Transit system again looking for support from community partners

Transit system again looking for support from community partners

Tim Leeds

The number of passengers riding North Central Montana Transit system in its first year of operations has surpassed expectations by leaps and bounds.

That's the comment Jim Lyons, the system's director made at the advisory committee's meeting Tuesday.

Director Jim Lyons said the projections for annual passengers when the system was being planned was for 1,200 a year up to 4,000 a year. From Aug. 24, 2009, to Aug. 24 this year, the system saw 18,136 rides.

"If you even take that on the high side, (it's like) we're going i...