Check here to get the latest important information about what’s going on at Mountain Line. Changes to routing and schedules, closures, public hearing information and other important facts will be posted here.

RIDE FREE TO OUT TO LUNCH

Each Wednesday - June 3rd Through August 26, 2009

A Bus Will Serve the Lewis & Clark Transfer Center and Dornblaser Park & Ride approximately every 15 Minutes between 10:45 am and 1:45 pm.

Mobile Phone Website Released - http://mobile.mountainline.com/

A website for mobile phones designed to make it easier for commuters to find route and schedule information on the go. The website, available at http://mobile.mountainline.com/, is a simplified website with basic schedule information that is specifically designed for display on small screens. Passengers with cellular phones, BlackBerries or other mobile devices can access the site from anywhere they happen to be, even while running to the bus stop.

Jordan Hess, a student of geography at The University of Montana who also launched Google Transit for Mountain Line, designed the site. The site is a great way to harness cellular phones to give passengers more information. "This service will be great for those times when you need to catch a bus but don’t have a schedule handy.” said Hess. "Many people want to ride the bus for the environmental or cost benefits, but don’t know where to start; this will help them have the confidence to climb on board.”

“Mountain Line is looking to cost effective technologies to provide convenience to our passengers.” said General Manager Steve Earle. 

The website is the latest in a series of technological improvements designed to make it easier to ride the bus. Last year, Mountain Line added a trip planner, Google Transit, designed to help bus patrons plan their bus trip. Mountain Line is also in the process of upgrading its website.

Kids Ride Free 6/1/09 - 8/31/09

Beginning June 1st through August 31, 2009, anyone 18 and younger may ride Mountain Line buses FREE.   Sponsored by Missoula In Motion, St. Patrick Hospital, Southgate Mall, Missoula Federal Credit Union and Simmons Media.

Saturday Market Trolley Begins 5/2/09

Beginning Saturday May 2, 2009, The Market Trolley will begin serving The Farmers Market, The Peoples Market and The Clark Fork Market.

Park free at the Lewis and Clark Transfer Center, Dornblaser, or either of the downtown parking structures, and ride the Trolley FREE to the Saturday markets.

Service begins at 8:55 am and runs approximately every 20 minutes 
The last trip leaves downtown at 11:45 am.

                                                                      

Route 5 Routing To Change December 1, 2008

All route 5 buses will resume using Redwood Street between Duncan and Woodland.

                                                                       

Weekday Route 5 Morning Schedule To Change December 1, 2008

There will no longer be an outbound Route 5 trip departing the Transfer Center at 8:45am or an inbound Route 5 trip leaving Lincoln Road and Lincolnwood at 8:55am as shown on the schedule. 

This trip is replaced by an outbound trip departing the Transfer Center at 8:15am and an inbound trip leaving Lincoln Road and Lincolnwood at 8:25am. This trip is not shown on the current schedule.

                                                                       

PASSENGER CODE OF CONDUCT – Rev 8/28/08

For the comfort and safety of all passengers, the following conduct is expected of all passengers using Mountain Line services:

• Pay or show your pass promptly upon boarding the bus.
• Cooperate with requests from Mountain Line personnel. 
• Be considerate.
• Respect the privacy of others. 

Refrain from behavior that intrudes on the welfare of others including, but not limited to:
• Interfering with the safe operation of any Mountain Line vehicle. 
• Endangering or threatening the welfare of others.
• Roughhousing.
• Profanity or offensive language
• Screaming, shouting or playing loud music.
• Placing your feet on seats or seat backs, or lying down on the seats.
• Threatening, harassing or intimidating others.
• Refusing to relinquish posted seating to the elderly or disabled. 
• Smoking or eating in unauthorized areas. 
• Littering.
• Spitting. 
• Urinating or defecating except in restroom facilities.
• Drinking alcoholic beverages.
• Possession of an open container of an alcoholic beverage.
• Drunk and/or disorderly conduct.
• Loitering without intent to utilize Mountain Line services.
• Indecent exposure.
• Throwing any object at transit property or at any person on transit property. 
• Discharging a laser-emitting device on a transit vehicle, directing such a device from a transit vehicle toward any other moving vehicle or directing such a device toward any transit operator or passenger.
• Bringing onto transit property, odors and substances which unreasonably disturb others or interfere with their use of the transit system, whether such odors or substances are from one’s person, clothes, articles, accompanying animal or any other source. 

