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CHAPTER FOUR: SERVICE PLAN IMPROVEMENTS FINAL TRANSIT SERVICE NETWORK The foundation of the Northwest Metro Transit Study improvement program is high-frequency, direct urban core local routes. Complementing this network are several timed transfer facilities offering convenient connections between small-bus shuttle routes serving destinations in less- dense suburban areas. Most of the base network is overlaid by additional peak-only commuter routes, providing direct no-transfer service between suburban residential areas and downtown Minneapolis. Many of these routes also serve one or more of the many park-and-ride lots located throughout the suburban areas. The routes outlined in this chapter are part of the Metro Transit/ Metropolitan Council fixed- route network. Staff has also worked with Maple Grove Transit and Plymouth Metrolink, which are “opt-out” transit systems. Chapter Eight will address potential local route connections between these “opt-out” areas and the rest of the study area. Express services between Plymouth and Maple Grove and downtown Minneapolis, dial-a-ride and other special transit services operating exclusively within these communities are not included in the study. The April 2006 Northwest Metro Transit Restructuring Study Concept Plan document proposed the route changes shown in Figure 7. The Final Plan, which was modified based on feedback received during the public input process, is shown in Figure 8. Sixteen of the 29 routes in the study have been modified in the Final Plan. STREAMLINED GRID NETWORK-URBAN LOCAL SERVICES Routes will be simplified, with fewer branches and deviations. More continuous service on primary travel corridors and routes anchored at major destinations will enhance the grid network and make routes more efficient. Shorter trips on Route 5, as appropriate, will ensure more reliable, on-time service. Moving the Route 5R branch on 49th and 51st Avenues to Route 22 will allow the High Frequency Network to be extended all the way to BCTC in the future. The northern terminal for all off-peak Route 22 buses will be Brooklyn Center Transit Center, and the trunk of Route 22 will be extended north to 45th/Bryant Avenue. All Route 32 trips will operate as a Lowry Avenue crosstown route and will be extended to Robbinsdale Transit Center; reverse-commute service to the Washington Avenue industrial corridor will instead be provided by a new branch of Route 7. In the Concept Plan, a new route, Route 26, was proposed to serve the Plymouth Avenue and Golden Valley Road corridors. Community input supported retaining Route 7 service on Plymouth Avenue instead, and this routing is included in the Final Plan. The retention of Route 7 will continue to allow a one-seat ride (no transfers) between Plymouth Avenue, the Warehouse District, downtown Minneapolis, the University of Minnesota and the Hiawatha/Lake neighborhood in south Minneapolis.
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Bus Routes: 14, 26, 32, 714, 716
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Bus Routes: 5, 19, 22, 714, 721, 722, 723, 724, 761, 801
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Bus Routes: 705, 716, 721, 723, 724, 728, 761, 764
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Bus Routes: 9, 604, 643, 649, 652, 663, 672, 675, 705
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Northwest Metro Transit Study Final Plan (Apr 06)
Concept Plan
Figure 7
see Champlin inset at right
These routes would be completely or partly replaced:5, 7, 19, 29, 715, 717, 755, 756, 760, 762 These routes would operate more frequently or over longer hours:NoneThese routes would have minor schedule or routing changes:14, 22, 32, 716, 721, 723, 724, 761, 766These routes have no changes:722, 758, 763, 764New routes:26, 705, 714, 728, 754, 765, 767, 768
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Non-stop Service No stops to pick up or drop off customers on these route segments.
Limited Service Only certain trips take this route.
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ReserveTransit Station
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Brooklyn CenterTransit Center
Bus Routes: 5, 19, 22, 717, 721, 722, 723, 724, 761, 762, 801
StarliteTransit Center
Bus Routes: 715, 720, 723, 724, 764
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Bus Routes: 9, 604, 643, 649, 652, 663, 672, 675, 755, 756
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Bus Routes: 652, 671, 672, 675, 677
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DESCRIPTION OF FINAL PLAN SERVICE CHANGES Figures 12, 13 and 14 show existing routes and the corresponding final plan routes for urban local, suburban local and express service. Also included in each table is a description of routing changes. Figure 15 is a frequency comparison of existing and final plan services. See the Appendix for a full description and map of each Final route.
