Fare free transport in Missoula & City Walkability Rating with Shanti Johnson

We know that accessible public transportation is not just about getting from point a to b but about making a more livable place.

-Shanti Johnson
New electric buses & bus-stop infrastructure in Missoula, Photo: Mountain Line

A talk with Shanti Johnson of Mountain Line- Missoula, Montana’s “community bus service, provides zero-fare fixed-route bus and Paratransit service in and around Missoula and the University of Montana.”

New electric buses & bus-stop infrastructure in Missoula, Photo: Mountain Line
New electric buses & bus-stop infrastructure in Missoula, Photo: Mountain Line

We also did a City Walkability Rating with Shanti in which she provided the following scores for Missoula:

Cycle Friendliness: 7/8

Walkability: overall 6 / central city 10

PT: city 7/ rural 5

New electric buses & bus-stop infrastructure in Missoula, Photo: Mountain Line
New electric buses & bus-stop infrastructure in Missoula, Photo: Mountain Line