ANYONE WHO FAILS TO COMPLY MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE BUS AND/OR FACILITY AS WELL AS BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW. 

The code of conduct applies to all activities that occur in or on:
• Any Mountain Line vehicle.
• Transfer Centers.
• Park and Ride lots.
• Bus stops, shelters or other passenger facilities.

You may appeal any of these rules by requesting appeal information at 543-8386.

Mountain Line Fare Increase 10/1/08

Cash Fare changes are as follows:
Adult Cash Fare from $0.85 to $1.00; Senior / Adult with Disability Cash Fare from $0.35 to $0.50; and, Youth Cash Fare from $0.25 to $0.35

Pass Price changes are as follows:
Day Pass from $1.75 to $2.00; Adult 11 Ride Ticket from $7:50 to $10.00; Senior / Adult with Disability 11 ride from $3.00 to $4.00; Adult Monthly from $24.00 to $25.00; Adult with Disability Monthly from $12.00 to $12.50; and, Youth Monthly from $7.00 to $8.00

The last Mountain Line Fare Increase occurred in 1994.  

Google Transit is now up and running for Missoula.  Use Google Maps to:

·        Get step-by-step transit directions

·        Find transit stops in your area

Google Transit web site:  http://www.google.com/transit

Google Transit Missoula:  

http://www.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&dirflg=r&ll=46.891807,-114.031186&spn=0.144125,0.332959

Route & Schedule Changes - Effective 9/8/08

Route 2:
Outbound routing will travel south on Russell Street turning right at 3rd, left at Johnson, left at South, right at Grant and into the new bus stop at Southgate Mall. Inbound routing from Southgate Mall will travel from Grant Street turning left on South, right on Johnson, right on 3rd and left on Russell Street. This routing arrangement would provide needed time to this route by shortening the traveling distance. The streets no longer traveled by this arrangement: Catlin, 10th, Eaton and North, would be served by a change on route 8. 

Route 3:
The direction of travel will be reversed. From the Transfer Center buses will turn right on Orange, left on Spruce, right on Scott, right on Pullman, right on Dickens, left on Stoddard to North 5th, right on Orange and to the Transfer Center. This routing arrangement eliminates travel on Holmes and Defoe streets. 

Route 4:
Inbound time points from West Riverside and Staple and US 200 will be adjusted, in the afternoon only, to allow buses to flow through without layover for timely arrivals at the Transfer Center. 

Route 5:
All buses will travel west on Lolo, right on Duncan, right on Linden, right on Woodland, left on Lolo and return to normal routing. One bus stop will be developed in this area to eliminate multiple stops. 

Route 6:
The inbound time points will be adjusted beginning at Southgate Mall, utilizing the time saved by the routing change on the outbound route 2. 

Route 8:
This route will be extended to 60 minutes and will serve Southgate Mall. Buses will travel outbound through current routing to the Adams Center traveling west on 5th Street turning left at Catlin, right at 10th, left at Eaton, left at North, right at Johnson, left at South, right at Grant and into the new bus stop at Southgate Mall. Inbound from Southgate Mall buses will travel from Grant turning left at South, right at Johnson, left at North, right at Eaton, right at 10th, left at Catlin, right at 5th, right at Russell, left at 6th to the Adams Center, to the Madison Street bridge, left at Main and to the Transfer Center downtown. 

Route 10:
The outbound 6:45am route 10 will no longer turn off of the highway to serve either the Airport or the Smoke Jump Center. A route 11 change will provide the needed timely service directly to the Smoke Jump Center shelter as well as the airport. 

Route 11:
The 6:45am route 11 trip will travel along West Broadway from downtown directly to the Smoke Jump Center shelter arriving 10 minutes earlier than current service. 

All route 11 trips will travel outbound as well as inbound along West Broadway between the Transfer Center and Latimer Street. The Pleasant View subdivision will be served inbound as well as outbound on all but the 5:40am and the 6:45am express trips.

All route 11 trips, with the exception of the 5:40am and the 6:45am express trips, will travel westbound along Expressway and eastbound on Highway 10 West. The express trips will travel eastbound along Expressway and westbound on Highway 10 West. 

Additional route 11 trips will be schedule to leave the Transfer Center at 8:45am, 11:45am and 3:15pm.