Current New Routing ChangesRoute Route See Appendix for Route & Service Details
5 5, 19, 22, 724, 768 All trips will travel as far as Emerson/Fremont and 26th Ave. The current M branch via Emerson-Fremont to Brooklyn Center Transit Center will be maintained. A new shortline at 26th/Broadway will be created to serve buses traveling on 26th Ave. Service on Penn Ave. is replaced by Route 19. R branch on 49th and 51st Ave. served by Route 22. Routing south of downtown is unchanged.
7 7 Service between Plymouth Ave, Warehouse District, and downtown seven days a week. Select peak-period trips will serve Washington Ave. reverse commuters to Lowry Ave. Routing south of downtown is unchanged.
14 14 All trips will travel as far as Broadway/Knox Ave. The current N and R branches will continue to serve Robbinsdale. New branches on Golden Valley Road, Douglas Dr/36th Ave, and Noble Ave will be added. The J trips north of Robbinsdale Transit Center will be eliminated. The routing south of downtown is unchanged.
19 14, 19, 22, 758 Service is restructured, combining portions of Routes 5 and 19 to create a continuous routing on Penn Ave. between Olson Hwy. and 44th Ave. Trips serve the Brooklyn Center Transit Center or 42nd/York. Owl service will be provided on Penn Ave and Olson Hwy. Staff is working with Minneapolis Parks Board to extend 42nd/York trips to the Robbinsdale Transit Center. Three peak trips in each direction will serve 36th/York via Penn and Lowry Ave. to replace Route 32Y. The route will terminate in downtown Minneapolis; service on Cedar Ave and to the V.A. will be provided on Route 22.
22 22, 722, 762, 763 The route has been simplified from six branches to four. All trips travel between downtown and 45th Ave/Bryant Ave via Lyndale Ave. Branches to Brooklyn Center Transit Center via Humboldt and Logan Ave. and Bryant and Dupont Ave. will be maintained. The current Route 5R branch via 49th Ave, and 51st Ave to Brooklyn Center Transit Center will become part of Route 22. A peak only branch will travel via 69th-Dupont-Bryant. In the offpeak all service will connect at Brooklyn Center Transit Center. Portions of the route between Shingle Creek Pkwy. and Hwy. 100 (Earle Brown loop), and north of Freeway Blvd. to Ruter Garage will be discontinued. Service north of 69th/Humboldt Ave. will be covered by Routes 722 and 763.
29 5, 7, 14 Route number eliminated.32 7, 19, 32 The route will function only as Lowry Ave. crosstown between Rosedale and
Robbinsdale Transit Center. Current downtown and reverse commute service will be provided on alternate routes.
Figure 12-Final Plan Urban Local Services
Current Route New Route Routing Changes-See Appendix for Route & Service DetailsNEW 705 New route combining Routes 715, 755 and 756 between Starlite Transit
Center, downtown Golden Valley and Louisiana Transit Center. Route 705 will offer continuous service on Winnetka Ave. corridor between I-94/694 and downtown Golden Valley. Alternating trips serve Medicine Lake Rd/ Mendelssohn Ave. and Golden Valley Rd/ Douglas Dr. All trips will make timed connections with Route 675 for express service to downtown and the Ridgedale area. Midday trips will operate between Starlite and Wal-Mart on Lakeland Ave. as a shortline.
NEW 714 The route combines portions of Routes 715 and 717 to serve the 42nd Ave. (Lake Dr.) corridor between Winnetka Ave. and France Ave., and via Hwy. 100 to Brooklyn Center. Serves Brooklyn Center Transit Center and Robbinsdale Transit Center. Limited service to the Science Industry Park in New Hope.
715 705, 714, 716, 764 Route number eliminated.
716 716, 724, 758, 764 Route is primarily unchanged. 717 714 Route number eliminated.
