East Metro Strong Existing Conditions

East Metro Transit Network Existing Conditions Report

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April 2, 2018 Huitt-Zollars, Inc. Christof Spieler, LEED AP Director of Planning Vice president 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 4040 Houston, TX 77002 T 713.622.1180 cspieler@huitt-zollars.com

Introduction The Twin Cities have long understood the need for a high-quality transit system. Over decades, elected officials and community leaders have advocated for funding and for transit improvements. This has led to projects like the Green Line and St. Paul Union Station that have made transit better and attracted new riders.

Effective transit, though, works as a network, and the rest of the network has not received the attention the new transitways have. Over 70% of Metro Transit's ridership is on bus routes. Many of these bus routes date back a century to streetcar routes, and while the network has been expanded and individual routes have been adjusted, the overall system structure still reflects old development patterns and trip needs. Much of the system is infrequent and thus inconvenient to passengers, and many of the routes are complex and difficult to understand. This has had an impact: ridership on the bus network fell 5% from 2015 to 2016 even as Green Line ridership increased.

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A closer look at the network, including workshops, discussion with Metro Transit, and more data analysis could identify specific areas for improvement. East Metro Strong, as an outside advocacy group, is in a position to further advance the transit discussion in the East Metro region and to set the groundwork for future transit improvements that could help current riders, attract new ones, and make the area more economically competitive.

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694

35W

This document is a preliminary look at the current transit network in the East Metro region to see how it compares to population and employment, and a summary of what kinds of improvements might be worth examining. It is based on publicly available data (including Metro Transit's excellent GIS files) and this effort has not involved any conversations with stakeholders, public officials or transit agency staff. It does not make any specific recommendations.

This cursory effort does indicate that there are significant opportunities for transit improvement in the transit network. The East Metro has relatively dense residential areas not served by frequent service, multiple employment nodes that are hard to reach with the current network, and opportunities to leverage new transitways (like the Green Line) as well as future transitways to improve the network. Metro Transit has shown that improved local bus service coordinated with major transitway investments can build a more useful and efficient transit network and draw more riders. The A Line bus service, which links to both the Green and Blue lines, has increased ridership in its corridor by 35%. Even bigger improvements can come from systematically looking at the entire network. Houston did this, redesigning all of its local bus routes, and was able to double the people served by frequent service and increase ridership by deploying existing resources more efficiently.

Metro Transit's Service Improvement Plan has identified bus routes for added service, but it takes the existing network as a starting point and thus requires significant funding.

35E

35W

252

36

36

35E

694

RAMSEY 94 55

494

35W 100 494

52

35W

DAKOTA

The East Metro Region

Existing Development Patterns The key to successful transit is identifying nodes and corridors that have the density of population and jobs to support frequent service.

Every transit stop creates a zone ¼-mile in radius within which people are within a 5-minute walk of service. The more people there are in this zone, the more potential ridership there is. The higher the ridership, the more service can be justified. More service, in turn, drives even more ridership.

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Ramsey

In the East Metro area, the densest population is within the City of Saint Paul. A continuous area bordered by McKnight Road to the east, Larpenteur Avenue to the north, Snelling Avenue and the Mississippi River to the west, and Ford Parkway, 7th Street, and I-94 to the south, has population densities generally over 5,000 people per square mile, with large areas above 10,000. There are also areas of similar density in West St. Paul and South St. Paul. Most of these areas also have street grids, which create fairly direct paths to transit stops.

Employment density is as important as population density: regardless of whether a transit rider walks from home to transit or uses a parkand-ride lot, they must be able to walk to their job on the other end.

Downtown Saint Paul is the largest employment center in the East Metro region, but it is not the only one. Several other areas – the Midway Area Grand Avenue, Energy Park, and Rosedale Center – have similar employment densities. There are also multiple suburban job centers, including the 3M campus area in Maplewood and a series of nodes around the 694 and 494 Loops, several of which have more than 10,000 jobs..

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Population density

Downtown Saint Paul has 86,000 jobs. This is not nearly as big as Downtown Minneapolis – which has 232,000 – but it is one of the 60 largest employment hubs in the entire United States, and one of the 30 densest1. It is roughly the same size as Downtown Charlotte and Salt Lake City, both of which have major light rail systems centered in them.

