Transportation

United Air Lines will begin two daily nonstop flights between Great Falls and Denver on May 4.

The twice-weekly flights, which begin March 3, and the price: the introductory fare is $39 one-way to Las Vegas and $69 back.

Starting Saturday, Horizon Airlines and Big Sky Resort are doing just that, resuming a weekly nonstop flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Bozeman.

"On busy weekends we are maxed out on our parking capacity of 115 corporate aircraft. Seifers said they have plans for additional spaces as well as an instrument landing system and radar. m

"Unfortunately, the passenger numbers weren’t there to sustain services,"

Interest has led to a burgeoning "gray" market, with two independent importers racing to do an end-run around DaimlerChrysler and bring Smarts straight to U.S. consumers.

"The Mission Mountain Railroad is a great addition to our operations in the Pacific Northwest. We currently serve customers in Idaho, Washington State and Oregon on our Eastern Idaho, Palouse River and Coulee City and Great Northwest Railroads," said Watco CEO Rick Webb. "Job One for us on the Mission Mountain Railroad will be to provide the customer with the right car, at the right time, in the right condition and at the right price.

"Transit-oriented development gives us the opportunity to focus our future economic development, rather than let it sprawl across the landscape," said Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper.

Where homes and businesses are built makes a big difference in the success of public transit, says ValleyRide Director Kelli Fairless.

"We need to start planning our communities to be able to support these services," Fairless says.

Officials in Denver and Colorado want local residents to recognize the economic and social benefits of cycling and are developing plans to that effect.