[Nfbmt] FW: Schedule for Big Bear Transit: Starting date on Friday Jan. 23, 2014

[Bruce&Joy Breslauer]

Not to be a wet blanket, but another point to consider is that taking a bus
on a whim is something of an expense for one on a fixed or low income, where
discretionary funds may be limited or nonexistent.  Although it could be
loads of fun, taking a bus several hundred miles out of your way both ways
just to get to a certain destination to have lunch and go shopping with
friends may simply be out of the question for some folks.  In order to make
a bus run economical, it will need to have a base ridership large enough and
consistent enough to sustain it.  I'm sure that Gerry knows this, or will
soon learn it if he doesn't.  

Joy

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rebecca Stewart
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 9:09 PM
To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] FW: Schedule for Big Bear Transit: Starting date on
Friday Jan. 23, 2014

I guess Big Bear won't benefit you guys much unless you want to take the bus
to Missoula and transfer to the Big Bear bus here.  It helps the rest of us
out a lot though and I guess if you want to take Big Bear bad enough to go
to Great Falls, you will come to Missoula and transfer.  Transportation is
never awesomely convenient when you are blind but at least we can accomplish
it now.  I'm certainly not complaining. It's been my experience that if the
persons who are running the routes can see a real interest and need for
additional routes, like a route from Billings to Great Falls directly, then
someone will make it happen but if no one is trying to get from Great Falls
to Billings on the bus, then no one will see the need for a route and so
none will be put together.  If we don't use this Big Bear route, then we
will lose it also.  I don't want to lose our bus service to Great Falls and
Helena again so I'm going to make a point of taking it whenever possible so
it will succeed and maybe even expand.  
Becca   

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James Aldrich
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 7:41 PM
To: nfbmt at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] FW: Schedule for Big Bear Transit: Starting date on
Friday Jan. 23, 2014

Hi Rebecca and all,

There hasn't been a direct bus from Billings to Great Falls for some time
now!  We got there through Butte and Helena, and before Rimrock shut down,
we had a more direct route to Helena which doesn't exist any more.  Imagine,
we'd have to figure out how to connect with Big Bear presently!

Jim

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