Solutions
> has also created
> a temporary website with updates and information about the situation:
> http://mtndintercity.wordpress.com/
> [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001FE0eWrFG8Qd2_ycNPperQRaJMop7xMZMMxdr3vAeMoaHmuFL4XLdMZ1JCj5wZpAhyo-CDarwHJMstOGzhoz0yYVxy8atjpoXNVAFY6T5gXQKspDVMWkkmE8_xczBiJM8]
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