Georgia Evans poses for a portrait after getting off the OurWay bus in Montrose on Feb. 19. Evans, a 26-yearold single mom who lives in Montrose, works at the Ridgway Mountain Market and said she wouldn’t have a way to get to work without the bus service. The three-year grant helped establish OurWay two years ago, in addition to more than $170,000 in funding from local governments. It’s not clear whether the service will be able to continue when the grant money runs out. Photo by Erin McIntyre | Ouray County Plaindealer
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Bright start, cloudy future for bus service
Two years after launch, OurWay ridership has doubled. It’s unclear if grant money and matching local funds will help it keep running
Georgia Evans greeted the bus driver with jugs of milk and water in her hands and boarded the 11-seater OurWay shuttle, headed home from work in Ridgway to Montrose. She noticed it was a different bus driver from the usual one.
