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

Sat Apr 6 01:44:19 UTC 2013

I don't think there will be a bus from Great Falls to Billings
directly. They are just trying to reinstate the Rimrock rutes we just
lost.

I have no idea if Rimrock will get back on the road. No information on that.

Dan

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