Faster express service is coming
to downtown Minneapolis!
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Learn about transit improvements planned for Marquette & 2nd avenuesWe’re transforming your trips through downtown Minneapolis. In December 2009, transit improvements on Marquette and 2nd avenues will be in place — dramatically enhancing express bus service. Customers will save several minutes per trip through downtown. |
The project advances the reputation of Minneapolis as a great place to work and live. Among the enhancements you’ll see:
• New streets with side-by-side bus-only lanes
• Bus travel speeds through downtown doubled or even tripled
• NexTrip real-time departure signs and larger, more comfortable shelters
• Updated street design with improved lighting
• New, wider sidewalks, trees and public art
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Park & Ride close to home
Express bus service from more than 75 Park & Rides throughout the region will serve downtown Minneapolis on Marquette and 2nd Avenues. Find the Park & Ride nearest you.
The new design of Marquette and 2nd avenues will accommodate about 80 percent of downtown express trips.
The first phase of route changes will take effect Dec. 14, with the second phase starting in March 2010.
These providers will operate express service in this new corridor:
• Metro Transit
• Maple Grove Transit
• Minnesota Valley Transit Authority
• Plymouth Metrolink
• SouthWest Transit
• BlueXpress
Outreach resources
If you represent a business or community group that wants to learn more about Marquette and 2nd transit improvements, we'll come to you. Call 612-349-7478 to schedule a presentation. To request copies of posters and brochures about the changes, call 612-349-7397. Click here to link to this content from your web site
Funding partners
The downtown Minneapolis transit improvements are part of a $183.5 million federal/state Urban Partnership Agreement, a series of transportation projects aimed at improving traffic conditions by reducing congestion on I-35W, Highway 77/Cedar Avenue and in downtown Minneapolis. Get more details here.
