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Billings Transit and Highway Network Maintains Regular Service This Week
MET buses and major routes continue standard operations with no changes reported in the past seven days.
How we reported this
Billings Metropolitan Transit continues to run its fixed-route service this week with 25 vehicles covering 17 routes. The system carries approximately 2,000 passengers each weekday and Saturday, while Sunday service remains unavailable.
Public Transit Service
Billings Metropolitan Transit operates its 17 routes using the same 25-vehicle fleet that has been in place for regular weekday and Saturday service. Passengers boarding Monday through Saturday encounter the established schedule without reported interruptions or additions during the current week. The absence of Sunday operations means residents planning weekend travel must arrange alternatives.
Highway and Road Network
Traffic patterns follow the usual schedule with peak periods between 7:30 and 8:30 AM and again between 4:30 and 5:30 PM. Bottlenecks form on Shiloh Road in the West End and on Main Street through Billings Heights during those windows. The city’s east-west movement relies on Interstate 90, while Interstate 94 connects to it and U.S. Highway 87 continues as Main Street in Billings Heights.
Air and Rail Connections
Billings Logan International Airport serves as the busiest facility in Montana and the primary hub for Eastern Montana, situated near downtown on the Rimrocks. No passenger rail service operates in the city. Amtrak’s North Coast Hiawatha last stopped at the Billings Depot in 1979, leaving highway and air options as the primary long-distance links.
Commuters can check current conditions on the routes serving Shiloh Road and Main Street before traveling during the listed rush-hour windows. MET riders should confirm daily schedules for the 17 routes, noting the lack of Sunday departures. Information on these services is available through the Billings Metropolitan Transit listings and the city’s public works corridor plan.