Public Transportation Contact Info
Great Falls Transit District
3905 North Star Boulevard
P.O. Box 2353
Great Falls, MT 59403-2353
406-727-0382
Public Transportation Coverage - Bus Transport
The following map illustrates those areas of Great Falls that have easy access to public transportation.
Easy access is defined as no more than a one-half mile walk from a bus route. Bus stop information is ignored.
In cases of overlapping transit authorities, the transit system in review is shown in light purple and all other transit systems are shown in yellow.
Source: Federal Transit Administration and Synergos Technologies, Inc.
Selected Public Transportation Stats
The following tables and charts give a financial and operations overview of the public transportation network in Great Falls.
Source: Federal Transit Administration - National Transit Database (1996-1998) and Synergos Technologies, Inc.
System Wide Information
General Information
Service Area Statistics
Square Miles
Population
Service Consumption
Annual Passenger Miles
Annual Unlinked Trips
Average Weekday Unlinked Trips
Average Saturday Unlinked Trips
Average Sunday Unlinked Trips
Service Supplied
Annual Vehicle Revenue Miles
Annual Vehicle Revenue Hours
Veh. Available for Max. Service
Veh. Operated in Max. Service
Base Period Requirement
Financial Information
Fare Revenues Earned
Directly Operated
Purchased Transportation
Total Fare Revenues Earned
Sources of
Operating Funds Expended
Passenger Fares
Local Funds
State Funds
Federal Assistance
Other Funds
Total Operating Funds Expended
Summary of Operating Expenses
Salaries, Wages and Benefits
Materials and Supplies
Purchased Transportation *
Other Operating Expenses
Total Operating Expenses
Reconciling Cash Expenditures
Sources of Capital Funds
Local Funds
State Funds
Federal Assistance
Total Sources
Uses of Capital Funds
Rolling Stock
Facilites and Other
Total Uses
|
1997
18
64,800
1,320,696
478,786
1,747
674
0
491,580
39,656
32
29
8
126,075
0
126,075
126,075
884,560
0
360,336
81,664
1,452,635
869,162
203,500
101,778
278,195
1,452,635
0
1,108,526
23,052
360,336
1,491,914
124,148
1,367,766
1,491,914
|
1998
18
64,800
816,842
461,232
1,674
693
0
476,454
39,858
32
29
8
134,921
0
134,921
134,921
793,385
0
477,387
100,750
1,506,443
939,024
160,382
112,313
294,724
1,506,443
0
1,129,311
20,800
477,387
1,627,498
214,404
1,413,094
1,627,498
| Change
Over
Prior Yr
0
0
(503,854)
(17,554)
(73)
19
0
(15,126)
202
0
0
0
8,846
0
8,846
8,846
(91,175)
0
117,051
19,086
53,808
69,862
(43,118)
10,535
16,529
53,808
0
20,785
(2,252)
117,051
135,584
90,256
45,328
135,584
|
|
Mode of Transportation Breakout Information
|
Bus | Demand
Response |
Operating Expense
Capital Funding
Rolling Stock
Facilites and Other
Annual Passenger Miles
Annual Vehicle Revenue Miles
Annual Vehicle Revenue Hours
Annual Unlinked Trips
Average Weekday Unlinked Trips
Fixed Guideway Directional Route Miles
Vehicles Available for Maximum Service
Vehicles Operated in Maximum Service
Directly Operated
Purchased Transportation
Average Fleet Age in Years
Peak to Base Ratio
Percent Spares
Safety
Incidents
Injuries
Fatalities
Performance Measures
Service Efficiency
Operating Expense per Vehicle Revenue Mile
Operating Expense per Vehicle Revenue Hour
Cost Effectiveness
Operating Expense per Passenger Mile
Operating Expense per Unlinked Passenger Trip
Service Effectiveness
Unlinked Passenger Trips per Vehicle Revenue Mile
Unlinked Passenger Trips per Vehicle Revenue Hour
| $1,394,130
1,627,498
214,404
1,413,094
784,888
444,500
36,192
447,134
1,623
.0
17
14
14
0
8.6
1.8
21%
0
0
0
3.14
38.52
1.78
3.12
1.01
12.35
| $112,313
0
0
0
31,954
31,954
3,666
14,098
51
.0
15
15
0
15
.0
.0
%
0
0
0
3.51
30.64
3.51
7.97
0.44
3.85
|
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