Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. Minneapolis for the sixth consecutive year, metro transit provided more than 80 million annual rides, reaching the thirdhighest annual ridership since 1981. Regional transit ridership profile and travel behavior. This addresses a sharp decline in ridership and to focus our resources where they are most needed to provide critical travel during this crisis. Government accountability offices government auditing standards. Transit ridership in twin cities metro area declined slightly last year. A metro transit bus drives along 60th street in minneapolis.
The metro c line travels mainly along penn avenue, linking downtown minneapolis with brooklyn center transit center. Headquarters also got underway at the metro transit campus in minneapolis. Major locations on the line include the mall of america, minneapolisst. Metro transit is the primary public transportation operator in the minneapolissaint paul area of the u. The metro a line travels mainly along snelling avenue and 46th street, linking rosedale with the metro blue lines 46th street station. As part of the ongoing, shared effort to limit the spread of covid19, metro transit began a reduced service schedule on march 25. Twin cities metropolitan council planning area demographics 5. For shorter trips, consider walking or biking, if able to do so. Metro transits twin cities express and local bus routes serve most major destinations, as well as blue line between minneapolis and the mall of america with service to the veterans administration hospital, fort snelling and msp airport both terminal 1 and terminal 2. You can also contact transit information for help by phone at 6123733333 or text at 6124441161.
The system is a division of the metropolitan council, the regions metropolitan planning organization mpo, averaging 264,347 riders each weekday, carrying 90% to 95% of the transit riders in the region on a combined network of. Metro blue line, between downtown minneapolis to msp international airport. Ridership on the metro blue and green light rail lines was up 1%, to 25. We were unable to plan a trip between those locations. When you see metro, you can find fast, frequent, allday service between stations with enhanced amenities. Paul metro transit officials gathered monday with community and business leaders to commemorate the one year mark of the metro green lines light rail service, which has seen ridership far exceeding projections and seeds of economic development begin to blossom. On saturday, riders will see changes to 55 bus routes across the system, including. Interviews with metro transit ridership staff and metro transit finance management. The metro blue line formerly called the 55 hiawatha line is a 12mile 19. The line was originally named after hiawatha avenue which runs parallel to a good portion of the line. Rail technician training program provides path to metro transit career. Bus, light rail and northstar service has been reduced to match a drop in ridership. Whether it runs on a road or on tracks, customers can expect trips at least every 15 minutes during most of the day.
Metro transit is the public transportation system for the greater minneapolis st. Annual ridership records were set on each of metro transits rail lines and nearly. Strong ridership and economic development mark green line anniversary st. Less than two years after opening, the line had already exceeded its 2020 weekday ridership goal of 24,800. Overall ridership on public transportation in the twin cities reached 92 million in 2019, marking a decline of about 3% from the previous year. Metro green line and a line set annual ridership records. Bus ridership drops again as metro transit makes more schedule. The metro transit technician training program also continued, putting a third. Minneapolis metro transit 2020 all you need to know. Ridership on the metro green line also continued to grow while the regions first rapid bus line boosted ridership in the corridor it serves. The line accounts for about % of metro transit s total ridership.
Metro gives you more speed, more trips, more features. Many nice ride stations are located near transit and critical workers may qualify for free 30day bike share memberships. Smart software provides minnesotas metro transit with. Light rail, road construction to impact travel in downtown minneapolis. The blue line is operated by metro transit, which is also the primary operator of buses in the twin cities.
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