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Glacier Shuttle System Has Fewer Riders
Glacier Shuttle
WEST GLACIER – Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road transit system reported a small decline in the number of riders this year.
Park officials attribute the decline to the fact that the system ran fewer hours each day and on fewer days than in 2007.
The transit system had 105,639 riders in 2008, compared with 132,093 riders in 2007.
Heavy winter snows meant the Going-to-the-Sun Road opened on July 3, which is later than usual. The transit system season ended on Sept. 1.
Park officials attribute the decline to the fact that the system ran fewer hours each day and on fewer days than in 2007.
Heavy winter snows meant the Going-to-the-Sun Road opened on July 3, which is later than usual. The transit system season ended on Sept. 1.
For those who like to measure apples vs apples…. 61 days of operation in 2008, divided into 105,639 riders is 1732 riders per day, divided by 12 hours of operation per day (7am to 7pm) is 144.5 riders per hour on average. 63 days of operation in 2007 (according to…
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