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Senate committee hears proposal for statewide public-transit interim study
Summary
Sen. Andrea Olsen introduced Senate Joint Resolution 19 seeking an interim study of public transportation across Montana. Proponents described gaps in rural transit, medical-access constraints, and local pilot successes; Department of Transportation officials said several studies are already under way.
Senator Andrea Olsen, sponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 19, told the Senate Transportation Committee she brought the resolution to request an interim study of public transportation across Montana "on behalf of all the people in Montana who wanna be able to get from 1 place to another reliably." The hearing drew rural residents, transit operators and state transportation officials who described gaps in services and local efforts to fill them.
The study would examine transit options and funding statewide, Olson said, and aim to address safety and access for people who cannot or do not drive. "This is whether you have a car or not by the way, I believe," Senator Andrea Olsen said in her opening remarks.
Proponents emphasized that lack of transit limits access to medical care and daily needs in rural…
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