Canyon Creek
Canyon Creek, MT · Traffic & Transit
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Inducing Demand for Tuesday’s Headlines
What really cuts down on traffic is access to driving alternatives. Yet the proposed Bipartisantransportation bill, the BUILD America 250 Act, would cut transit by 20 percent while raising road construction funding by 8 percent. (Transportation for America) Surprise, surprise: A network of protected bike lanes is more likely to...
KBZK News
Montana's first winter storm causes accidents, delays for travelers
kitchentablenews.org
Helena Public Transit Transformation: Exploring New Bus Alternatives
A local police officer highlights mental health protections for emergency workers. The city will close for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and a chess tournament hits the calendar next weekend. Weather Preview 🌤️. This week starts cooler than normal, with highs in the 40s on Monday, says National Weather Service...
Collinsville Daily News
Helena crews prepare for weekend snow and road clearing
Helena, Mont. — The weather may look sunny now, but snow is projected in the forecast for the weekend. That pushed the City of Helena Street Division to get ready for the first significant snowfall expected this weekend as city crews prepare to keep roads clear and safe. City of Helena Deputy Director of Transportation Chris Couey said crews are on standby in case the weather arrived over the weekend. “We do have people standing by so if we do get weather over the weekend, we’ll have people ready to get in trucks and clear everything out,” said Couey. Couey explained the street division always expects Montana’s first snowfall before Halloween. He said officials started outfitting city vehicles as plow trucks in September. The city has six plow trucks ready to go. During winter, Helena normally has as many as 10 vehicles in operation. If heavy snow fell, the city plans to clear emergency snow routes first. After that, drivers would move into areas such as neighborhoods. Couey said that first priority helps keep key travel routes open. “To make sure services like emergency services and everybody can actually get by and get to where they need to go,” said
american-rails.com
Milwaukee Road X3800: Deer Lodge’s Shop Goat
There was one. Milwaukee Road X3800 was the shop goat at Deer Lodge, Montana, a four-wheel locomotive the railroad’s own men built to drag electrics across a turntable and into a roundhouse the trolley never reached. A storage-battery shop goat, such as Chesapeake & Ohio 18742 at Huntington, carries its current in a box on the frame. X3800 drew shop current: 220-volt direct current, through an extension cord plugged into the Deer Lodge roundhouse. Today, the little switcher sits on display near the depot at Harlowton, Montana.
theelectricgf.com
Spring Creek exit closure, paving extended
The Montana Department of Transportation and Jeffery Contracting Inc. are extending the closure of the Interstate 15 Spring Creek interchange, Exit 219, through Oct. 3, weather and other unforeseen factors permitting. The closure will now include both the northbound off-ramp and southbound on-ramp. Both ramps will be paved prior to...
theelectricgf.com
Sheep Creek exit northbound ramp closed weekdays through Sept. 30 for paving
The Montana Department of Transportation and Jeffery Contracting Inc. are closing the Interstate 15 Spring Creek Interchange, Exit 219, northbound off-ramp on weekdays from Sept. 24 through Sept. 30, weather and other unforeseen factors permitting. Crews will prepare the ramp for paving once the closure is in place, and then...
NonStop Local Missoula
Helena schools outline limits on new AI bus cameras
Helena, Mont. — A new AI camera system is now being installed on buses used by Helena Public Schools, with district officials saying the technology is focused on driver behavior and not students.First Student has spent the past year deploying the AI-powered fleet technology across nearly 46,000 vehicles. In Helena, a spokesperson for Helena Public Schools said most of the new Samsara driver-facing cameras has already been installed.The district spokesperson said First Student used Samsara across its vehicles as a standard practice to monitor driving habits, prevent distracted driving and reduce risks on the road.Helena Public Schools said the new system does not monitor, track or record student conduct. The spokesperson said it only monitors distracted driver events.The district also said it separately pays for a live video stream from each bus through its own camera system, SafetyVision. Officials said that feed is only accessible when the bus ignition is on and is monitored only by school district staff.Helena Public Schools said it keeps exclusive control of SafetyVision for student safety and response to incidents on the bus. The district also said the Samsara system will not be connected to the district-owned SafetyVision system.First Student responded to a request for
KTVH
The price of quiet: why East Helena isn’t silencing train horns
KTVH
The road beneath your tires: who’s responsible for East Helena’s streets?
Fairfield Sun Times
Helena school traffic expected to tighten near campus construction
HELENA, Mont. — Construction at Helena Public Schools is expected to change traffic patterns as students returned for the new school year. Major work is underway at Kessler Elementary and the high schools. At Helena High School, the construction is expected to limit student parking and push more people to walk near campus.