E Line Arterial BRT

[fehler]

If you want connections, end it at the Knox/76th Orange Line station.

[MNdible]

I know that we haven't had great success with suburban circulators, but this area seems like it would be ideal for a shuttle that would connect between the Southdale Transit Center and the Orange Line. It could make more frequent stops than the E Line would, and could be a little bit more circuitous than you'd want a regular bus line to be. My guess is that the average age of residents in this area is skewing older, so many residents might just use it for shopping and errands within the greater Southdale area and not ever connect to the rest of the transit system.

[alexschief]

If you want connections, end it at the Knox/76th Orange Line station.

Good call, that's exactly the right answer.

Time to build a new layover facility.

[Trademark]

I'm sure this has been discussed so far, but does this line go far enough?

There is a substantial collection of multi-family buildings across 70th Street in the Centennial Lakes area, and this line ends short of that. The Southdale Transit Center has a certain logic as a terminus, but I suspect you could easily justify two further stations; one around the Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail, and a new terminus at 76th Street. This area seems like it might be too busy to pass up simply because you're locked into a certain transit center.

I could see it being extended to a future 494 corridor BRT line

[Silophant]

I'm hoping that in a couple years, when we've got five BRT lines running and more spare vehicles, that MT/Metro Council will start looking at extending corridors by a stop or two where warranted, without having to go through the whole $100M new corridor process. This is a good example, but I'd also like to see the B Line get a station at Lake and France, or the C Line extend down 11th to Franklin.

[Trademark]

I'm hoping that in a couple years, when we've got five BRT lines running and more spare vehicles, that MT/Metro Council will start looking at extending corridors by a stop or two where warranted, without having to go through the whole $100M new corridor process. This is a good example, but I'd also like to see the B Line get a station at Lake and France, or the C Line extend down 11th to Franklin.

Or the F line to Lake street

[Bakken2016]

https://metrocouncil.org/Council-Meetin ... ation.aspx

Recommended Corridor Plan to be released after Met Council approves.

Recommended changes to three stations:
– University & Berry: Shift northbound platform to Berry Street
– Upton & 43rd Street: Shift southbound platform to northwest corner of
intersection
– 44th Street & Zenith: Shift station to Abbott Avenue

Additional analysis of platform alternatives at several
stations done, but no changes to the original recommendation.
– 1st Avenue NE & 2nd Street NE
– Sheridan & 39th Street
– France & 47th Street
– France & 50th Street

[Bakken2016]

https://metrocouncil.org/Council-Meetin ... ation.aspx

Update on Bus Lanes for the E Line in NE Minneapolis.

[Tom H.]

The E Line, a new BRT route, is coming from Metro Transit. Here's a primer.