After two months of fares, bus riders sticking around

It seems North Central Montana Transit's buses are so popular, people are even willing to pay to ride them.

Back in April the transit system started charging a $1 fare for the Blue and Red lines, that run from Box Elder/Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation to Havre and from Fort Belknap Indian Reservation to Havre respectively.

According to Jim Lyons, NCMT director, the new fares have had no effect on the amount of people using the system.

"It's been positively wonderful, " Lyons said. "The numbers have stayed right where they were before. "

He said he had just been reviewing numbers for the stre...