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Ramsey

Dakota

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Employment

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Population Density

Anoka Coon Rapids Blaine Circle Pines Lexington Spring Lake Park Brookyn Park 94 694

Maple Grove

35W

252

Brooklyn Center

694

Golden Valley

55

Minneapolis

394 St Louis Park

Hopkins

Roseville

35E

Lauderdale Falcon Heights

SW Minneapolis South & France

Tangletown

Lake Elmo Hudson

Oakdale Maplewood

Macalester Groveland Highland

94

Woodbury 494

Lilydale W. St Paul

35W 62

Edina 100

Richfield

Mendota Mendota Heights

S. St Paul

169 494

52

Newport

Inver Grove Heights

Bloomington 35W

Cottage Grove

Eagan

Burnsville Hastings

KEY People per square mile < 2,500 2,501 - 5,000 5,001 - 7,500 7,501 - 10,000 10,001 - 12,500 12,501 - 15,000 15,001 - 17,500 17,501 - 20,000 20,001 - 22,500 > 22,501 0

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2

4

N 8 mi

Oak Park Heights Bayport

694

St Paul

Longfellow

55

36

Payne-Phalen

University

Hazel Park

Powderhorn

Stillwater

N. St Paul

36

Calhoun Isles Uptown

Pine Springs

Little Canada

Columbia Heights Arts District

Medicine Lake

7

Vadnais Heights

35W

Robinsdale

White Bear Lake Birchwood Village

Arden Hills

94 Columbia Heights

169

494

Grant

Shoreview New Brighton

New Hope

35E

North Oaks

Fridley

Employment

Hwy 10 & CoRd 14 Downtown Anoka

Northtown Mall Area

Hwy 169 & CoRd 81 & CoRd 109 CoRd 109 I-94 & Hemlock Lane Arbor Lakes

I-94 & Boone Avenue

I-494 & Bass Lake Rd

I-35W & Hwy 10

Hwy 47 & Osborne Road

Hwy 65 &35W 73rd Avenue

252

94 694 I-694 & Shingle Creek Pkwy

35E I-694 & Lexington Ave

East River Industrial

I-35E & CoRd E Hwy 169 & Bass Lake Rd I-494 & Hwy 55, Plymouth

94

I-35W & CoRd C 35W

CoRd 81 & Lowry Ave Central Ave NE MN Mid-City Industrial I-394 & Hwy 169 Downtown MN

169 Douglas Dr & Sandburg Rd

494

Hwy 55 & Hwy 169 55

UMN

I-394 & Park Place Blvd

Rosedale36 Center Area CoRd 46 & Buford Ave

Hwy 169 & Bren Rd

I-494 & Hwy 62

Southdale Center

62 Hwy 5 & Powers Blvd

Golden Triangle

Hwy 5 & Great Plains Blvd

Hazeltine North

Hwy 212 & Mitchell Rd

E Energy Park Dr University Ave

Hwy 280 & University Ave Uptown & Midtown Hiawatha Ave & Lake St Wedge Hwy 100 & Excelsior Blvd 55

Hwy 1697 & Excelsior Blvd

35W

I-494 & I-35W I-35W & 98th St

35W

I-94 & McKnight Rd

Downtown St. Paul

94 I-94 & Radio Dr

West Side, St. Paul 494

S. Robert St & Wentworth Ave I-35E & Hwy 55 494

I-494 & Hwy 100

694

I-494 & Valley Creek Rd

Hwy 62 & Hiawatha Ave

169

Eden Prairie Center Area

Hwy 36 & Rice Street 35E

Grand Ave

MSP Int’l Airport

100

Bayport

Maplewood Mall Area

I-394 & I-494 394 Ridgedale Center Area

Hwy 36 & Stillwater Avenue 36

694

I-494 & Concord St

52

South Loop, Bloomington Hwy 13 & Yankee Doodle Rd

I-35E & Yankee Doodle Rd

Hwy 149 & Yankee Doodle Rd

Old Shakopee Rd & Hampshire Ave Valley Industrial

12th & Cliff Rd Burnsville Center

CoRd 82 & Mystic Lake Dr CoRd 42 & Cedar Ave

Airlake Industrial

KEY Number of jobs < 3,000 3,001 - 6,000 6,001 - 12,000 12,001 - 24,000 > 24,000 0

