Comprehensive Operational Analysis
Do you need a bus route in your neighborhood? More frequent bus service? Sunday service? More transportation options? The Missoula Urban Transportation District, operators of Mountain Line, is currently working on both short and long term planning to improve services throughout Missoula’s bus system.
Thank you to all those who attended Mountain Line’s three public workshops and to those who completed the online survey. The input received at the workshops and via the survey will provide needed comment to develop the Transportation District’s short and long range plans, with the long range plan providing strategic direction for the agency through 2040. Areas of emphasis in the planning include improved bus service to complement the community’s vision of a highly walkable and transit-friendly urban core, commuter service to and from surrounding communities, the initial planning for the urban streetcar envisioned in the Missoula Downtown Master Plan, and needed public transportation amenities and infrastructure.
In addition to the initial public workshops ans surveys, the Transportation District’s outreach will also involve several focus groups and involvement from a Regional Coordinating Committee.
After the development of multiple alternatives, the Transportation District will conduct a subsequent round of public workshops in early 2012. The input from these workshops will assist in the development of a preferred alternative to be considered for approval by the Transportation District.
“Public involvement is a high priority in this planning process,” says Board Chairman Don MacArthur. “With over $120 million in public transportation funds available over the next 30 years, it’s critical that planning efforts result in an even more livable transportation system.”
For more information on the Missoula Urban Transportation District’s planning efforts, please call 406-543-8386.
Click on the links below to view presentations that have been developed as a part of Mountain Line’s Long-Range Planning and Comprehensive Operational Analysis:
Urban Streetcar Study: Transit Oriented Development and Streetcar Finance
City of Missoula Long-Range Transit Plan
