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Outside the park, the businesses on
TRANSPORTATION
U.S. Highway 2 near Glacier hope to get
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involved with either the existing trans-
portation services or start some of their
ple took the shuttles.
own.
Riding the shuttles is free, and the
Teresa Woehler, an administrator for
service is paid for through a $7.50 charge the Gateway to Glacier business group
on each park entrance fee for vehicles.
and co-owner of the Historic Tamarack
The shuttle bus leet, consisting of Lodge in Coram, said multiple business-
eight large Optima models and 27 small- es in Badrock Canyon want to meet with
er Sprinter models, takes cars of the park administration and the private
road and reduces emissions in the park, concessioners who run the tour buses
but maintaining it is costly, running at to see if bus stops at local businesses are
about $800,000 per year.
possible.
“Our shuttle system is very popu- Similar attempts in the past have
lar, and one of the things we’re looking failed, Woehler said, but the business
at with the corridor management plan group intends to keep trying or igure
is how do we manage shuttle use along out their own solution to getting more
with the mandate to take care of the re- A Red Bus passes a group of modern buses used by Glacier National Park to move hikers and vistors people into the park with fewer vehicles.
sources,” Germann said.
throughout the park, as well as reduce traic on the Going-to-the-Sun Road. “There’s obviously a need for it,”
Whether the park keeps the shuttle BEACON FILE PHOTO
Woehler said. “I’m interested in working
system after construction on the Going- with the Gateway group, possibly start- ready,” Novak said.
This year, shuttle service runs from
to-the-Sun is inished, which is expected ing up a shuttle service using grant mon- Replacing the entire leet would cost
July 1 to Sept. 7, adding a few days com-
to be 2017, will be one of the decisions ey. Our guests could travel in and out of between $4 million and $6 million. pared to last year. There will also be
made through the corridor plan, she said.
the park without taking their own vehi- Novak expects ridership on the shut- three Glacier Express morning shuttles
Dale Novak, part of Glacier Park cles and it (would) reduce the amount of tles to increase this year, now that the taking visitors directly to Logan Pass
shuttle operations for Eagle Transit, traic on the roads.”
transit center in Apgar is also the site of each morning, running between 7 a.m.
said the Sprinter buses on the leet usu- Having more people at the park is a the upgraded visitors center. He believes and 7:45 a.m., without stopping along
ally have a 10-year expected lifetime, boon for local businesses, Woehler said, the county and Eagle Transit have a sol- the way.
and while the Glacier buses don’t log as but there’s no desire for more conges- id working relationship with the park,
There has already been one round
many miles as other buses might, the tion or to negatively impact the park that and hopes it continues.
of public comment on the proposed cor-
miles they do run are strenuous.
brings all the business in the irst place.
“It’ll be interesting to see if they de-
ridor study, and the park is currently
The oldest of the Sprinters are from “It’s just a matter of having these cide to keep with it,” Novak said. “I re- identifying alternatives, Germann said.
2006 and will likely need to be refur- services and having these infrastruc- ally think it’s a beneit because of how Public comment on any proposed alter-
bished or replaced in a couple years, No- tures in place,” she said.
many cars we take of that road.”
natives will be in the fall.
vak said. The park is working on getting For more information on the Going- According to the corridor plan study, Other popular forms of transporta-
grants to replace the leet, and keeps up- to-the-Sun Road Corridor Management the shuttle system reduced vehicles on tion in the park include the historic Red
dating the buses little by little.
Plan, visit www.parkplanning.nps.gov/ Going-to-the-Sun Road by about 15 to Bus tours, and Sun Tours, which focus
“We spend a lot of money in the of glac.
20 percent during the busiest times of on the Blackfeet tribe’s history and cul-
season repairing and getting everything
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