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Existing Transit Network

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Metro Transit is the primary transit provider in the East Metro region, with some routes operated by MVTA. While it is easy to break down the transit network by mode, it is more useful to see it as three interconnected systems:

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CORE LOCAL The Core Local Network is designed to serve all kinds of trips – home to work, home to school, shopping, errands, and leisure trips – 7 days a week. It operates in both directions from early morning to late evening. Stops are spaced fairly closely – every few blocks to every ¼-mile. Service typically operates every 15 minutes during peak hours and every 15 to 30 minutes at other times. Generally, service that operates every 15 minutes or better allows people to ride without worrying about schedules; less frequent service requires more planning.

The core local network in the East Metro includes a rail line (the Green Line), an arterial BRT service (the A-Line), three local bus routes that are designated part of the High Frequency Service Network, and another nine local bus routes. Much of this service is within the city of St. Paul, but several routes extend into northern Ramsey County, Washington County, and Dakota County.

The Core Local Network provides transit that is useful enough that it can be a desirable alternative to driving for all daily trips for some people.

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Transit Routes

COVERAGE LOCAL The Coverage Local Network extends the Core Network into areas that have lower transit demand. Due to limited resources, this service generally operates only hourly for much of the day. It is a "lifeline" service, critically important to those who do not have other options, but unlikely to attract people who have a car.

The Coverage Local Network consists entirely of bus routes. Some fill in areas between core local routes while others extend further into low density suburban areas.

EXPRESS The Express Network is tailored to long-distance commuters. It generally operates during peak hours in peak directions only. Morning service originates at suburban park-and-rides or in suburban neighborhoods, then uses freeways to make fast trips to job centers. The afternoon trips do the reverse. Some routes have as little as 2 trips in the morning and 2 trips in the afternoon; others may be as frequent as every 10 minutes a peak. Some routes do offer mid-day service at lower frequencies and non-peak direction service.

Express service can be provided by buses, by commuter rail (like Northstar in Minneapolis), by BRT, or by light rail. All of the express routes in the East Metro are bus.

Most of the express routes in the East Metro go to or from Downtown St. Paul. A few travel to Downtown Minneapolis. Only a handful serve the other employment centers in the East Metro.

SYSTEM CONNECTIVITY All three networks should work together. Many coverage riders will make part of their trips on the Core Network. Express riders, too, benefit from connectivity. The local network links the express routes to more jobs on the inner end of the routes. Local routes can also serve as feeders to the express system. Overall, the majority of riders will make a connection from one route to another on their trip.

The transit network in the East Metro is strongly radial. Nearly every route, be it local bus, express bus, or light rail, runs to and from Downtown St. Paul. The downtown area, in particular the 5th, 6th and Cedar/Wabasha corridors, is not only a major transit destination but a major transfer point.

There are other transfer points outside of Downtown St. Paul. Some are transit centers, like Maplewood Mall and Sun Ray. Others are simply intersections, like University and Snelling, where the Green Line meets the A-Line, bus line 16, bus line 21, and bus line 84.

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Travel Time Between Major Destinations

Grand Avenue

I-94 and Mcknight Rd

Maplewood Mall

North St Paul

Payne-Phalen

Mid-City Industrial

Hwy 55 & I-35E

Bloomington South Lodge

Roseville West

University Ave & Hwy 280

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22.5

29

60

71

62.5

96

66

30

68

38

50

22

32

34.5

30

35

51.5

42.5

16.5

50

92

44.5

37

26

43.5

42

81.5

98

82.5

56.5

14.5

77.5

47.5

36

11

47.5

65.5

80

79

53

47.5

60

14

51

41

50

81

72.5

46.5

54

67

61.5

37

30

0

53

34.5

92

130.5

78.5

80

73

19

34.5

31.5

130.5

92

80

76.5

54.5

83.5

128.5

93

80.5

74.5

49

103.5

65

52

52

127.5

62.5

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86

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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ORIGIN

