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[angrysuburbanite]

https://pantographapp.com/minneapolis/r ... 2025-07-05

Route 134 was added to Pantograph. No schedule info is available but it's interesting it was added now.

edit: route 765 too: https://pantographapp.com/minneapolis/r ... 2025-07-05

[blo442]

Feels like a hint at what the August pick service changes will be. Given the amount of rumors floating around about impending Target RTO, it would make a lot of sense to focus on setting up Network Now's Key Express system in the next quarter or two. Not surprised that the 765 would be a priority.

134 is one I'm happy to see back, in the pre-covid days I had some coworkers who swore by that route. Wonder if they will ever add a jog in the route over to Cretin Ave to serve Highland Bridge. I suspect a one seat ride to downtown Mpls would attract some ridership.

[uptownbro]

Target did confirm a RTO they just didn't do it company wide but rather by "department" but the vast majority of there job openings are in office

[angrysuburbanite]

https://metrocouncil.org/Council-Meetin ... -Fair.aspx
An early look at the August service changes on the Transportation Committee agenda! Network now continues to get rolled out. By August, local bus and BRT service levels will be 101% of 2019, and commuter express service increases by 4% from June. 30% of Network Now will be implemented. These are the major changes:
- Routes 250, 768, and 850 will now have hourly bidirectional midday service
- Route 645 will run every 30 minutes during the midday
- Routes 250, 673, and 768 will run every 15 minutes during rush hour
- Routes 134 and 765 (reverse commute) will be restored
- Route 761 and segments of 760, 763, and 766 discontinued
- Route 6 extended to Westgate
- Route 18 improves to every 10 minutes during the midday on weekends and bus stops are consolidated
- Route 61 better bus route improvements begin; 30 minute service on Saturdays and 30-60 minute service on Sunday
- Route 68 segment on Robert Street improved to every 15 minutes
- Route 80 has a widened service span and 30 minute frequencies on Sunday
- Route 223 has Saturday service added every 30-60 minutes
- Route 716 sees new hourly service on Sunday
- the Bloomington/Edina 5xx route restructure from network now is implemented, and routes 534, 538, 539, and 546 get 30 minute weekday service, and 537 improves to hourly. (there's a map in the link above so you can see the changes)
- LRT frequencies improved to every 12 minutes earlier in the morning starting in October
- Metro Micro launches in Bloomington on August 16th, and Blaine on September 15th
- Saturday route 33 service discontinued and route 501 is eliminated

I really hope that the new express service is advertised by employers because traffic has increased far more than transit ridership has increased this year.

[wingedmolotov]

https://metrocouncil.org/Council-Meetin ... -Fair.aspx
An early look at the August service changes on the Transportation Committee agenda! Network now continues to get rolled out. By August, local bus and BRT service levels will be 101% of 2019, and commuter express service increases by 4% from June. 30% of Network Now will be implemented. These are the major changes:
- Routes 250, 768, and 850 will now have hourly bidirectional midday service
- Route 645 will run every 30 minutes during the midday
- Routes 250, 673, and 768 will run every 15 minutes during rush hour
- Routes 134 and 765 (reverse commute) will be restored
- Route 761 and segments of 760, 763, and 766 discontinued
- Route 6 extended to Westgate
- Route 18 improves to every 10 minutes during the midday on weekends and bus stops are consolidated
- Route 61 better bus route improvements begin; 30 minute service on Saturdays and 30-60 minute service on Sunday
- Route 68 segment on Robert Street improved to every 15 minutes
- Route 80 has a widened service span and 30 minute frequencies on Sunday
- Route 223 has Saturday service added every 30-60 minutes
- Route 716 sees new hourly service on Sunday
- the Bloomington/Edina 5xx route restructure from network now is implemented, and routes 534, 538, 539, and 546 get 30 minute weekday service, and 537 improves to hourly. (there's a map in the link above so you can see the changes)
- LRT frequencies improved to every 12 minutes earlier in the morning starting in October
- Metro Micro launches in Bloomington on August 16th, and Blaine on September 15th
- Saturday route 33 service discontinued and route 501 is eliminated

I really hope that the new express service is advertised by employers because traffic has increased far more than transit ridership has increased this year.

Bloomingtonites rejoice! I think this along with Metro micro will be a pretty big upgrade, especially from some routes that previously had 2 hr headways.

Edit: Also, I just noticed that the changes deviate from Network Now a bit by not extending the 538 to Normandale Village and having the 546 wrap around instead. And the 534 won’t be truncated at 90th and Penn but instead take Penn and 98th instead to get to Normandale College. The weekend frequency, span of service, and Sunday parity updates weren’t mentioned in the presentation either.

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[DanPatchToget]

Glad Metro Micro will include areas west of Normandale Boulevard. I do wonder however if the 546 can last with the proposed routing, and if there's going to be any bus stops along Normandale besides I assume at 102nd and Old Shakopee. Not an easy street to cross where there's no traffic signals (although even with traffic signals it can be difficult).

[J. Mc]

Okay, this is on the Metro Transit page regarding the current Green Line bustitution between SPUD and Raymond Ave:

While replacement bus service is available during this closure, please note alternate bus routes below:
– To downtown Minneapolis/St. Paul: Route 94
– To MSP Airport: Route 54
– To Mall of America: Route 54
– To Snelling/University (for transfer to
METRO A Line): Route 94 or METRO B Line

Are there seriously that many people riding the Green line all the way from DTSP to DTMPLS, transferring to the Blue, and then riding to the Airport or MOA?? I guess if you really really don't like being on a city bus... To be fair I guess if you were starting on University outside of the DTSP area and heading to T2 then it might be more practical riding all the way around.