NEW 720 New route between Starlite Transit Center, Hennepin Technical College and the Elm Creek Parkway retail corridor in Maple Grove. This is a one-year demonstration route (June 2007-June 2008).
721 721, 724, 767, 768 Route travels between Brooklyn Center Transit Center and Starlite Transit Center via Bass Lake Rd. (58th Ave.), Boone Ave. and Brooklyn Blvd. All trips will be extended from Hennepin Tech College to Starlite Center. Route will be streamlined through Northland Industrial Park using Northland Dr. Buses will not enter the Tech College parking lot. Current limited-stop trips serving downtown will be provided by Routes 724, 767 and 768 instead.
722 722 New weekday branch via Humboldt Ave and Brookdale Dr to 83rd Ave/Noble Ave.
723 723, 724 Route is primarily unchanged except it is extended from North Hennepin Community College to Starlite Transit Center via West Broadway. Buses will not enter the Community College parking lot. The route has been streamlined to travel between Brooklyn Center Transit Center and 65th Ave./Brooklyn Blvd. via Bass Lake Rd. and Brooklyn Blvd. instead of 65th Ave. and Xerxes.
724 724 This route will continue to operate a combination of local and limited-stop service. The local route operates between Brooklyn Center Transit Center and Starlite Transit Center via 63rd Ave., Zane Ave., 73/Regent Ave.and Brooklyn Blvd. Midday and in the off-peak direction during peak periods, Route 724 operates a limited-stop routing between downtown Minneapolis, north Minneapolis and Brooklyn Center Transit Center. Reverse-commute service between Starlite Transit Center, Crosstown North Business Park and Target Northern Campus will operate during peak periods.
801 801 Route remains primarily unchanged.
Existing suburban local routes in Maple Grove and Plymouth are not included in the Northwest Metro Transit Study.
Figure 13-Final Plan Suburban Local Routes Table
Current Route New Route Routing Changes724 724 This route will continue to operate a combination of local and limited-stop
service. The local route operates between Brooklyn Center Transit Center and Starlite Transit Center via 63rd Ave., Zane Ave., 73/Regent Ave.and Brooklyn Blvd. Midday and in the off-peak direction during peak periods, Route 724 operates a limited-stop routing between downtown Minneapolis, north Minneapolis and Brooklyn Center Transit Center. Reverse-commute service between Starlite Transit Center, Crosstown North Business Park and Target Northern Campus will operate during peak periods.
NEW 754 Reverse-commute service between downtown Minneapolis and Golden Valley and New Hope along Hwy. 55, Douglas Dr., 10th Ave./Boone Ave. and Winnetka Ave.
755 705, 754, 755, 756 This route operates on Winnetka Ave. between 45th Ave. and Golden Valley Rd.; operates limited-stop service on Hwy. 55 between Golden Valley and downtown Minneapolis. Route 755 will operate during peak periods only.
756 705, 754, 755, 756 Express route serving 69th/Magda area, Boone Ave., Medicine Lake Rd., Mendelssohn, and 10th Ave. All trips travel between Golden Valley and downtown Minneapolis via I-394. Route 756 will operate only during peak periods.
758 758 Express service along West Broadway, Douglas Dr, and Duluth St. A new branch serving Robbinsdale Transit Center, Noble Ave, and Golden Valley Rd has been added.
760 724, 760 Route is unchanged, except buses will no longer travel west of Xylon Ave toserve the 85th Ave Park and Ride (closed).
761 5, 723, 761 The route will be extended west to serve Starlite Transit Center. There will be no service north of Brookdale Dr. Trips will be rerouted via 51st Ave and Penn Ave to 49th Ave (same as Route 22).
762 22, 762 Shuttle trips that do not travel downtown will be discontinued. The limited-stop routing through north Minneapolis will be extended to serve 49th Ave., Bryant Ave., 45th Ave. and Lyndale Ave. to Dowling Ave. and I-94.
763 763 Route is unchanged.764 705, 714, 764 Route is unchanged.