MSP Int’l Airport

DOWNTOWN ST PAUL

University of Minnesota

DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS

Downtown St Paul

Downtown Minneapolis

DESTINATION

26.5

33

MSP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

31

34.5

42.5

GRAND AVENUE

60

27

40

51.5

I-94 AND MCKNIGHT RD

82

33

82.5

68.5

73

MAPLEWOOD MALL

82

47.5

82.5

82

73

52

NORTH ST PAUL

91.5

47.5

80.5

83

71

54

16.5

PAYNE-PHALEN

60.5

20.5

73

55

45

53.5

42.5

33.5

MID-CITY INDUSTRIAL

32

40.5

14.5

53.5

53

74.5

91

79.5

50

HWY 55 & I-35E

70

94

81.5

60

81

0

161

179

115.5

99

BLOOMINGTON SOUTH LODGE

40

44.5

51.5

14

51.5

74.5

90

89

63

58.5

69

ROSEVILLE WEST

50

64.5

40.5

50

36

77

44.5

50

51

33

84

59

UNIVERSITY AVE & HWY 280

23

27

11

40

30

70

85.5

76.5

50.5

24

79

49

30 38

In Minutes 35W

252

35E

94 694

94

694

35W

Roseville West

9

Mid-City Industrial

36

Maplewood Mall Area N. St Paul

36 35E

Downtown Minneapolis

694

Payne-Phalen UMN University Ave & Hwy 280

Downtown St. Paul

I-94 & McKnight Rd 94

Grand Ave 55

494

35W 62

MSP Int’l Airport

100

169

I-35E & Hwy 55 494

35W

52

South Loop, Bloomington

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All Transit Service

35W

252

35E

94 694 10 94

694

35W 169

494

36

5 11

55

62 35E

A

4

3

394

694 64

121 2

GREEN

17

94

21 6

7

55

494 BLUE

35W 62 100

18

35W

KEY 1-15 min 16-30 min 31-60 min >60 min

0

2

N 4

8 mi

54

515

169

8

36

19

494

52

Existing Transit Boardings

35W

252

35E

94 694

94

694

35W

36

169

494

36 35E

694

55 394

94 7 55

494

35W 62 100 169 494

52

35W

Average Weekday Bus Boardings 1 10 50 100 1,000

Average Weekday Rail Boardings 100 1,000 10,000

0

2

N 4

8 mi

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Existing Frequent Mid-Day Transit Service

