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New transit options would depend on funding, and would potentially open in 10-15 years.
New BRT service would impact the current 5, 19 and 14 routes. Overall though, transit service would NOT be reduced
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When choosing the transit option, policymakers will consider how it can create or support:
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Since January 2015, youth apprentices and teaching artists at Juxtaposition Arts have talked to over 100 North Minneapolis residents and transit riders about public transit and new transit options that might be coming to West Broadway within the next 10 to 15 years. We used games, bikes, surveys and conversations to engage with folks, and here’s what they said!
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We used an imaginative model-making exercise to prompt residents and transit riders to think about the changes they would make to the buses, bus stops, and transit systems in general. Here’s what they came up with!
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mber of Riders We Talked To 1-7 8 - 31 32 - 48
New Transit Priorities 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Safety/Security Timeliness More routes and higher bus frequency Better quality busses (clean, better seating) More amenities (Wifi, outlets, etc.)
Priorities for West Broadway’s Future
Assets of West Broadway 1. Businesses, Stores and Shopping 2. The culture and the people 3. Food and food stores
Barriers of Riding Transit 1. Long Waits (i.e. frequencies and buses not
1.
More restaurants and places with healthy food
2.
More businesses, locally owned, independently owned
3.
Physical environment improvements
2. Comfort (i.e. crowdedness, lack of amenities,
More activities for families and kids Less Violence
3. Expensive bus fare
4. 5.
(buildings rehabbed, vacancies filled, trees and plants)
being on time)
fights, security, bus stop comforts)
4. Long walks to the buses