1 headquarters missoula montana service area missoula montana service type bus service paratransit routes 13 annual ridership 933 694 2015 2 fuel type biodiesel operator missoula urban transportation district website mountainline.com mountain line is a public transit system providing service to the community of missoula montana and the university of montana . the legal name of mountain line is the missoula urban transportation district which is governed by a board whose members are appointed by the city of missoula and missoula county . contents 1 history 2 services 2.1 route list 3 facilities 3.1 head office 3.2 transfer center 3.3 park and ride lots 4 references 5 external links history edit the missoula urban transportation district mutd was established via a ballot measure in june 1976 . the mutd formed the mountain line and began operating buses in december 1977 . 1 on january 5 2015 the mountain line began a three year demonstration project that provided free bus service to all passengers . 3 the project costs 460 000 annually and is funded by the city of missoula the university of montana and 12 other community partners . 4 by the end of the year the service saw a 38 percent increase in ridership with 300 000 additional passengers . 5 services edit mountain line operates 13 fixed routes on weekdays 11 of which also operate on saturdays . there is no service on sundays or most major holidays . 15 minute frequent transit service is available on the bolt route while most other routes operate on 30 or 60 minute schedules . during the saturdays in the summer mountain line also operates a trolley to two farmers markets and a craft market in downtown missoula . additionally mountain line operates a trolley to out to lunch an outdoor concert series on wednesdays during the summer . paratransit service is provided for people with disabilities who are unable to ride fixed route buses . route list edit bolt 1 downtown university community hospital bolt 2 target plaza southgate mall route 3 northside route 4 east broadway park and ride east missoula bonner route 5 rattlesnake route 6 higgins dornblaser opportunity resources southgate mall route 7 downtown southgate mall route 8 adams center 5th 6th southgate mall route 9 good food store target range community hospital route 11 n reserve st expressway airport route 12 downtown university dornblaser south hills route 14 broadway russell facilities edit head office edit address 1221 shakespeare street missoula coordinates 46 53 02 n 114 00 36 w 46.88389 n 114.01000 w 46.88389 ; 114.01000 facilities head office administration bus storage and maintenance opened 1980 transfer center edit address 200 west pine street missoula coordinates 46 52 25.8 n 113 59 42.2 w 46.873833 n 113.995056 w 46.873833 ; 113.995056 facilities transfer point waiting area restrooms opened 2000 park and ride lots edit lewis and clark route 12 coordinates 46 50 43.12 n 113 59 50.00 w 46.8453111 n 113.9972222 w 46.8453111 ; 113.9972222 dornblaser routes 1 6 12 coordinates 46 50 54.05 n 113 59 50.13 w 46.8483472 n 113.9972583 w 46.8483472 ; 113.9972583 references edit a b history . mountain line . retrieved august 23 2016 . facts . mountain line . retrieved august 23 2016 . erickson david january 5 2015 . riders take advantage of first day of free mountain line bus service . missoulian . retrieved august 23 2016 . wahba monique september 3 2015 . free transit attracts riders and helps communities in more ways than one . mobility lab . retrieved august 23 2016 . kidston martin december 25 2015 . update 2015 mountain line smashes ridership records in first year of zero fare . missoulian . retrieved august 23 2016 . external links edit mountainline.com official website missoula urban transportation district board of directors v t e missoula montana climate demographics economy mayors history culture downtown missoula education high schools big sky hellgate sentinel seeley swan loyola sacred heart high school valley christian higher education university of montana um college of technology museums fort missoula montana museum of art & culture missoula art museum geography mountains blue mountain mount jumbo mount sentinel south hills lolo peak montana snowbowl rivers bitterroot blackfoot clark fork history places glacial lake missoula fort missoula missoula cemetery people christopher p. higgins frank worden judge frank woody andrew b. hammond media television kpax 8.1 cbs mtn 8.2 cw kufm 11.1 pbs 11.2 kids 11.3 create 1.4 world 11.5 tvmt keci 13.1 nbc ktmf 23.1 abc 23.2 fox k32eu 32 pbs print missoula independent missoulian montana kaimin breweries bayern brewing big sky brewing draught works brewery kettle house brewing taproom only tamarack brewing flathead lake brewing services healthcare st. patrick hospital and health sciences center community medical center transportation missoula international airport mountain line bus interstate 90 highway 12 highway 93 sports teams montana grizzlies osprey baseball hellgate rollergirls venues washington grizzly stadium football ogren park at allegiance field baseball glacier ice rink hockey dornblaser field soccer dahlberg arena basketball missoula county fairgrounds horse racing university of montana facilities schools & colleges athletics research centers and institutes um portal category people from missoula user missoula template retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mountain line montana & oldid 735940459 categories bus transportation in montanaparatransit services in the united statestransportation in missoula county montana1976 establishments in montana navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 24 august 2016 at 03 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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