Anoka Coon Rapids Blaine Circle Pines Lexington Spring Lake Park Brookyn Park

35W

252

Maple Grove

New Brighton

169

494

94 Columbia Heights

Arts District

5

11

4

Minneapolis

394

St Louis Park

Calhoun Isles 17 Uptown

7

6

Hopkins

62

100

Lauderdale A Falcon Heights

35W

Stillwater

62 35E

694

St Paul

Lake Elmo Hudson

Oakdale Maplewood

Macalester Groveland Highland

94

Woodbury

Lilydale W. St Paul

494

54

Mendota Mendota Heights

18

494

S. St Paul 52

Newport

Inver Grove Heights

Bloomington 35W

Cottage Grove

Eagan

Burnsville

N 0

10

2

4

8 mi

Oak Park Heights Bayport

N. St Paul

Hazel Park GREEN

BLUE

36

Payne-Phalen 64

121

55

Pine Springs

36

University3

Longfellow 21 Powderhorn

515Richfield

169

Roseville

2

SW Minneapolis South & France Tangletown Edina

694

Little Canada

Columbia Heights

Golden Valley

55

Vadnais Heights

35W

Medicine Lake

White Bear Lake Birchwood Village

Arden Hills

Robinsdale 19

Grant

Shoreview

10

New Hope

35E

North Oaks

Fridley

94 694 Brooklyn Center

Hastings

Proposed Frequent Mid-Day Transit Service

Anoka Coon Rapids Blaine Circle Pines Lexington Spring Lake Park Brookyn Park

35W

252

Fridley

94 694 Brooklyn Center

Maple Grove

New Brighton

Robinsdale

169

494

14

Medicine Lake

394

Arts District

Minneapolis

675

St Louis Park

Hopkins

62

Roseville

Pine Springs

Stillwater

36

35E

Lauderdale Falcon Heights

694

Lake Elmo

Payne-Phalen Hazel Park GREEN

Longfellow Powderhorn

63

St Paul

Oak Park Heights Bayport

N. St Paul

36

University

Calhoun Isles Uptown

7

694

Little Canada

Columbia Heights

Golden Valley

55

Vadnais Heights

35W

22

Grant White Bear Lake Birchwood Village

Arden Hills

94 Columbia Heights

New Hope

35E

North Oaks Shoreview

Hudson Oakdale Maplewood

Macalester Groveland 74 55 Lilydale W. St Paul BLUE Highland

94

23

SW Minneapolis South & France Tangletown Edina 100

Woodbury 494

35W

Richfield

Mendota Mendota Heights

68

169 494

52

S. St Paul Newport

Inver Grove Heights

Bloomington 35W

Cottage Grove

Eagan

Burnsville

Hastings

KEY Existing SIP Proposed 0

2

4

N 8 mi

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SIP By Rank

Anoka Coon Rapids Blaine Circle Pines Lexington Spring Lake Park Brookyn Park

35W

252

Fridley

94 694 Brooklyn Center

Maple Grove

169

494

Minneapolis

394

St Louis Park

Hopkins

62

100

36

35E

694

St Paul

Lake Elmo Hudson

Oakdale Maplewood

Macalester Groveland Highland

94

Woodbury

Lilydale W. St Paul

494

35W

Richfield

Mendota Mendota Heights

S. St Paul

169 494

52

Newport

Inver Grove Heights

Bloomington 35W

Cottage Grove

Eagan

Burnsville

KEY High Priority Medium Priority Low Priority 0

12

2

4

N 8 mi

Oak Park Heights Bayport

Payne-Phalen

University

55

Stillwater

N. St Paul

Lauderdale Falcon Heights

Longfellow Powderhorn

Pine Springs

36

Hazel Park

SW Minneapolis South & France Tangletown Edina

Roseville

Calhoun Isles Uptown

7

694

Little Canada

Columbia Heights Arts District Golden Valley

55

Vadnais Heights

35W

Robinsdale

White Bear Lake Birchwood Village

Arden Hills

94 Columbia Heights

Medicine Lake

Grant

Shoreview New Brighton

New Hope

35E

North Oaks

Hastings

SIP By Type

Anoka Coon Rapids Blaine Circle Pines Lexington Spring Lake Park Brookyn Park

35W

252

Fridley

94 694 Brooklyn Center

Maple Grove

169

494

Minneapolis

394

St Louis Park

Hopkins

62

100

36

Oak Park Heights Bayport

35E

694

Lake Elmo

Payne-Phalen

University

55

Stillwater

N. St Paul

Lauderdale Falcon Heights

Longfellow Powderhorn

Pine Springs

36

Hazel Park

SW Minneapolis South & France Tangletown Edina

Roseville

Calhoun Isles Uptown

7

694

Little Canada

Columbia Heights Arts District Golden Valley

55

Vadnais Heights

35W

Robinsdale

White Bear Lake Birchwood Village

Arden Hills

94 Columbia Heights

Medicine Lake

Grant

Shoreview New Brighton

New Hope

35E

North Oaks

St Paul

Hudson Oakdale Maplewood

Macalester Groveland Highland

94

Woodbury

Lilydale W. St Paul

494

35W

Richfield

Mendota Mendota Heights

S. St Paul

169 494

52

Newport

Inver Grove Heights

Bloomington 35W

Cottage Grove

Eagan

Burnsville

Hastings

KEY Improve Existing New Route 0

2

4

N 8 mi

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Existing Frequent Route 1/2 Mile Access

35W

252

35E

94 694

94

694

35W

36

169

494

36 35E

694

55 394

94 7 55

494

35W 62 100 169 494

52

35W

KEY People per square mile < 2,500 2,501 - 5,000 5,001 - 7,500 7,501 - 10,000 10,001 - 12,500 12,501 - 15,000 15,001 - 17,500 17,501 - 20,000 20,001 - 22,500 > 22,501 0

