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

Sat Apr 6 00:56:38 UTC 2013

If I understood correctly grate falls is still trying to get to Billings.
Do you think Rim Rock will be canceled out?
Or another company will take over the routing.

Original message:
> 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!

>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> 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
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>> 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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