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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 17 O C T O B E R 3 0 , 2 0 1 7 F O C U S T R A N S P O R TAT I O N / I N F R A S T R U C T U R E 165 Pleasant Ave, South Portland ME 04106 207-321-3500 www.shiprightsolutions.com Adding new services to our suite of Logistics Solutions Home Delivery & Cross Docking • Proactive • Palletized & Non-Palletized Residential & Commercial Follow us on • Professional • White Glove • Economical "On Time. On Budget. On Your Terms" A network of public transportation Lack of public transportation is often cited as a factor in attracting and retaining workers. While there are gaps in public transportation networks, Maine has a diverse network of transportation options — city buses, intercity buses, shuttle services and ferries. Local bus services Aroostook Regional Transportation: Caribou – Fort Kent – Houlton – Madawaska – Presque Isle areas Brunswick Explorer: Brunswick area BAT Community Connector: Bangor – Brewer – Hampden – Veazie – Orono – Old Town CityBus and Trolley: City of Bath ShuttleBus: Biddeford – Saco – Old Orchard Beach; Scarborough & South Portland (Maine Mall) Nor'easter Express (UNE campus) ZOOM Turnpike Express: Biddeford – Saco – Portland Coastal Trans: Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc Counties; Brunswick & Harpswell Downeast Transportation: Mount Desert Island/ Bar Harbor – Ellsworth – Bangor & points through- out Hancock County Kennebec Valley Transit: Augusta – Hallowell – Farmingdale – Gardiner; Waterville – Fairfield Citylink: Auburn – Lewiston The Lynx: Penobscot & Piscatquis Counties METRO Breez (Greater Portland Transit District): Portland – Westbrook – Maine Mall Regional Transportation Program: Cumberland County Sanford Transit – My Bus: Sanford – Springvale York Wave: Sanford – Wells, Sanford – Biddeford South Portland Bus Service: South Portland – Portland – Maine Mall Waldo County CAP: Belfast – Waldo County Western Maine Transportation Services: Farmington and Rumford area to Lewiston, Norway – S. Paris Lisbon Connection: Lisbon – Lisbon Center – Lisbon Falls – Lewiston COAST: Dover NH – Somersworth NH – Berwick Private inter-city transit carriers C&J: Seacoast NH – Boston MA Concord Coach: Bangor – Maine Coast – Portland – Boston MA Cyr Bus Lines: Bangor – Northern Maine – Fort Kent Greyhound: Bangor – Portland – Boston Mermaid Transportation: Portland – Boston (Logan Airport) and Manchester (NH) Airport West's Coastal Connection: Calais – Machias – Ellsworth – Bangor and points in-between Seasonal shuttle services Shoreline Explorer: Sanford – Kennebunk – Kennebunkport – Wells – Ogunquit – York Island Explorer: Bar Harbor and points throughout Mount Desert Island/Acadia National Park Mountain Explorer: Bethel – Sunday River Ski Resort Sugarloaf Explorer: Carrabassett Valley – Sugarloaf Ski Resort base camp Commuter ferry services Casco Bay Lines: Peaks, Little Diamond, Great Diamond, Long Island, Diamond Cove, Chebeague, and Cliff Islands Maine State Ferry Service: Rockland – Vinalhaven – North Haven – Matinicus Island; Lincolnville – Islesboro & Bass Harbor – Swans Island – Frenchboro Chebeague Transportation Co.: Yarmouth – Chebeague Island Passenger rail Amtrak Downeaster: Brunswick – Freeport – Portland – Saco – OOB – Wells – Dover NH – Durham NH – Exeter NH – Haverhill MA – Boston MA (North Station) Car sharing services U-Car Share: Car Share option for Portland Zip Car: For use at select colleges S O U R C E : Go Maine Surface transportation and road safety in Maine: Recent fi ndings TRIP, a national transportation research group based in Washington, D.C., released a study in May that made some startling connections between the con- dition of Maine's roads and the effect on medical costs and workplace costs. ¡ 41% of major roads are in poor or mediocre condition ¡ Driving on roads in need of repair costs Maine motorists $469 million a year in extra vehi cle repairs and operating costs, or $460 per motorist. ¡ 14% of Maine's bridges are structurally defi cient. ¡ Vehicle travel on Maine highways increased by 6% from 2000–2016, while the state's popula- tion grew by 4% over the same period. ¡ Maine's fatality rate of 1.07 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles of travel is lower than the national average of 1.13. The fatality rate on the state's rural non-Interstate roads is dispro- portionately higher than that on all other roads in the state (1.51 fatalities per 100 million miles of travel vs. 0.49). ¡ Motor vehicle crashes in which roadway design was likely a contributing factor cost Maine motorists $457 million a year in medical costs, lost productivity, travel delays, workplace costs, insurance and legal costs. S O U R C E : TRIP, "Key Facts about Maine's Surface Transportation System and Federal Funding," May 2017 M aine consistently fares poorly on annual grades of its infrastructure network. Yet as the entire Northeast copes with aging infrastructure and the burden that comes with an increased level of traf- fic and congestion, Maine can console itself with at least not having the population density that chokes networks in Boston, New York and other major cit- ies. Below we offer a look at various pieces of the infrastructure and transportation network in Maine. 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