2

4

N 8 mi

311,226 People have Access to Transit 14

Proposed Frequent Route 1/2 Mile Access

35W

252

35E

94 694

94

694

35W

36

169

494

36 35E

694

55 394

94 7 55

494

35W 62 100 169 494

52

35W

KEY People per square mile < 2,500 2,501 - 5,000 5,001 - 7,500 7,501 - 10,000 10,001 - 12,500 12,501 - 15,000 15,001 - 17,500 17,501 - 20,000 20,001 - 22,500 > 22,501 0

2

4

N 8 mi

311,226 People have Access to Transit 516,061 East Metro Transit Network Opportunities Analysis

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Existing Frequent Route 1/2 Mile Access

35W

252

35E

94 694

94

694

35W

36

169

494

36 35E

694

55 394

94 7 55

494

35W 62 100 169 494

52

35W

KEY Number of jobs < 3,000 3,001 - 6,000 6,001 - 12,000 12,001 - 24,000 > 24,000 0

2

4

N 8 mi

311,226 Jobs 293,465 People have have Access Access to to Transit Transit 16

Proposed Frequent Route 1/2 Mile Access

35W

252

35E

94 694

94

694

35W

36

169

494

36 35E

694

55 394

94 7 55

494

35W 62 100 169 494

52

35W

KEY Number of jobs < 3,000 3,001 - 6,000 6,001 - 12,000 12,001 - 24,000 > 24,000 0

2

4

N 8 mi

311,226 Jobs 516,061 293,465 353,711 People have have Access Access to to Transit Transit East Metro Transit Network Opportunities Analysis

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Strengths and Weaknesses The Twin Cities generally have a strong and successful transit system.

Total transit ridership exceeds that of some significantly larger metropolitan areas. The Green and Blue light rail lines carry 3,200 riders per mile, 50% more than Portland and twice that of Salt Lake City or Charlotte. The A-Line is nationally regarded as a model for improving bus service on arterials.

However, there are reasons to be concerned. Overall system ridership is down 5% from 2015 to 2016 despite a strong economy. New services, like rail and the A-Line, have performed well – both increased ridership in that period – but the existing bus network is losing riders.

The success of the A Line shows that the fundamental issues with transit in the Twin Cities are not based on mode. Buses and rail alike can perform well and attract new riders. The key is providing high quality service – transit which is frequent, fast, reliable, comfortable, and easy to understand where people need it.

Overlaying transit service onto population and employment makes several things readily apparent: THE HIGH FREQUENCY NETWORK DOES NOT SERVE ALL THE AREAS OF HIGH POPULATION DENSITY. Currently, the only routes on the designated High Frequency Service Network are the 64 to northeast St. Paul, the 54 along West 7th, the Green Line along University, and the A-Line on Snelling Avenue and Ford Parkway. Route 62 along Rice Street also has service roughly every 15 minutes all day but is not designated as part of the frequent network.

Similarly dense areas along 3rd Street East, northeast and southeast of Downtown St Paul, and in West St. Paul and South St Paul do not have frequent service. In general, the East Metro has fewer frequent routes than similarly dense parts of Minneapolis.

The Metro Transit Service Improvement Plan, approved in April 2015, addresses this issue by proposing additional service on several existing bus routes. The High Frequency Service Network proposed in the SIP aligns fairly well with population density.

THE HIGH FREQUENCY NETWORK DOES NOT SERVE ALL THE AREAS OF HIGH EMPLOYMENT DENSITY. Downtown St. Paul is connected very well with bus and rail. However, other employment areas are not. Currently, the only areas of dense employment outside of Downtown that have frequent service are those along the Green Line and the A Line. Thus, people working in the East Metro outside Downtown St. Paul are unlikely to find good transit options.

The SIP significantly improves the high frequency network and adds frequent service to several of these employment centers. However, others are not addressed. These include suburban employment areas like Mendota Heights but also urban ones like the Grand Avenue corridor in St. Paul.

