The Big Sky Transportation District, operating services for the third year as Skyline, continued to see growth in ridership. For this Fiscal Year (July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009) ridership increased for both the local service, as well as the intercity service (known as the “Link Express”).
The Big Sky Resort Area District continues to be the largest single source of local funding to support Skyline, and in FY 09, the support allowed Skyline to lease new, modern transit buses to be used for the local service. These buses were welcomed by both the Skyline drivers and passengers. These modern buses were a significant step forward in comfort from the old school buses that used to be used when the Big Sky Transportation District operated as the Snow Express.