transportation

While Public Works and Mobility sharpens its budget for the new fiscal year, it's also eyeing more than $24 million in transportation funding for a number of projects either under construction or planned.

Plans for a wide section of Missoula continue to take shape and on Monday night, the City Council stated its intent to update the area's master plan through a new land-use plan amendment.

Gas prices across Montana continue to fall – a timely welcome for those hitting the road over the Independence Day weekend.

The North Cascades Highway reopened on Sunday, restoring an economic lifeline for small communities east of the Cascades.

Plans to reconfigure the downtown transportation grid won final approval from the Missoula City Council on Monday night, and while it's not a perfect project, most agreed it will go far in improving safety and access to the city's core.

The Trump administration has rescinded historical orders that limited motorized vehicle use on public lands, which could have negative implications for other users of national forests, lands and parks.

Citing the need for additional access to a valley subdivision, Missoula County last week approved an extended phasing plan that gives the developer two more years to file the final plat that will eventually bring permanent access off Mullan Road.

Project leaders say the full light rail build-out will have to wait. The mayor of Vancouver, Washington, isn’t happy about it.

Citing inflationary costs and a growing list of unfunded needs, the City of Missoula may consider increasing its impact fees to support transportation, police and fire.

Missoula's free bus line, which has a dozen routes around the city, has been named the 2026 Community Transportation System of the Year.