THE EXPRESS NETWORK DOES NOT SERVE EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN. The Express Network is focused on Downtown Minneapolis and Downtown St. Paul. Other employment centers do not get the same connections. For example, routes 351, 353, 355, and 375 from the Woodbury and Lake Elmo pass within a few hundred feet of the 3M headquarters on their way to St. Paul, but do not stop. Getting to 3M from either of these suburbs would require taking the bus all the way to St. Paul, then catching a local bus to 3M, a detour of more than 45 minutes.

The radial network structure forces nearly all riders to connect in Downtown St. Paul.

Nearly every bus route in the East Metro runs into Downtown St. Paul.

There are few cross-town routes, and the ones that do exist are often infrequent. At some times of day, the fastest transit route between Little Canada and Maplewood, a 15-minute drive, takes an hour and 20 minutes via Downtown; the direct bus, the 223, runs only every 90 minutes and not after 6:00p.m. or on weekdays.

OFF-PEAK SERVICE IS INADEQUATE. Many bus routes run infrequently or not at all mid-day, evenings, and weekends. For example, the Lone Oak Drive area in Eagen is served by two routes, but both are weekday only and none run mid-day or after 6:30p.m. Employees working late, or in jobs that are not typically 9-to5, cannot use transit.

MANY ROUTES ARE CONFUSING. Many Metro Transit bus routes feature a large number of branches and different service patterns. The 64, for example, is actually four different routes – 64H, 64D, 64P, and 64N. The D and N end at Maplewood Mall, while the H and P end at Hillcrest Shopping Center. The D and P turn off of Maryland on Hazelwood, while the H and N continue to White Bear. On one segment of White Bear the N goes south to get to Downtown while the H goes north. On top of that, two morning trips and two afternoon trips serve Johnson High School, creating another service pattern that is not given a letter.

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WILKINSON schedules LAKE

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Service every 15 minutes on weekdays PLEASANT TURTLE LAKE– 6 LAKE 6 am – 7 pm and on Saturdays 9 am

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Bethlehem Baptist Church

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62nd

Tanglewood Dr

25

37th Ave

Lowry Ave

W Broadway Ave

North Community High School 7

7 Plymouth Ave

9 649

40th Ave 11

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Golden Valley Rd 30

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Smith Ave

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State Capitol

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Olympia St

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756

CRYSTAL LAKE

694

49th Ave

Robbinsdale R b n ale

Robbinsdale Transit Center

14

756

RYAN LAKE

Blvd

Station 73 Park & Ride

6th Ave

771

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10th Ave

705

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57th Ave

19

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758

10 Co Rd H2

Gardena

825

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Co Rd I

Rice Creek

65

MOORE LAKE

PELTIER LAKE

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777

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Even with the route map (above), it is difficult to understand route 64, which has 5 Limited Service Timepoint on schedule different service patterns (below) Only certain trips take this route.

Find the timepoint nearest your stop, and

25

Pk

Maple Grove Transit Station

780

ke

Walmart 705

Hennepin Technical College

85th Ave

85th Ave

852

93rd

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92nd

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Rasmussen College

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Centennial Sr High

School Minnehaha North Rd Tedesco

St. Paul Downtown Zone

Mounds Park Academy

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95th Ave

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Anoka Co/ Blaine Airport

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97th Ave

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When systems don’t change, but the cities they serve do, transit becomes less useful. The East Metro is a very different place than it was 70 years ago, and in some cases the transit system has not adapted.

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131st Ave

270

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BUNKER HILLS REGIONAL PA PARK

CROOKED LAKE

Maplewood Mall

223

272

MAPLEWOOD

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Bunker Lake Blvd

BUNKER LAKE

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Madison

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Cartway Rd

French Lake

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ROUTES HAVE NOT EVOLVED EFFICIENTLY ALONG WITH CITIES. Most transit networks have evolved slowly, adding routes one at a time and occasionally extending or rerouting existing routes. This is true in the East Metro as well. A 1947 streetcar map bears a startling resemblance to today's transit map. The radial network and specific routes have stayed the same over 70 years. The 72 bus, for example, turns from George Street onto Ohio and then Winifred, rather than taking the direct route down George, likely because that's what the #2 streetcar did long ago. In theory, a bus route would be easy to move; in practice, it’s easier to change a little as possible.

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Maplewood Mall Transit Center