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

Sat Apr 6 00:51:03 UTC 2013

They already started up Missoula to Billings this week.  You were the
first thing on the list!

On 4/5/13, d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net> wrote:
> 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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