Transit News
Fast express service
from select Park & Ride lots
To help commuters deal with congestion from the I-35W bridge collapse, Metro Transit has available spaces and fast express service to downtown Minneapolis from several Park & Ride lots. See map of Park & Ride options.
Extra buses will be deployed to some of the lots to deal with anticipated demand.
Blaine
Northtown Shopping Center — 85th/Jefferson — Express routes 824, 852 & 854
Also served by local routes 10 & 25
Brooklyn Center
Regal Cinemas — Hwy. 252 & I-94 — Express routes 763 & 766
Brooklyn Blvd. & 65th Ave. N. — Express route 760
Brooklyn Park
63rd Ave. & County Rd. 81 (Bottineau Blvd) — Express routes 758 & 767
Hwy. 252 & 73rd Ave. — Express route 766
Hwy. 610 & Noble Ave. — Express route 766
Coon Rapids
Foley Blvd. & Hwy. 610 — Express routes 850 & 852
Maplewood
Maplewood Mall — Beam/Southlawn — Express route 270
Hmong Alliance Church, near County Rd. C/Hwy. 61 — Express route 270
Mounds View
I-35W & County Rd. H — Express route 250
Oakdale
Guardian Angels Church — Inwood Ave. (Radio Dr.)/4th St. — Express routes 375 & 353
Roseville
Grace Church Roseville at Hamline Ave. & County Rd. B2 — Express routes 260 & 261
To plan a trip from one of these lots, use the interactive Trip Planner. Choose “landmark” as your starting point then find your Park & Ride lot in the drop-down menu (listed alphabetically by city). Enter your destination and time of travel and the system does the rest.
For trip-planning help by phone, call 612-373-3333 (weekdays 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., weekends 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
Share the ride — form a carpool
Find others who live or work nearby and form a carpool, which may be eligible for preferred downtown parking spaces. Use our online ridematching system and check back frequently as more commuters sign up.
If you’d like to share the ride for infrequent trips, sign up for NuRide, a free, flexible ride network that rewards people for sharing rides.
Vanpools
Vans are available for groups of five or more who want to share the ride. Call the Van-GO! Regional Vanpool program at 651-602-1710.
Let us help you find alternatives
Plan your trip in seconds with our interactive Trip Planner or speak to a transit information expert at 612-373-3333 between 6:30 a.m. and 9 p.m. weekdays (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends).
