Bus Rapid Transit
Investments in bus rapid transit (BRT) significantly improve service quality in the region’s busiest transit corridors. In BRT corridors, buses operate frequently throughout the day and are less prone to delays. Enhanced stations and roomier buses also provide a more comfortable experience for riders.
Building on past success, plans to create a network of 12 BRT lines by 2030 are advancing. When fully built-out, a quarter of the region’s residents (580,000 people) and 600,000 jobs will be within a quarter-mile of a BRT line.
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BRT lines in service
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Line
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Corridor
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Red Line
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Cedar Avenue between Apple Valley and Mall of America
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A Line
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Snelling Avenue, Ford Parkway
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C Line
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Mainly along Penn Avenue, between downtown Minneapolis, Brooklyn Center
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Orange Line
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I-35W between downtown Minneapolis, Burnsville
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D Line
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Emerson, Fremont, and Chicago avenues between Brooklyn Center and Bloomington
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BRT lines in construction/planning
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Line
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Corridor
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Status
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Projected opening
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B Line
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Lake Street and Marshall and Selby avenues (Route 21)
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Construction began May 2023
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2024
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Gold Line
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Generally along I-94, serving downtown St. Paul, Maplewood, Landfall, Oakdale, and Woodbury
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Under construction
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2025
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E Line
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Hennepin and France avenues (Route 6)
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Advancing through project engineering
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2025
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F Line
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Central and University avenues (Route 10)
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Advancing through project planning
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2026
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G Line
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Rice and Robert streets (Routes 62, 68)
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Advancing through project planning
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2027
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H Line
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Como and Maryland avenues (Route 3)
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Planning to begin in 2023
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2028
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Purple Line
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Originally envisioned to connect St. Paul, Maplewood, Vadnais Heights, Gem Lake, White Bear Township, and White Bear Lake
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Route modification study underway
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New timeline being developed
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