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

Sat Apr 6 01:54:50 UTC 2013

OK so Grate Falls would go to Bute then transfer to Billings?
Now I get those mixed up.
No that would be nice if there was a straight threw route.
I miss those folks over there, they know who they are.

Original message:
> 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
>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>>>> 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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