MOYIE SPRINGS — It will be business as usual this week, but starting next week the Selkirks-Pend Oreille Transit bus, Boundary County’s only form of public transportation, will be serving riders in Moyie Springs on Tuesdays rather than Fridays.

The Selkirks-Pend Oreille Transit Authority voted to make the change — which the governing body labeled an "experiment” — at its committee meeting Thursday. The Friday Moyie Springs route recorded just seven boardings in October. Changing the day offered a way to test demand without increasing costs by adding another day of service. 

“Our biggest concern is we provide free public transportation,” said SPOT Executive Director Donna Griffin. “And we do it so that it’s convenient for people to use it.”