Metro Transit C Line Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Associations - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Metro Transit C Line Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association’s Land Use Committee June 7, 2016 C Terrence Anderson Community Outreach Coordinator, Metro Transit 1 1

What is the C Line? • Rapid Bus! – Limited stops – Frequent – Off-board payment – Articulated buses – Enhanced waiting areas • A package of improvements that makes service faster and more comfortable • Second in series of rapid bus lines starting with the A Line 2

C Line Station Plan & Public Engagement • Outreach and engagement – Open houses – Neighborhood meetings – Transit rider outreach on buses and at stops • Agency coordination – Hennepin County – City of Minneapolis – City of Brooklyn Center Brooklyn Center Transit Center – Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board – Three Rivers Park District Minneapolis Central Library Route 19 4

Finalized Station Locations • Finalized by Metropolitan Council Spring 2016 • C Line will open on Olson Highway with temporary stations, but Olson/Glenwood process will determine long-term alignment by end of 2016 5

Downtown Stations 6

8 th Street Stations • City of Minneapolis plans to reconstruct 8 th Street from Hennepin Avenue to Chicago Avenue in 2019-2020 • Temporary operations prior to reconstruction; permanent stations built after reconstruction • Street configuration, station design/location will be finalized in 8 th Street Reconstruction final design and engineering 7

Revised C Line project timeline 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Planning Metropolitan Council Station Plan Approval Design / Engineering Construction Pending Full Project Funding Open C Line Opening date to be determined in construction phase • Shift construction from 2017 to 2018 – Full funding not identified for 2017 – Initiate design mid-2016; 12-18 months of plan preparation – Potential for better coordination with other corridor construction projects 8

Glenwood Avenue Possibility Current Opening Year Plan Penn Avenue Transit System Expansion Potential Long-Term Realignment Olson Memorial Highway Temporary C Line stations planned for Olson due to Blue Line Extension construction Not shown: Potential bus network modifications related to Green Line Extension & Blue Line Extension. Plans TBD as implementation nears. 9

For more information visit C Line wepage: www.metrotransit.org/c-line-project C Terrence Anderson Community Outreach Coordinator, Metro Transit cterrence.anderson@metrotransit.org 612-349-7309 10