I Ride Medical Appointment Shuttle

How to schedule your ride

Call I Ride Seeley Lake: 406-916-7860 at least a week before your Missoula appointment.

How to sign up for the I Ride program

New riders must fill out the “New Rider Application” and sign the “Transportation Passenger Agreement” before using the service.

Click here for the New Rider Application

Click here for the Transportation Passenger Agreement

Click here for the Rider Guidelines.

Email these completed forms to iride@slcfmt.org or call to make an appointment to come in and fill out the paperwork in person.

Am I eligible?

If you need a ride to a medical appointment in Missoula County, give I Ride a call!

I Ride provides transportation to non-emergency medical appointments (medical, dental, vision, chiropractic, mental health and more) in Seeley Lake and Missoula.

This service exists to provide an option for those who have limited transportation access. A wheel-chair accessible ramp van is available upon request.

We do not ask about income information.

Cost

$1 for each one way trip within Seeley Lake (Seeley Swan Medical Center, Rejuvenate Physical Therapy or Seeley Swan Pharmacy.)

$5 for a one way ride to a medical appointment in Missoula ($10 round trip).

Scholarships are available upon request.

Donations to support the I Ride program are welcome. Make a note on your donation form that you would like to designate your gift towards I Ride.

Hours

Rides are available Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm.

The I Ride Dispatcher is available by phone to schedule rides: 9 am-3 pm Monday - Friday.

Important information about scheduling your ride

Rides are by appointment only and must be scheduled 48 hours in advance for local trips and one week in advance for trips to Missoula.

Your flexibility is appreciated as we work with our volunteer driver schedules. Providing transportation, coordinating logistic and servicing a spread out rural area is complex!

Ideally, meet your volunteer driver at the Foundation Building at 3150 MT Highway 83 N. If this is not possible, your volunteer driver can pick you up at your house. Please let the I Ride dispatcher know where you will be picked up.

Where I Ride serves

This program generally serves people in the Seeley Lake area. Our northern boundary is Summit Lake.

Due to the long travel time for a volunteer driver to pick up a van from the office, drive out to someone’s house, take them into Missoula, wait for an appointment, drive back to a rider’s home, and head back to the Foundation Building, we ask for your flexibility.

Residents in outlying areas (for example, Condon or Cozy Corners) are welcome to meet their driver at the Foundation Building for a ride to Missoula. We ask Placid Lake residents to meet their driver at the intersection of Highway 83 and Placid Lake Road.  

Call the I Ride dispatcher at 406-916-7860 if you are not sure whether your location is a fit for I Ride.

We only provide rides to Missoula at this time (not Kalispell, Helena, or other cities).

Impact

Since 2017, Ride has provided over 3,000 rides and driven over 100,000 miles getting rural residents to appointments for:

• Surgeries

• Cancer treatment

• Women's health care

• Wound care

• Colonoscopies

• Cataract surgery

• Urology and gastroenterology appointments

• General doctor's visits

• Dental services

• Chiropractic care

• and more!

Partners and Funders

This program is a partnership between the Seeley Lake Community Foundation and the Missoula-Ravalli Transportation Management Authority (MRTMA).

Major funding is provided by a Missoula County Community Assistance Fund grant.

The Bill and Rosemary Gallagher Foundation provides grant funding.

And many donors in the Seeley Lake area contribute to help continue this important program!

Become a volunteer driver!

Our trained drivers, a group of dedicated volunteers, are the life-blood of this program. We would love to add you to this important community service! Learn more on our Volunteer page.

A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO OUR IRIDE DRIVERS AND ALL THAT THEY DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY!

Most of our volunteer have driven over 1,000 miles for the program. Several have driven over 5,000 miles. Three drivers have driven over 10,000 miles for I Ride Seeley Lake!! That’s a round trip from Seeley Lake to Spain!!

Publicity

Here is a recent Place For All article (Jan 26, 2023) written for the Seeley-Swan Pathfinder on I Ride: https://www.seeleylake.com/story/2023/01/26/opinion/i-ride-seeley-lake/9175.html

Because our vans are partially funded through the Montana Department of Transportation, the public can submit a MDT civil rights discrimination complaint if needed. TTY: 800-335-7592.
Seeley Lake Community Foundation Title VI Plan