NEW 765 A new reverse-commute route between downtown Minneapolis and Target North Campus in Brooklyn Park. This route replaces the T branch on Route 766.
766 765, 766 This express route serves several park-and-rides in Champlin, Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center. Local branches operate on Noble Ave. and West River Rd. Midday service will continue to connect Anoka and Champlin. Service to Target will be provided by Route 765. Buses will not exit I-94 between 49th and 53rd Aves.
NEW 767 A new express route serving the new 63rd Ave. park-and-ride lot. Buses willtravel between the park-and-ride and downtown via I-94. The local tail will serve the western portion of Route 721 on Boone Ave., Bass Lake Rd., and West Broadway.
NEW 768 A new limited-stop route serving the Bass Lake/58th Ave., Brooklyn Blvd./Osseo Rd., 44th Ave., and Dowling portions of Route 721.
Existing limited-stop/express routes in Maple Grove and Plymouth are not included in the Northwest Metro Transit Study.
Figure 14- Final Plan Express/Limited-Stop Routes Table
Route Existing Final Existing Final Existing Final Existing Final5 Emerson/Fremont to BCTC, 26th Ave 7-8 7-8 5-10 5-10 10 10 10-15 10-157 Warehouse District, Plymouth Ave 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30-6014 Broadway/Washington Ave 15 15 10-15 12-15 15-30 15 30-60 20-3019 Olson Hwy/Penn Ave/BCTC 15-20 15 10-12 10 20-30 15 20-30 20-3022 Lyndale Ave to BCTC 20 20 11-15 11-15 20 20 30-60 20-3032 Robbinsdale-Rosedale via Lowry Ave 30 30-60 30 30 0 0 0 0705 Starlite-Louisiana TC via Winnetka Ave 0 60 0 60 0 0 0 0714 42nd Ave/Robbinsdale TC/BCTC 0 60 0 60 0 0 0 0715 BCTC/42nd Ave/Winnetka Ave/Starlite 60 0 60 0 120 0 0 0716 Robbinsdale TC/Douglas Dr/W Broadway 60 60 60 60 120 60 0 0717 Robbinsdale TC-BCTC 60 0 30 0 0 0 0 0720 Starlite TC-Maple Grove 0 60 0 60 0 60 0 60721 Bass Lake Rd/Hennepin Tech/Starlite 60 60 30-60 30-60 0 0 0 0722 BCTC/Shingle Creek/69th & Humboldt 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30723 BCTC/North Hennepin College/Starlite 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60724 BCTC/63rd/Zane Ave/Starlite/Target Campus 30 30 30 30 30 30 60 60754 Golden Val/New Hope reverse commute 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0755 Hwy 55/Winnetka Ave Limited Stop 120 see 705 20-30 30 0 0 0 0756 Boone/Mendelssohn/10th Ave express 120 see 705 20-30 30 0 0 0 0758 Noble Ave/Douglas/W. Broadway express 0 0 30 10-30 0 0 0 0760 Brooklyn Park-Ride/63rd/Zane express 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0761 Brookdale Dr/69th/Xerxes/49th express 0 0 15-30 15-30 0 0 0 0762 BCTC/Humboldt/Dupont limited stop 0 0 24-36 30 0 0 0 0763 Brookdale Dr/Humboldt/66th Ave express 0 0 15-30 15-30 0 0 0 0764 42nd Ave/Winnetka Ave express 0 0 30 30 0 0 0 0765 Target North Campus reverse commute 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0766 Champlin/Brooklyn Park/Hwy 252 exp 60-120 60-120 5-30 5-30 0 0 0 0767 Boone/Bass Lake/63rd Ave Park-Ride exp 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0768 Bass Lake Rd/Brooklyn Blvd limited stop 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0801 BCTC-Columbia Hgts-Rosedale 60 60 60 60 0 0 0 0
Maple Grove and Plymouth Metrolink local and limited-stop/express routes are not included in the Northwest Metro Transit Study.
Figure 15-Existing and Final Plan Frequency Comparison Table
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