Editing Missoula, Montana (section)

====Transit====
Public transportation in Missoula began as early as 1890 with a horse-drawn streetcar system (electrified in 1910) operated by the Missoula Street Railway Company that connected Downtown Missoula with the university, [[Bonner, Montana|Bonner]], the fairgrounds, and Fort Missoula. These streetcars were then replaced by buses in 1932 due to cost.<ref name="Mathews 2008">{{cite web |last=Mathews |first=Allan J. |url=http://www.wgmgroup.com/missoula_lights.pdf |title=Missoula's Streetcars and Streetlights: An Historic Overview |publisher=WGM Group |date=April 2008 |access-date=August 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526221015/http://wgmgroup.com/missoula_lights.pdf |archive-date=May 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historicmissoula.org/Portals/hm/Historic%20Districts/Downtown/Downtown_Natl_Reg_Pages_30-44.pdf |title=Missoula Downtown Historic District |work=National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet |publisher=Missoula's Office of Planning and Grants |access-date=August 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203174335/http://historicmissoula.org/Portals/hm/Historic%20Districts/Downtown/Downtown_Natl_Reg_Pages_30-44.pdf |archive-date=February 3, 2015}}</ref> Bus service today is provided by [[Mountain Line (Montana)|Mountain Line]], a public transit agency created by public vote in 1976 as part of the Missoula Urban Transportation District (MUTD) that began operation in December 1977. Mountain Line operates 14 bus routes<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mountain Line |url=https://mountainline.com/your-trip/maps-schedules/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> within a {{convert|36|sqmi|km2|adj=on}} area, serving Missoula, East Missoula, Bonner, Target Range, Rattlesnake, and the airport. Additionally the line has offered paratransit services since 1991 to assist the disabled, senior van since 2008, and has four park‑and‑ride lots throughout Missoula.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mountainline.com |title=Mountain Line |access-date=November 17, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127201925/http://www.mountainline.com/ |archive-date=November 27, 2011}}</ref> Special bus service is offered to the University of Montana through three of the city's park‑and‑ride lots in addition to a late-night UDASH shuttle that offers service between the university and Downtown.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://udash.org |title=UDASH |publisher=University of Montana |access-date=August 9, 2015 |archive-date=November 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107095724/https://www.umt.edu/transportation/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|January 2015}} a three-year pilot program of zero-fare transportation on all Mountain Line buses began, with the goal of increasing ridership by 45 percent.<ref name="FreeBus">{{cite web |title=Zero Fare |url=http://www.mountainline.com/your-future-mountain-line/zero-fare/ |website=Mountain Line |access-date=September 22, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911232434/http://www.mountainline.com/your-future-mountain-line/zero-fare/ |archive-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref>